AMMAN — On
February 15 Italian Ambassador Fabio Cassese inaugurated at the
Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East
(
SESAME), the Middle East’s first synchrotron, a new laboratory of the
INFN-CHNet network dedicated to Cultural Heritage (CHNet).
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The ceremony took
place at the presence of the director of SESAME, Khaled Toukan, and of many
members of the scientific community. The event was also attended by Italian
National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) coordinator of the CHNet network,
Francesco Taccetti, and Mariangela Cestelli Guidi, who is in charge of one of
INFN’s synchrotron beamlines, according to a press statement.
The newly launched
laboratory has been provided with high level technical equipment, in particular
a new microscope and spectroscope worth nearly 250.000 euros, both financed and
installed at SESAME by INFN.
Ambassador Cassese
stated that: “Italy has been strongly committed to support SESAME since its
creation, both financially and in terms of highly qualified human and
scientific resources. Cultural Heritage is a pivotal area for Italy and a
source of significant bilateral synergies, well exemplified by several Italian
archeological missions carried out in Jordan and by the existing academic
cooperation on the subject, carried out also through activities promoted with
funds of the Italian Development Cooperation. Therefore, I am delighted to see
this sector becoming now also a relevant area of research at the Centre of
excellence such as SESAME”.
Formally opened by
His Majesty
King Abdullah on May 16, 2017, SESAME is an intergovernmental
scientific facility based in Allan, Jordan. It is the only
Middle East synchrotron light source, as well as the first real international scientific
Centre of excellence in the region. Its activities range from the science of
materials to biology, medical science and protection of cultural heritage.
Created under the auspices
of
UNESCO, it is an independent intergovernmental organization structured
similarly to CERN, although it is characterized by rather different scientific
goals.
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