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- News,Chemistry,Industry - Renewable & Nuclear Energies,Scientific news,D50-NeXT,Germany

... or assessing ‘power naps’ for electrolysers | A recent study uses high resolution neutron imaging at the ILL to examine water dynamics in a carbon dioxide electrolysis cells - selected as research highlight in Nature Catalysis.

- News,Energy,Advanced materials,Chemistry,Scientific news,IN5,Germany

A novel porous material capable of separating deuterium from hydrogen at a temperature of 120 K (-153°C) has been introduced. This opens a pathway for sustainable industrial-scale isotope separation using existing liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

- Quantum materials,Magnetism,Scientific news,IN5,SHARPER,PANTHER,France,Switzerland,United Kingdom

Some magnetic materials feature peculiar states the fundamental understanding of which may pave the way for future applications. Neutron experiments have just revealed that they can be unexpectedly stable with respect to microscopic disorder.

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In everyday life, we typically encounter water in one of three familiar states – solid, liquid or gas. But there are in fact many more phases, some of which – predicted to exist at high temperature and pressure – are so strange they’re referred to as…

- Quantum materials,Magnetism,Scientific news,CYCLOPS,D3,D9,D10,OrientExpress,Spain

Multiferroic materials will be at the heart of new solutions for data storage, data transmission, and quantum computers. Understanding the origin of such properties at fundamental level is key for developing applications, and neutron scattering…

- Quantum materials,Magnetism,General news,Scientific news,IN5,IN16B,Canada,France,Switzerland,USA

By linking theoretical predictions with neutron experiments, researchers have found evidence for quantum spin ice in the material Ce2Sn2O7. Their findings could inspire the technology of tomorrow, such as quantum computers. The results have been…

- News,Health,Biology Health,Scientific news,United Kingdom

Bacteria may soon replace viruses as primary pandemic concern. In our shrinking antibiotic arsenal, polymyxin B stands out as a last-resort drug capable of breaching the bacterial outer membrane – though not without side effects. A study now…

- News,Health,Biology Health,Industry - Pharmaceuticals,Scientific news,D11,IN16B

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are used to treat a large variety of diseases. In order to allow patients to inject these therapeutic molecules autonomously, it is crucial to understand the origin of and to control their viscosity. An international team…

- News,Industry - Agriculture & Food,Soft matter,Scientific news,D22,D33,Denmark

Foams are highly complex systems, and an essential component of many different drinks and foods. Collaboration between the ILL and Aarhus University has connected unique capabilities to investigate foam with critically relevant food science…

- News,Nuclear and Particle physics,General news,European news,Scientific news

The recently published European strategy clearly recommends the exploitation of ILL well beyond 2033 – due to its scientific relevance, competitiveness in nuclear (and particle) physics, and capability for producing radioisotopes for research and…