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At SESAME, collaboration between researchers in Jordan and Brazil is opening up new ways to study how materials emit light under X-rays. By bringing together expertise in synchrotron science, optical spectroscopy and engineering, the team has developed an experimental system that helps researchers connect a material’s atomic structure with its optical properties. To mark World Science Day for Peace and Development, we explore the work behind this achievement, the opportunities it creates and what working across borders means to the scientists involved.