Singapore Synchrotron Light Source

Makes Light Work For You
  • [Group visit/tour 📷]

    We hosted a couple of group visits/tour in the past months!

    1) We had a repeated visit from the Tanglin Trust School on 22 April! They were our first visitors after the pandemic and the launch of National Synchrotron Programme. We were heartened to hear that they are planning to visit us annually with new batches of students!

    2) Just two weeks ago, on a hot Wednesday afternoon, we welcomed a group of Physics undergraduates from Tsinghua University to the SSLS facility. Our colleagues had a pleasant time hosting the students!

    Thank you everyone for visiting us, and we hope to welcome each one of you back in SSLS again! 👏

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7235114948580777986

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    National Synchrotron Programme hosted our colleagues from ANSTO on 15 May 2024.

    Dr Ashish Sethi, Dr Pablo Mota-Santiago and Dr Qinfen Gu held a mini-workshop in LT52 at the University Town for our SG-ISAP project teams and potential users. The event was concluded with a facility visit to SSLS in the afternoon.

    We hope that the users and ANSTO scientists had a pleasant discussion during the workshop and visit! 😊

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7235120361799831554

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    National Synchrotron Programme recently hosted Dr Bernt Johannessen, a Senior Scientist at the Australian Synchrotron, when he visited our NUS campus on 22 March 2024.

    He presented a talk in LT51 at the University Town to a group of SSLS beamlines' and SG-ISAP users. Dr Johannessen's visit to NUS was concluded with a facility visit to SSLS in the afternoon.

    We hope that Dr Johannessen had a pleasant time while he was here, despite the hot and humid weather. 😅

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7181497081369444352

  • [Event - Singapore Synchrotron Users' Meeting 2024]

    We held our Singapore Synchrotron Users' Meeting on 29 February 2024 at the Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, University Town.

    It was a splendid day (or should I say 3/4 day) of research sharing among SSLS' beamline users and PIs as well as members of the SG-ISAP project teams. Researchers from different groups/fields of studies were seen having deep discussions during break times.

    Our next Users' Meeting will be held in conjunction with a symposium at the ICMAT 2025. We hope to see everyone (and more) at the next one! 👍

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7176759797055197184

  • [Group visit/tour 📷]

    We hosted some visitors from the Local Network of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) on 24 October 2023! 😊

    They were given a tour and had a networking session with our beamline scientists. The visiting engineers with their vast experience had a lot to share with us.

    Thank you for visiting us, and we look forward to many more visits and collaborations!

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7123539315023876096

  • [SSLS in the news 📰]

    The Collaborating Centre at CIBA will advance accelerator science technologies for real-world applications such as improving cancer treatment and diagnosis, detection of toxic substances and analysing forensics and heritage samples. Two other NUS research institutes, the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative and the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, will jointly support the Collaborating Centre’s activities.

    https://news.nus.edu.sg/ciba-first-iaea-collaborating-centre-in-singapore/

  • [School visit/tour 📷]

    We hosted a group of Year 3 to Year 6 students and their teachers from the NUS High School of Mathematics & Science on 28 August 2023! 😊

    We had a group of very inquisitive boys and girls! The beamline scientists were really heartened to share their knowledge with these students. 👏

    Thank you for visiting us, and we look forward to many more visits and collaborations!

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7102463355004604416

  • [School visit/tour 📷]

    We were honoured to have the crème de la crème of Physics students at SSLS last Friday, 23 June. We hosted a visit by a group of students and teacher in-charge of the MOE-Physics Olympiad National Team. 😊

    Rounded up the educational tour of presentations and hands-on activities with a networking session over snacks and pizzas!

    Thank you for visiting us, and we look forward to many more visits by the new Olympiad teams in the future!

    https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7078881304737415168

  • Three researchers awarded inaugural NUS Emerging Scientist Fellowship (30 May 2023)

    Three early career researchers from NUS have been awarded the University’s inaugural Emerging Scientist Fellowship to further their research careers. The scientists are Dr Tang Chi Sin, Dr Nicholas Yap and Dr Zeng Yiwen.

    Established in 2022 by the NUS Office of the Deputy President (Research & Technology), the NUS Emerging Scientist Fellowship is a three-year programme aimed at attracting research fellows with less than six years of postdoctoral experience to work with, and move between, multiple institutes, faculties, and schools within NUS.

    Recipients of the scheme are provided with benefits to kick-start their research careers. Such benefits include funds to support the recipients’ academic and research travel and publications.

  • [School visit/tour 📷]

    We hosted students and teachers of Tanglin Trust School last Friday, 25 November. All of us at SSLS were eager to welcome our very first big group of visitors in almost 3 years! 😊

    Close to 2 hours of educational tour of presentations and hands-on activities. Both our beamline scientists and the students enjoyed the visit/tour immensely!

  • An Australian ‘lightbulb’ that illuminates science secrets (21 November 2022)

    SINGAPORE - From 2023, more Singapore scientists will get to use a high-tech research facility in Australia called the Australian Synchrotron. The Straits Times breaks down the nuts and bolts of the Australian Synchrotron and the range of scientific discoveries it can open doors to, and how it compares to the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source.

  • The hidden dragon that spews X-rays (09 February 2021)

    Using huge, monstrous machines to make tiny and intricate things sounds counterintuitive or even counterproductive. But at the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) of NUS, this represents the cutting edge of technology. It enables the SSLS to not only produce the latest scientific discoveries, but also turn them into commercial applications.