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AAA+ ATPases are a large family of ubiquitous enzymes with multiple tasks, including the remodelling of the cellular proteome, i.e. the ensemble of proteins in a biological cell. A subfamily, so-called unfoldases, recognize, unfold, and address misfolded or dysfunctional proteins towards proteolyt…

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…

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…

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 …

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 interactio…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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

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…

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…