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We will be moving the ILL website to a different system in order to keep up with the evolving…

T3, the new polarised cold neutron reflectometer developed by the Neutron Optics Service at the ILL,…

Ionic conduction is a key processes in energy materials. Understanding it in detail is essential for…

The ILL has just received a firm commitment from its Associate countries, France, the UK and…

Recently published findings from experiments carried out at the ILL and at SINQ confirm…

A team of researchers at the ILL investigated how salt alters the shape of lipid vesicles.

The first reactor cycle of 2025 at the ILL started this week. It will go on for 63 days, at a power…

As a long-standing partner of Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), the Institut Laue-Langevin is happy…

Researchers designed novel membranes to extract precious lithium ions from brine solutions and used…

Engineers, scientists, and experts in the field of neutron instrumentation are invited to register !

As part of the Polish Scientific Member partnership, the ILL welcomed ten students and two…

The European Photon and Neutron (EPN) campus in Grenoble is also a unique place for structural…

New findings based on neutron scattering experiments performed at the ILL and ISIS reveal…

Research is constantly ongoing to optimise the properties of shampoos. This study could help design…

Last week was rich in scientific events featuring neutron scattering and the ILL. We briefly…

Researchers used neutrons to study how peptides assemble into tiny spirals - and then used them as…

... or assessing ‘power naps’ for electrolysers | A recent study uses high resolution neutron…

A novel porous material capable of separating deuterium from hydrogen at a temperature of 120 K…

A former PhD student at the ILL and Birmingham University has been awarded this year’s prize for her…

Some magnetic materials feature peculiar states the fundamental understanding of which may pave the…

In everyday life, we typically encounter water in one of three familiar states – solid, liquid or…

On 11 February 2025, the ILL was honoured to welcome the highest representatives of Germany in…

On 5 and 6 February, the ILL was at Tech&Fest, hosted at Alexpo in Grenoble, with the slogan…

Multiferroic materials will be at the heart of new solutions for data storage, data transmission,…

Elhoucine Hadden, PhD student at the ILL and the University of Vienna, successfully defended his PhD…

By linking theoretical predictions with neutron experiments, researchers have found evidence for…

Bacteria may soon replace viruses as primary pandemic concern. In our shrinking antibiotic arsenal,…

ILL is currently involved in 17 EU-funded projects, which will increase to 18 as of 1 March 2025.…

The EU-funded project EU-CONVERSION aims to supply European research reactors with safe,…

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are used to treat a large variety of diseases. In order to allow…

Foams are highly complex systems, and an essential component of many different drinks and foods.…

Members of COFREND (Confédération Française pour les Essais Non Destructifs) were at the ILL for a…

The recently published European strategy clearly recommends the exploitation of ILL well beyond 2033…

On the occasion of the meeting in Grenoble of the users of the two largest European research…

As we near the end of the year, it is an appropriate time to look back at accomplishments. In…

The lipid membranes surrounding human cells are known to be asymmetric in terms of their molecular…

Future progress will be defined by the development of new and innovative next-generation materials.…

The ILL-ESS User Meeting 2024 brought together experts, researchers, and users from across the globe…

The completion of the ILL Endurance upgrade programme was officially celebrated yesterday, 27…

How neutron studies of exotic materials can pave the way towards quantum computers

Recent awards and publications are testament to the sustained efforts and long-standing…

An irradiation in ILL’s high flux reactor produced einsteinium-255 that served as on tap supply of…

How neutrons help us understand the industrial production of therapeutic molecules

The 2024 prize has been given to the CERN scientist during the 8th International Conference on…

Nine people from the ILL staff travelled to the ESS in Lund last week to meet with the local team in…

The 2024 edition of the Journées de la Diffusion Neutronique (JDN2024) was held last week on the…

The Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) 2024 was held in Trieste from 1 to 4 October. ILL was…

The InnovaXN EU-funded project has ended on September 30, 2024. Let us reflect on the outcomes of…

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has established a set of conditions under which sustainable…

An international research team has used neutrons to study the nanometer-scale dynamics of water…

ILL research scientist Leonardo Chiappisi has been awarded the prestigious Wolfram-Prandl Prize 2024…

Close to 20 undergraduate students from ILL and ESRF associate and member countries are at the EPN…

It is with deep sadness that we announce the tragic and untimely passing of our friend and colleague…

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural antibiotics which are very effective against resistant…

HIV/AIDS remains a major global health challenge, with an estimated 39 million people living with…

