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France

Associate country since 1967

National representatives at the ILL

Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) &
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Representatives on the ILL Steering Committee:
Marie-Hélène MATHON | CEA
Michel GUIDAL | CNRS

Industrial Liaison Officers

CEA : Salah DIB

CNRS : Direction de la stratégie financière, de l'immobilier et de la modernisation

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How neutron science helps make blood tests more reliable

- News,Health,Biology Health,Scientific news,D17,FIGARO,France,Germany

Blood-based biomarkers are widely used to diagnose and monitor diseases through simple blood tests. However, in some cases they can be partially “hidden” and harder to detect accurately. Researchers investigated, with molecular accuracy, how…

Life in the cold: how microbes thrive - and die - at extreme temperatures

- Biology Health,Soft matter,Scientific news,IN16B,France,Italy

A new study based on neutrons provides valuable insights into the thermal vulnerability of different bacterial families. It shows that organisms adapted to very low temperatures are also surprisingly fragile: even a slight rise in temperature can be…