Name Body "Thermal activity monitoring microcalorimetry: from fundamental thermodynamic principles towards a wide array of practical applications (TAM)" "Thermal activity monitoring (TAM) microcalorimetry is thesingle most sensitive calorimetric measurement technique,capable of measuring heat effects over time scales of daysto months due to its high baseline stability. Because of thisit is uniquely suited to study processes that slow downsignificantly at temperatures that are relevant forapplications, and which therefore cannot be studied withmore common calorimetric techniques such as DSC. Theaddition of perfusion accessories greatly extends thepossibilities of the device by allowing a ..." "Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN (CMS)" "The goal of the CMS experiment at CERN is to unravel the most fundamental properties of matter by studying collisions between protons and/or heavy ions at the highest energies and collision rates ever achieved. The LHC is situated in an underground (at an 100 m depth) tunnel of 27 km circumference near Geneva, and uses superconducting magnets to keep the accelerated particles on their orbit. Particles collide at four interaction points equipped with particle detectors. The CMS is one of these general purpose detectors, and measures 21 m in length, 15 m in diameter, and weighs a total of 14 ..." "Dual Belgian Beam Lines at the ESRF (DUBBLE-ESRF)" "Synchrotron X-rays are produced when charged particles circulate in a storage ring close to the speed of light and are much more intense compared to the X-rays used for example in hospitals. By studying the interaction of a synchrotron X-ray beam with living or non-living matter, the matter structure and structural changes are revealed down to atomic lengths scales and at sub-millisecond time intervals. This project finances research at DUBBLE, the two Flemish research stations installed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, in Grenoble. Through experiments at the ESRF, ..." "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometers (NMR)" "The NMR Expertise Center (NMR EC) currently (December 2022) has 5 NMR spectrometers of different field strengths going from 300MHz to 700MHz. Each spectrometer is equipped with one or more detection probes that allow to interrogate organic molecules in solution about their molecular structure, behavior in solution, internal dynamics, intermolecular interactions, ... . Examples of these organic molecules include natural and synthesis products, polymers, metabolites, complex peptides, nucleic acids and sugars. Each probe has multiple channels where a diversity of atomic nuclei can be ..." "Einstein Telescope (ET)" "The discovery of gravitational waves from merging black holes and neutron stars by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo marked the beginning of new era in observing our universe and scientists are keen to fully open up this new window to the (dark side of the) cosmos. ET will detect several hundred thousand gravitational wave signals per year and allow us listen to the sound of merging black holes across the entire universe. For the first time, researchers will be able to study the precise structure of neutron stars, the birth of black holes and the structure of the universe ..."