The SHARPER instrument at the ILL came online during the second 2024 reactor cycle, which run for 16…

The replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy is a key requirement to achieve climate…

From drug delivery to the development of responsive materials, self-assembled supramolecular…

An agreement has just been signed between the ILL and the ESS for ILL to manufacture the detector…

The PSB spotlight on “Neutrons in Biology” took place on 29 June 2024, gathering more than 50…

A recently published study uses neutron and X-ray scattering to deepen our understanding of…

ILL researcher Alessandro Tengattini has just been awarded a research chair at the Institut…

The third and final meeting of the Science Strategy Working Group was held at the ILL on June 17 and…

A recently published study uses neutron scattering to shed light on texturisation - the black box…

Small-angle scattering experiments for liquid foam characterisation have been experiencing renewed…

Over 100 scientists and industry experts gathered in Grenoble last week for the International…

Following the recent articles in Le Monde and Le Point, the importance of neutrons for science &…

Today we welcomed Prof. Martina Hirayama, Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and…

Curium has just announced an agreement that adds ILL to their global irradiation portfolio to ensure…

On 29 and 30 May 2024, the CEA organised a meeting of its Scientific Council in Grenoble on the…

On May 28-29, the 4th annual conference of BATTERY 2030+ gathered over 300 participants in Grenoble…

A study now published in Nature Communications brings remarkable insights into the enigmatic…

The Swiss company NOVARTIS announced at the Choose France Summit the desire to establish a…

It is common knowledge that batteries degrade with usage. Exactly how this happens and how could it…

The second 2024 reactor cycle at ILL started today, 14 May. It will last 56 days, until 9 July, at a…

The UK Neutron and Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM) took place at Warwick University in April…

Using ILL's neutron imaging instrument NeXT, researchers were able to visualise how different fuel…

On 29 April ILL's Director, Ken Andersen, welcomed Michael Arentoft, Head of Unit at the European…

On April 23-24th, the third Workshop on Additive Manufacturing (WAM2024) took place in Grenoble.…

The ILL's Science Strategy Working Group had its second meeting on 17/18 April on site in Grenoble.…

Using neutron spectroscopy data taken at ILL, researchers achieved a novel understanding of…

The first test measurements on the new instrument SAM at the ILL have been performed. SAM is the new…

The goal of this study was to complete the mapping of the dynamics of the well-known protein Hsp90…

After five intense weeks, HERCULES 2024 reached completion on 28 March.

Here you can find a small…

The ILL Scientific Council met on site on 27-28 March. On the two previous days, 25-26 March, the…

Eight new project proposals with ILL’s involvement have been submitted to the European Commission…

The global need to transition to a sustainable and clean energy future has brought hydrogen to the…

The ILL's Science Strategy Working Group had its first meeting on 7/8 March on site in Grenoble. The…

Energy-resolved neutron experiments provide insights into novel energy technologies

An article recently published in Cell Reports reveals how researchers have for the first time…

The first 2024 reactor cycle at ILL started at 08:30 today, February 27th. It will go on for 49…

The Integrative Computational Biology Workshop brought together structural biologists with…

The NEPHEWS partners met last week at the SOLARIS Centre in Krakow, Poland, for the kick-off…

Courtesy of Alison Oliver (STFC,RAL,ISIS)

An urgent road trip from Geneva to Grenoble facilitated specialist experiments that could lead to…

Courtesy of 2FDN/SFN - written by Yubexi CORREA

Dr Ken Andersen will take up his duties on 16th October 2023.

Courtesy of 2FDN - Written by Valentina Giordano

Neutrons throw light on an important manufacturing process in the textile industry.

Only by using neutron instruments from across the globe, have researchers been able to characterise…

An international research team has succeeded in significantly narrowing the scope for the existence…

Samuel Winnall and Wenke Müller are currently carrying out their PhDs as part of the InnovaXN…

This week the European neutron research community gather in Lund, Sweden, to share and discuss the…

On September 21, 2022 the annual project meeting of EASI-STRESS was held in Grenoble, France at the…

Courtesy of ISIS.

