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La réflectométrie neutronique révèle que la protéine Spike du SRAS-CoV-2 provoque un arrachement des lipides de la membrane cellulaire.Une nouvelle information sur les mécanismes d'infection du SRAS-CoV-2, utile pour le développement de futurs traitements et vaccins protégeant de variants pl…

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…

Schematic, cross-sectional view of a PEM fuel cell. Hydrogen fuel is channelled to the anode, while oxygen from air is channelled to the cathode. At the anode, hydrogen is split into protons (H+) and electrons (e-). The PEM allows the protons to cross to the cathode, while the electrons travel vi…

Andreas Meyer. Crédit: DLR L'ILL a le plaisir d'annoncer que le professeur Andreas Meyer a accepté d'être son prochain directeur associé allemand, à compter du 1er octobre 2021.Le professeur Meyer est un expert dans l'application de la diffusion de neutrons à la sc…

"Inelastic neutron scattering contributes to studying vibrational degrees-of-freedom to better understand disorder and its effect on electronic charge transport efficiency and mechanisms in organic semiconductors." Credit ILL / M. Zbiri Organic semiconduc…

An international team, including ILL scientists, have used neutron scattering to study the behaviour of dense supercritical methane. Their results could help to better model the interiors of methane-rich outer planets of our solar system.“Methane is one of the most abundant molecules in the Univer…

Neutron diffraction is one of the most powerful tools in the world for studying the structure of materials, and is used by scientists from chemistry, physics, biology and materials science. By firing a beam of neutrons at just a tiny sample of material – which could include anything from proteins and DNA, to lava and cement – the minute details of the atomic structure are revealed by analysing th…

Accommodating water within their pores and ideally fueled by solar energy, organic porous water-splitting materials trigger the process of splitting water molecules via oxidation and reduction reactions to release hydrogen. Credit ILL / M. Zbiri Hydrogen fuel is s…