Photon Factory

,Oho 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan

[Press Release] 2012/1/27
Successful Development of the World’s Fastest Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Technique that Can Identify the Chemical Species and Quantities of Molecules Adsorbed on the Surface -A Powerful Technique to Elucidate the Mechanism of Catalysis-

What's New
	[Job Opening] 2012/2/8 Institute of Materials Structure Science is seeking an Assistant Professor [Deadline: Mar. 5th, 2012].
	[Topics] 2012/2/2 MOU signed to promote research collaboration with India
	[Press Release] 2012/1/16 Elucidation of Metal–Insulator Transition Mechanism in Ferromagnetic Hollandite - Formation of Tetramers of Chromium and Peierls Mechanism -
	[Topics] 2011/12/14 JSPS and KEK support the SESAME School in Jordan
	[Radiation Safety Procedure] 2012/1/13 Please fill in the "Registration of radiation work in controlled area and application of radiation safety guidance" and bring it to the entrance to the PF experimental hall.
	[Operation Schedule] 2011/12/28 Operation Schedule from April to July 2012 has been fixed.
	[Job Opening] 2011/12/15 Institute of Materials Structure Science is seeking an Associate Professor of the Development in Future Synchrotron Radiation Research Group [Deadline: Feb. 13th, 2012].
	[Press Release] 2011/11/14 First Observation of Metamorphosis of an Enzyme that Catalyzes Two Chemical Reactions
	[Press Release] 2011/11/11 The candidate of KEK Director General for the next term
	[Press Release] 2011/11/2 The First Elucidation of the Mechanism of Fault Slips That Do Not Cause Large Earthquakes
	[Press Release] 2011/10/28 Quantum confinement of strongly correlated electrons in artificial oxide structures
	[PF-SAC] 2011/10/20 The Summary and final report for Photon Factory Science Advisory Committee (Oct. 6-7, 2011), Materials Science Subcommittee (Feb. 21-22, 2011), Condensed Matter Subcommittee (Mar. 1-2, 2011) has been available on the web.
	[Announcement from KEK] 2011/10/19 A new cafe "prime" is opened in the KEK International Center, which serves coffee, soft drinks and light meal everyday from 7:30 to 10:00 and from 11:00 to 21:00 except for a few holidays of new year and summer vacation.
	[KEK Topics] 2011/10/17 Pursuing cross-sectional collaboration with PSI using quantum beams
	[Announcement from PF] 2011/9/30 Bus timetable between Tsukuba Center and KEK is slightly modified from October 1, 2011.
	[Press Release] 2011/8/26 Lightsource Illuminates the Puzzle of Asteroid Itokawa
	[Press Release] 2011/8/23 To what extent can aerosols cool the Earth?
	[KEK Topics] 2011/8/9 Synchrotron radiation facilities around the world extend support to the users of Photon Factory



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