Since its first observation in 1984 nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation has developed from an exotic experiment into a field with various branches and new types of experiments. Only recently unexpected results revealed new facets.

The potential of the field stems from the combination of the outstanding energy resolution of transitions observed in Mössbauer experiments with the unique properties of synchrotron radiation in comparison to radioactive sources.

After an introduction to the technique of time differential observation of the nuclear scattered intensity some recent experiments will be presented, which show new lines of research not accessible by standard Mössbauer techniques.