Researchers from the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) and other national collaborators have discovered unprecedented proof that water can be transported to regions deep within the Earth​​. The study, published in Scientific Reports (a journal in the Nature group), analyzed a rare diamond from Juína, Mato Grosso, and identified a complex mineral capable of carrying water to the lower mantle, offering new clues about how the planet stores and circulates water hundreds of kilometers below its surface.

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), an organization supervised by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), announces the opening of the seventh regular call for research proposals at Sirius, the fourth-generation synchrotron light source operated by the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS).

Leading global meeting of the X-ray microscopy community will take place from August 30 to September 4 at CNPEM

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), a Social Organization linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), has announced the selected projects from the sixth call for proposals to conduct scientific experiments on the beamlines — as the research stations of Sirius, the largest scientific infrastructure ever built in Brazil, are called.

Harry Westfahl Jr., the director of the Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (LNLS) at the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), was one of the winners of the Wolfram Innovator Award 2025 presented to outstanding professionals who use innovative computational approaches in their fields.

Researcher recognized for research on the manipulation of defects in two-dimensional TMD alloys, with potential applications in photonics and quantum devices

Opening for a scientific initiation position at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory - Mogno beamline

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) has opened applications for the 33rd edition of the Summer Scholarship Program (PBV), an initiative that, since 1992, has been training young undergraduate students from Latin America and the Caribbean. The program is aimed at undergraduate students in the areas of Exact and Earth Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Biological Sciences, and Health, and has already welcomed more than 450 students throughout its editions.

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), an organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), has opened its sixth regular call for research projects at Sirius, Brazil's fourth-generation synchrotron light source operated by the Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (LNLS).

Registration is officially open for the 35th RAU, the annual meeting of Brazilian Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (LNLS) users. Participants can register from July 22 to September 28, and abstracts may be submitted up to August 31. The meeting will be held on November 5 and 6 at Sirius, Latin America’s largest and most complex synchrotron light source, located on the CNPEM campus in Campinas, São Paulo. More details can be found at the official website for the event, along with step-by-step instructions for registration.