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RIANA at the E-MRS 2026 Spring Meeting & Exhibit
The RIANA project is exhibiting this week (May 25 – 29) alongside its sister project, ReMade@ARI, at the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting in Strasbourg, France.

First RIANA – project SME proposal completed
The Vinci Institute of Sciences and Elettra Synchrotron Trieste have completed a Max IV campaign investigating magnetic materials in the common octopus to explore potential molecular mechanisms of magnetoreception in cephalopods.

RIANA Staff Exchange
We are proud to announce the successful completion of a coordinated staff exchange demonstrating the complementary use of ion and electron beams for advanced materials characterisation.

RIANA TNA-Supported Study Reports First Application of MeV SIMS for PM2.5 Characterization
We are pleased to share a new publication in Atmospheric Environment resulting from research supported by RIANA transnational access (TNA) featuring the first application of MeV SIMS for the characterization of urban PM2.5 aerosols.

First Publication from RIANA TNA-Supported Research
We are pleased to announce that the first manuscript, in which part of the research was supported by the RIANA project transnational access (TNA), has been published!

RIANA Annual Meeting held in Crete 18-20 March 2026
The annual meeting was held from 18 to 20 March 2026, following the first RIANA Users’ Meeting at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Latest Events

Course on “Materials Science Using Ions”
The course “Materials Science Using Ions” will be offered by HZDR scientists from the Ion Beam Center during the winter semester at TU Dresden, from October 31, 2025 to February 6, 2026.

RIANA Talk: Exploring Plasma and its Use in Nanofabrication: Etching
Andrei Avram from the National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies – IMT Bucharest will give a RIANA Talk on 08 October 2025.

RADIATE & Laserlab-Europe Users Meeting on Nanoscience
RADIATE & Laserlab-Europe Users Meeting on Nanoscience will take place in Seville, Spain from October 19–21, 2025.

International Workshop on Lasers for Green Energy
The registration for the International Workshop on Lasers for Green Energy, taking place on 13 May 2025 in Rutherford Appleton Laboratoy, UK, is open.

Mini-lunchtime Workshop at Microscopy Conference 2025
RIANA is hosting a mini-lunchtime workshop at the Microscopy Conference 2025 on September 2nd, 2025.

Laserlab-Europe Talk: Boosting multiphoton 3D printing for biomedical engineering: small features, high impact
Laserlab-Europe Talk: “Boosting multiphoton 3D printing for biomedical engineering: small features, high impact” by Irina Alexandra Paun (INFLPR/CETAL); Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 16:00 CEST