May 29, 2026
Successful delivery: how drug molecules behave within tiny carriers
Neutrons reveal molecular diffusion mechanisms inside drug-releasing hydrogels
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Dec. 19, 2025
When antibodies attack: deciphering molecular mysteries of the immune system
A newly published study looks into the molecular motions of therapeutic antibodies and their ability to interact with their target molecules. The results provide crucial information for optimising design and formulations in future developments.
Oct. 21, 2025
Extreme situations call for extreme molecules
Bacteria can be surprisingly resistant - neutron-based techniques show why.
Sept. 22, 2025
Seeing red: investigating blood components via neutron scattering
High-quality neutron and X-ray data acquired using red blood cells allowed researchers to establish a universal theoretical description of cell membranes.
July 22, 2025
Magnetism, vortices and neutron spin echo: a winning combination
In a series of experiments published in Nature Physics, researchers from Japan, the UK, Sweden, and the Czech Republic collaborated at ILL-IN15, one of the world's leading spin echo facilities. Their neutron spin echo (NSE) experiments confirmed the presence of asymmetric dynamics in the skyrmion phase of MnSi, indicating its strong potential for spintronic devices and sustainable technology.
Oct. 29, 2024
Liposomes caught drunk-dancing in solution
How neutrons help us understand the industrial production of therapeutic molecules
April 3, 2024
Protein dynamics: dancing at different rhythms
The goal of this study was to complete the mapping of the dynamics of the well-known protein Hsp90 by studying the 5-500 ns timescale using a combination of state-of-the-art complementary techniques, and to take the first steps towards understanding how this timescale relates to the slower dynamics known to drive the protein’s functioning.
Feb. 15, 2022
Neutron scattering techniques reveal the roles of SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides during infection
Research has demonstrated the likely critical membrane fusion mechanism involved when the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infects human cells.SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is from a family of single-stranded positive sense RNA viruses named β-coronaviruses. SARS-CoV-2 and oth…
March 26, 2019
Neutron experiments reveal proteins which can inhibit amyloid plaque formation
New clues about the molecular nature of Alzheimer’s disease
Nov. 7, 2018
Neutrons on the quest to find the fifth dimension in star polymer dynamics
Entanglement. A cross‐section view into a web of interpenetrated polymer chains is shown. Above the glass transition temperature, the molecules are able to diffuse. For long star‐shaped polymers, the mean square displacement is proportional to a power law 1/16 of time. This particular number is a…
May 19, 2014
Neutron beams reveal how antibodies cluster in solution
19.05.2014Results from neutron spin-echo analysis at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and the National Center of Neutron Research (NCNR) in the United States are an important advance towards enabling subcutaneous injections of concentrated biopharmaceuticals used to treat cancer and autoimmune dis…