June 29, 2026
Can concrete waste help store CO₂?
Operando neutron and X-ray tomography reveal how water transport and cracking shape carbonation in cement paste
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June 23, 2026
Peeking into pores
A powerful synergy of in-situ neutron imaging and numerical models gives rise to a novel model describing water vapour condensation in porous materials
June 23, 2026
New ILL top management team has been appointed
Regine Willumeit-Römer will become the new ILL Director, with Ken Andersen and Jacques Jestin continuing at the ILL as Associate Directors. The new top management team will take up their duties on 1st October 2026.
June 18, 2026
Quantum entanglement detected inside a centimetre-sized strange metal
Researcher used neutrons to study a strange metal. A high degree of quantum entanglement has been detected for the first time in a cm-sized crystal. Image: © TU Wien/Harald Ritsch
June 12, 2026
A deep dive into drug delivery
Learn how a novel combination of neutron and light scattering elucidates the molecular structure of therapeutic nanoparticles
June 11, 2026
ASCENT at ILL selected for funding under "Choose Europe for Science"
The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) will lead the ASCENT project, funded at 1.4 M€ by the European Commission as part of the initiative "Choose Europe for Science 2025". The goal is to train the next generation of researchers and sustain Europe’s leadership in neutron science.
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College 3 Seminar | Experimental activities at the ISOLDE-CERN facility
Carlotta Porzio, CERN, Switzerland
carlotta.porzio@cern.ch
28th JCNS Laboratory Course
07 - 18 September 2026 in Jülich, Germany & Grenoble, FranceEach year, the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, organizes a two-week laboratory course in…
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Annual Report 2025
This 60-page edition offers a concise overview of last year’s key scientific highlights, technical developments, and reactor operations, along with insights into our scientific strategy, budget, and statistics on staff and users.
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The ILL Science strategy (2025)
The ILL Science Strategy outlines the approach that will be taken to leverage the improvements to the instrument suite with the aim of enhancing our science programme in order to expand our user community and address some of today’s major societal challenges.
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Neutron technologies (2025)
This brochure highlights the technical expertise and engineering excellence that underpin our scientific achievements : from the design and optimisation of advanced neutron optics to the development of high-performance detectors and cutting-edge sample environments.
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Impact brochure (2023)
With the help of recently published work, this brochure highlights the impact of neutron science enabled by the world's most intense neutron beams and state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure at the ILL.