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Science unites to address climate change In the context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), major US and European big science laboratories, namely EIROforum and the US Department of Energy s 17 National Laboratories, made a joint statement affirming their common commitment to unite science towards a sustainable and resilient global society and economy.

Launch of Grenoble Battery Hub On 24 November, the ESRF, the ILL and the CEA signed a memorandum of understanding to create a hub to accelerate research on sustainable electrical energy storage so that the next generation of batteries are more efficient, safer, and more sustainable. The Grenoble Battery Hub is linked to the European initiatives BIGMAP , co-funded by the EU H2020 programme, and BATTERY 2030+.

New agreement between ESRF and INFN The ESRF and the Italian national institute for nuclear physics, the INFN, in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy in France, signed a new agreement committing to continuing a long- standing collaboration of technical expertise. This new agreement will be key to continue advancing R&D accelerator projects, especially to enhance the performances of the Extremely Brilliant Source.

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Launch of Human Organ Atlas An open-access Human Organ Atlas based on an ESRF-developed technique that can image entire organs down to the microscale (Hierarchical Phase-Contrast Tomography, or HiP-CT), was launched by a UCL-ESRF team with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Images of six organs: brain, lung (of a COVID-19 patient), heart, two kidneys and a spleen are available online for surgeons, clinicians and the interested public (human-organ-atlas.esrf.eu).

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First users at ID27 & ID24's HPLF The upgraded ID27 beamline, dedicated to high- pressure and high-temperature experiments, welcomed its first users at the end of November. On 7 December, the high-power laser facility (HPLF) at ID24 also hosted its first users. Both instruments will enable research on matter under unprecedented pressures and temperatures.