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To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th, our COST Action NEXT “An international network for Non-linear Extreme ultraviolet to hard X-ray Techniques” organized a special event that explores the journey from scientific excellence to institutional leadership, discussing the roles of women who are shaping the strategic future of European science. Find out more

We are grateful to the organizers for the invitation to the 15th Ringberg workshop on Science with FELs which took place on 1-4 February 2026 at the Ringberg Castle (D). At the workshop, Antonio presented a talk on “OAM Ptychography at the FERMI seeded Free Electron Laser”. Find out more

Prof. Giulia Fulvia Mancini has won the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant with the project: "Ultrafast, High-resolution, X-ray Microscopy for Nanometrology: Single-shot Hyperspectral Ptychography in a Compact and Cost-effective Device (STUNNED)". The ERC PoC recognizes business ideas with high potential for scientific and technological innovation that can have a significant impact on the European economic and social system. STUNNED is the second ERC PoC awarded to LUXEM, following HYPER, expanding purpose and impact of the ERC StG ULTRAIMAGE project directed by Prof. Mancini at LUXEM. It was selected among the many proposals received by the ERC to [...]

Edoardo Baldini, Assistant Professor in Physics at the University of Texas at Austin, gave a seminar entitled “Nonlinear Coupled Magnonics” and visited LUXEM facilities. We thank him for the exciting discussions and for our fruitful collaboration! Find out more

We thank Dr. Daniele Mammoli, Scientific Officer at the ERC Executive Agency assigned to pur projects ERC-StG ULTRAIMAGE and ERC-PoC HYPER, for the excitement expressed toward our activities at LUXEM, for the visit to our Laboratories, and for productive discussions with the LUXEM Team on December 18, 2025.

Prof. Mancini is grateful to Elsevier for the invitation and excited to contribute to the organization of a rapid and efficient editorial process, and in maintaining the high standards of Chemical Physics. Find out more

LUXEM is grateful to SHARPER (SHAring Researchers’ Passion for Education and Rights, EU) for including our stand “LASER, diffrazione, immagini” at the European Researchers’ Night (ERN), held on September 26th 2025 at the University of Pavia. ERN aims to engage citizens of all ages in discovering the researcher’s profession and the crucial role researchers play in shaping the future of our society. The event is part of the SHARPER project, funded by the European Commission under the European Researchers’ Night projects – Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. GA 101162370. Find out more

Delighted with the outcome of the collaborative beamtime 20244077 between LUXEM and DiProI Teams at the FERMI Free Electron Laser. The beamtime, which took place on 21-25 September in Trieste (IT), focused on XUV ptychographic measurements with orbital angular momentum beams for imaging dynamics in metallic nanostructures.

The 2025 Optica Imaging Congress [Seattle, USA, 18-21 August 2025] addresses all aspects of 2D and 3D image acquisition, processing and display, imaging through scattering media and turbulence and the application of machine learning to image processing. Antonio Mazzarone presented his current PhD thesis work with a talk entitled: “Focusing Delivery Schemes: a Comparative Analysis for Extreme UltraViolet Ultrafast Tabletop Ptychography”. We thank the organizers of the Session “Super-Resolved Imaging and Ptychography” withing the Computational Optical Sennsing and Imaging (COSI) Meeting for this wonderful opportunity. Find out more

The "Advancements in High-Resolution Imaging Using Next-Generation Light Sources" symposium aims to foster an in-depth discussion among internationally recognized experts in the field, exploring the potential of the FEL facility to drive new research directions in imaging of structure and transient states of condensed matter, soft matter, and low-density matter. Prof. Mancini was invited speaker, with a talk entitled “Structured Beams and Focusing Delivery Schemes: a Comparative Analysis for Extreme UltraViolet Ultrafast Tabletop Ptychography”. Antonio Mazzarone presented the poster “Focusing Delivery Schemes: a Comparative Analysis for Extreme UltraViolet Ultrafast Tabletop Ptychography”. Find out more