About our name

Lyncean: (Lyn*ce"an), a. Of or pertaining to the lynx; keen-sighted.

The Lynx was once believed to have incredible
powers of vision. The word's origin probably comes
from the mythological Lynceus, the helmsman of
Jason's Argo, who was renowned for his sharpness
of sight and could even see things that were underground.

Lyncean Technologies develops powerful synchrotron X-ray sources to better see and understand the sub-microscopic details of our physical and biological world.