Press Releases

Browse through the various press releases from the EIROforum institutions.

ILL, 7 June 2013
Neutrons reveal potential dangers of gold nanoparticles – pharma's drug delivery agent of the future
High concentrations of positively charged gold flakes shown to penetrate deep into the cell's outer wall destroying it, whilst negatively charged particles can stabilise the membrane.

ESO, 6 June 2013
ALMA Discovers Comet Factory
Astronomers using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have imaged a region around a young star where dust particles can grow by clumping together. This is the first time that such a dust trap has been clearly observed and modelled.

ESRF, 6 June 2013
Oldest primate fossil rewrites evolutionary break in human lineage
The study of the world’s oldest early primate skeleton has brought light to a pivotal event in primate and human evolution: that of the branch split that led to monkeys, apes and humans (anthropoids) on one side, and living tarsiers on the other.

ESRF, 4 June 2013
10th anniversary celebrations for Grenoble's Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB)
On 4th June more than 150 specialists from all across Europe gathered in Grenoble to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Partnership for Structural Biology.

CERN, 3 June 2013
CERN and Ars Electronica launch open call for the third Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN
The winner will receive a fully funded residency at CERN and Ars Electronica to create new dimensions in their artistic practice by encounters with the world of science.

ESO, 3 June 2013
Lightest Exoplanet Imaged So Far?
A team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope has imaged a faint object moving near a bright star. With an estimated mass of four to five times that of Jupiter, it would be the least massive planet to be directly observed outside the Solar System.