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Sept. 16, 2021 Mysteries of enzyme mechanism revealed

Credit: Institut Laue-Langevin/ University of Leicester An international research team led by the University of Leicester has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure u…

Biology Health Soft matter Press releases Scientific news LADI-III

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Sept. 16, 2021 Scientists use neutrons to understand the secrets of extremophile bacteria like the ones decomposing the RMS Titanic

Credit: MPI-ILL 5.09.2016Understanding microbe adaptation to extreme environments remains a challenge of high biotechnological potential—in bioremediation and waste management, for example.Halomonas microorganisms isolated from the oceans or salt marshes, reversibl…

Biology Health Soft matter Press releases Scientific news

Sept. 16, 2021 A new class of high-temperature multiferroic materials: Oxyhalides

27.05.2016Novel devices capable of rapidly and reliably switching magnetic states by acting on the electronic charge state are predicted to be of prime importance for tomorrow’s data storage. Their realization will depend on the availability of materials that possess coupled ferromagnetic and ferroelectric order. Ferromagnetic order relies on the parallel alignment of magnetic moments created by …

Magnetism Press releases Scientific news D1B

Sept. 16, 2021 Competing coexisting phases in two-dimensional water

10.06.2016 On Earth, water is abundant substance, the cycle of evaporation - condensation - solidification (steam transitions - liquid - solid) falls within everyday experience. The physical properties of water and its phase diagram are, however, much more complex than they appear with these familiar characteristics.The properties of bulk water come from a delicate balance of interaction…

Chemistry Press releases Scientific news

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Sept. 16, 2021 Neutron reflectivity gives insight to the role of the N-terminal sequence in Alzheimer’s β-amyloid peptide assembly

Pictorial sketch of a biomimetic membrane interacting with Aβ peptides: (A) Aβ peptides in the membrane-active structured-oligomer state (Membrane filling); (B) Aβ peptides in the monomeric state: (B1) monomers embroider the membrane and (B2) peptide oligomerization takes place next to membrane s…

Biology Health Press releases Scientific news

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Sept. 15, 2021 Another ten years for the ILL

On the 15th of September 2021, the governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom signed a protocol that will extend their support of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) for another ten-year period from 2024 to 2033.

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Aug. 31, 2021 50 years of neutrons!

50 years of unparalleled scientific performance. Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the very first start-up of the Institut Laue-Langevin's research reactor on this last day of August 1971: an extraordinary achievement, in both technical and human terms.

General news

Aug. 4, 2021 Improving FIPPS datasets quality

This article was writen in anticipation of Felix Kandzia’s webinar, scheduled on Oct 28th 2020, where he presents the significative improvements brought to the FIPPS’s Target System, as part of his FILL2030 post-doc mission.

Nuclear and Particle physics FIPPS

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July 28, 2021 The Institut Laue-Langevin part of project on autonomous experiments

New algorithm enables more efficient acquisition of high-value datasets.

Scientific news ThALES

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July 22, 2021 Neutron reflectometry reveals SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces lipid stripping from cell membrane

Neutron reflectometry reveals SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces lipid stripping from cell membrane, leading to a greater understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection mechanisms and potential therapeutics. 22 July 2021Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), in colla…

Biology Health D17 FIGARO France Highlights Highlights 2021 Press releases Scientific news Soft matter Switzerland

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July 16, 2021 Neutrons help uncover the secrets of life adaptation on Earth

Credit: Marta Salvador-Castell Scientists at Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) have helped take a key step towards understanding the development of life on Earth.The team, led by Dr Philippe Oger, a scientist from the University of Lyon – INSA Lyon, used organic molecul…

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July 7, 2021 Advanced neutron technologies galvanise research into advanced polymer electrolyte membranes

Schematic, cross-sectional view of a PEM fuel cell. Hydrogen fuel is channelled to the anode, while oxygen from air is channelled to the cathode. At the anode, hydrogen is split into protons (H+) and electrons (e-). The PEM allows the protons to cross to the cathode, while the electrons travel vi…

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