Feb. 2, 2026
Small fibres - big effect
Neutrons take a glimpse inside the molecular structure of plant-based foods
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Sept. 25, 2025
Phospholipids on a pea
Neutron reflectometry provides valuable insights into the molecular intricacies of plant-based food.
Jan. 9, 2025
Pea-based cappuccino: the greener future of food
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 challenges, bringing a greener food future a step closer.
July 6, 2023
Next generation energy efficiency: the potential of superconductivity
A step closer to realising the potential of superconductivity through multidisciplinary international collaboration
ThALES, the Three Axis instrument for Low Energy Spectrometry. Photo: Ecliptique, L. Thion
Climate change and the energy crisis have highlighted the …
Sept. 23, 2021
PRISMAP – The European medical radionuclides programme sets out to transform the European landscape for novel and emerging medical radionuclides
Medical isotope collection at CERN MEDICIS; ©CERN 2018-2021
Nuclear therapy and molecular imaging, which are widely used in hospitals for promising new medical procedures, can drastically improve outcomes for many medical conditions, making it possible to treat dis…
Aug. 12, 2020
Following protein aggregation in real time by neutron spectroscopy
August 2020Protein aggregation into amyloid superstructures is the molecular manifestation of a large variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Evidence is increasing that transient on-pathway oligomers are actually the toxic species, such that time-resolved monito…
July 26, 2018
A novel approach for the study of integral membrane proteins
The integral membrane protein MsbA (blue) embedded in a ‘semi-transparent’ membranous nanodisc (grey). The nanodisc itself is, through selective deuteration, rendered invisible in SANS experiments that focus on the conformation of the protein in its native context.
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