Welcome to LEAPS
LEAPS – the League of European Accelerator-based Photon Sources – is a strategic consortium initiated by the Directors of the Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Laser user facilities in Europe. Its primary goal is to actively and constructively ensure and promote the quality and impact of fundamental, applied and industrial research carried out at each facility to the greater benefit of European science and society.
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LEAPS Plenary Meeting 2023
A month to go to the 6th LEAPS Plenary Meeting! Near 150 participants signed up to attend the event, at SOLEIL in France. The program will include an interesting mix of scientific and policy oriented contributions from key players in the Research Infrastructure landscape. Two Public Sessions will take place on October 19, including a…
LEAPS lobbying at the Swedish Presidency Event in Lund
LEAPS participated on June 21st in the events organized as part of the Swedish Presidency week in Lund, Sweden. Over 200 participants of the EU Conference “The Potential of Research Data: How Research Infrastructures Provide New Opportunities and Benefits for Society” toured MAX IV and ESS and met with scientific staff and management for presentations…
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Inauguration of BEATS, the BEAmline for Tomography at SESAME
BEATS, the fifth beamline at the SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) synchrotron was ceremoniously inaugurated on 6 June 2023. SESAME, operating since 2017, is an intergovernmental laboratory located near Amman (Jordan) and the only synchrotron facility in the Middle East and neighbouring regions. SESAME announced that on Thursday, 11th…
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