New X-ray, light-source and rare-isotope projects get underway in Europe and US

摘要

On 21 July federal research minister Annette Schavan, Hamburg's science senator Herlind Gundelach and Schleswig-Holstein's research minister Jorn Biel met at the DESY research centre in Hamburg to sign an agreement for participation in the European XFEL X-ray facility. With €90 million, the federal states Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein will cover nearly 16% of Germany's contribution to the project (CERN Courier July/August 2007 p9).