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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17 April 2011 19:57 Age: 1 yrs

Dark matter and string theory? Super-cold neutrons can provide the answer

A new technique developed by neutron scientists is so sensitive that it could be used to measure the quantum effects of gravity. Minute deviations from Newtonian laws could prove whether dark matter or string theory’s extra dimensions exist. [more]