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Centuries-old works of art can be damaged when solvents are used to remove varnish on paintings during the restoration process – the 20th century is said to have the largest number of damaged paintings as a result of deliberate restorationNew research uses neutrons to examine how solvents penetrate the varnish of a painting – studying the precise varnishing used for most restoration efforts since…

7 February 2020An international team has used neutron and X-ray tomography to investigate the dynamic processes that lead to capacity degradation at the electrodes in lithium batteries. Using a new mathematical method, it was possible to virtually unwind electrodes that had been wound into the for…

Some of the applications based on conjugated polymers February 2020Conjugated polymers have attracted broad academic and industrial interest over recent years for their potential use in a range of applications. Made up of a complex configuration of carbon and hydro…

Three neutron science research reactors in Europe have ceased operations in 2019. LENS and ENSA warn of a “neutron gap” that could impact scientific research

Interview with PaNOSC coordinator, Andy Götz, on PaNOSC contribution to the EOSC

From left to right Prof. Konstantin Protassov, Prof. Helmut Schober and Prof. Patrick Levy, the UGA President On 26 November, the Director of the ILL, Helmut Schober, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa, an honorary title awarded to “non-French personalit…

62 managers, IT experts, computational scientists and staff from European Photon and Neutron (PaN) sources to discuss the state of the project, its progress and plans for the upcoming years.