A meeting of the “ILL strategy post 2023 working group” took place at the German Embassy in Paris…

By Upward, the official magazine of the ISS National Lab

Breakthrough in neutron physics: A team from TU Vienna, INRIM Turin and ILL Grenoble has succeeded…

On 6 and 7 July, a two-day Plenary Event brought together, for the first time in-person, the PhD…

Quantum Mechanics is a strange theory. Richard Feynman said “I think it is safe to say nobody…

Do you like magnetic order but dislike having your spins near each other, cluttering up your…

It is with great sadness that the ILL has learned of the death of Philippe Nozières, who passed away…

Check out our latest animation and discover more about this EU Funded project whose goal is to…

18 projects selected in the R&D&I Thematic call | 10 projects in the Academy call | 8 projects under…

Researchers at IRIG are conducting neutron scattering studies on iron-nickel-arsenic pnicture, a…

An old "flaw" of the famous double-slit experiment has now been corrected at TU Wien in a…

BSBF is the business-oriented congress which congregates all the European Research Infrastructures

With great sadness, we have learnt that Hannu Mutka died on 25 February as a consequence of an…

Courtesy of STFC,RAL,ISIS

24 November - ILL, ESRF and CEA create the “Grenoble Battery Hub” for research on sustainable…

The engagement of US and European Big Science facilities

An FZ-Jülich article

On the 15th of September 2021, the governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom signed a…

50 years of unparalleled scientific performance. Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the very…

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

Scientists from Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) have helped take a key step towards understanding the…

Processing diffraction data post-experiment requires complex numerical calculations to be coded by…

Dr. Olga Matsarskaia (ILL SANS staff scientist), the winner of the 2020 dissertation award from the…

Neutrons help investigating the impact of alkanes, which could have allowed the first life to emerge…

Innovation depends on diversity and inclusiveness. Although the gender balance in scientific…

By Araceli LOPEZ-MARTENS,

CSNSM, Laboratoire de physique des 2 infinis Irène Joliot-Curie, France

This article was writen in anticipation of Felix Kandzia’s webinar, scheduled on Oct 28th 2020,…

Understanding, manipulating and exploiting the intriguing magnetic behaviour of a synthetic…

On 1st July, Professor Helmut Schober and his team took over from CERN as Chair of EIROforum, a…

Read the 2019 TSN report here (in French only) (pdf - 2.36 Mi)

The publication made the front cover of Nature Physics in May 2020.

One critical component of the D20 instrument is certainly its large “banana” 1D position-sensitive…

The InnovaXN project (H2020-COFUND framework) supports 40 fully-funded PhD studentships at ESRF and…

H20, the key molecule of life, is closely studied across the world. Yet, there are many mysteries we…

Three neutron science research reactors in Europe have ceased operations in 2019. LENS and ENSA warn…

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

62 managers, IT experts, computational scientists and staff from European Photon and Neutron (PaN)…

By Martin Herrema, University of Kent

On 15th July Switzerland’s Scientific Membership of the ILL was officially renewed for another 5…

www.innovaxn.eu

On the International Day of LGBTQ+ People in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM), the…

Silk may well be the oldest biomaterial humans have exploited. The primary protein comprising silk…

Solar hydrogen can be produced from water and light in a process called photocatalytic…

Precise measurements at the ILL of beta asymmetry rule out neutron decay into exotic dark matter…

Researchers investigate new interactions between gold nanoparticles and cell membranes. Gold…

Replacing silicon crystals with gallium arsenide ones quadruples energy resolution, the biggest jump…

For the past 25 years, scientists have been developing fluorescent proteins for bioimaging. Today…

The STEREO experiment releases new results based on the detection of about 65 000 neutrinos at short…

New clues about the molecular nature of Alzheimer’s disease

Direct observations of the structure and catalytic mechanism of a prototypical kinase enzyme will…

The microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) was invented by Anton Oed at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL).…

"In seeking to inspire the next generation of researchers, the EIROforum reaffirms its commitment…

The PSND2018 (International workshop on Position Sensitive Neutron Detectors) took place at FZJülich…

E=mc2 : Michael Jentschel and Klaus Blaum explain why the most famous equation of physics needs…

An EPN-campus successful collaboration

Neutrinos are notoriously hard-to-detect elementary particles. They are produced in the core of…

It was an honour today for the ILL to receive the visit of five consulate officials from Lyon.…

On January 30 this year the ILL Director Helmut Schober had the pleasure of welcoming Professor…

Just one week before the early bird tickets close, BSBF2018 can announce an exciting new assessment:…

The international company Procter & Gamble (P&G), together with the European Synchrotron Radiation…

A delegation from Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation and Osaka University, led by Vice…

The remarkable chemical and electrochemical stability of Ionic Liquids (ILs) makes them excellent…

On 12 September, the ILL had the honour and pleasure of welcoming to the Institute Don Pablo…