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You can find here the latest scientific news, upcoming events, and the Institute's achievements

- Health,Biology Health,Soft matter,Scientific news,IN15,Germany

A newly published study looked into the molecular motions of therapeutic antibodies and their ability to interact with their target molecules. The results provide crucial information to optimise design and formulations in future developments.

- European news

The PaNOSC consortium (Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud) has just signed the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). By linking hundreds of data repositories and tools, the EOSC Federation aims to create…

- radioisotopes,Health,European news,Scientific news

PRISMAP, the European medical radionuclides programme, is ending on 31 December 2025. The consortium has just published a press release providing an overview of the user projects funded by the programme.

 

- 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 surprising fragile: even a slight rise in temperature can be…

- Biology Health,Soft matter,Scientific news,D33,Sweden

A newly published gives an important contribution to the understanding of physiological processing of plant-based foods. Their results can be used to optimise production, improving the digestibility of plant proteins and thus the nutritious value of…

- Neutron tech,Scientific news,ThALES

The MARMOT system is the latest innovation in neutron technologies. During the last reactor cycle of 2025, it has been commissioned on ThALES with 1/4 of the detector channels fully equipped. Routine operation should start next year.

- Neutron tech,Quantum materials,Magnetism,Scientific news,XtremeD

A neutron diffraction experiment down to the unprecedented low temperatures of 160 mK under a pressure of 20 GPa has been made possible by novel in-house developments in cryogenic and high-pressure techniques at the ILL.

- Training & PhD,Advanced materials,Scientific news,Sweden

The results of a new study show how materials scientists may be able to fine-tune ionic transport properties to meet specific technological needs in catalysis and solid-state energy devices.

- reactor operation,Neutron tech,General news,PorTo,DALI,D7,SHARPER

The ILL concluded 2025 operations at the end of October. In total, more than 1800 scientists came on site to perform close to 1400 experiments. The High-Flux Reactor will restart in late March 2026 for a year with 3 operating cycles in the programme.

- Scientific news,DALI

In October 2025, a completely new neutron-sensitive cylindrical image plate detector was built and installed on the DALI instrument at the ILL. This is a major upgrade that significantly improves instrument performance.