Institut Laue-Langevin

With its international funding and expertise the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) offers scientists and industry the world's leading facility in neutron science and technology. From its Grenoble site in the south-east of France the Institute operates the most intense neutron source on earth.

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10.11.2010 European XFEL joins EIROforum

Richard Wagner, ILL director, and all EIROFOrum DGs attended the signature ceremony in Culham on 8 November 2010. At the Autumn 2010 Council meeting of the EIROforum, the partnership of seven European intergovernmental...[more]


14.10.2010 Reactor restart

The next experimental cycle starts on 28 October, 8.30. [more]


30.09.2010 Silk surprise

New neutron research has revealed that the proteins making up silkworm silk have unexpected properties: effectively the proteins become more concentrated as they are diluted. The study published earlier this month in the RSC...[more]


27.09.2010 ILL 2020 Vision User Meeting – Future directions in neutron science

The “ILL 2020 Vision” user meeting was organised in Grenoble on 15-17 September 2010 with the aim of discussing with the neutron user community the development of a programme of upgrades to the ILL instrument suite and...[more]


03.09.2010 ILL/Computing for Science software pre-installed on a LiveDVD

The Computing for Science group has built a custom LiveDVD which gathers some ILL related software to be used for data analysis and simulation. It runs on all Intel/AMD based computers and contains LAMP, nMoldyn, McStas, Matlab...[more]


03.09.2010 A new micro-alga discovered at the ILL which resists high radiation doses and concentrates metal radio-nuclides

A joint ILL-CEA bio-technology process The bio­technology processes for bioremediation of radionuclides in water are rare because the biological organisms used should be adapted to sustain the chemical and radiological...[more]


24.08.2010 Deadline for submitting your proposals: 1st September

The web for proposal submission and long term proposal submission (LTP) is  open here. The deadline is Wednesday, 1 September 2010, midnight (EU time). [more]