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Investigating the magnetic field – temperature phase diagram of MnSi: it’s not easy to untwist! SANS scattering patterns obtained for a magnetic field of 0.20 T [(a) and (b)] applied parallel to the neutron beam wavevector k ⃗_i and perpendicular to it. Panel (c) shows the intermediate scattering …

A TITAN KRIOS cryo-electron microscope has been inaugurated at the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, in Grenoble, France. The inauguration took place in the presence of Ada Yonath, chemistry Nobel Prize laureate in 2009, Francesco Sette, Director General of the ESRF and all the partners that jointly…

Ultra cold neutrons as the ideal tool A look inside the EDM setup used on PF2 at ILL. ©Artechnique Since the start of its operation in 1985, the experimental installation ‘Physique Fondamentale 2’ (PF2) has been until recently the only user facility for ultra-cold …

Dates: 8th – 9th March 2018Location: NEMO Science Museum, AmsterdamEurope is home to the world’s most extensive portfolio of Advanced Research Infrastructures (ARIs), serving a wide and dynamic community of tens of thousands of scientists every year. These specialised large-scale facilities enable…

November 2017Proteins are the nano-machines that Nature uses to perform most of the processes critical for the metabolism in cells. One of the key goals of life and physical sciences revolves around understanding the structural and dynamic properties of the native, transition, intermediate, and denatured states of proteins. The denaturation transition – defined as the transition of proteins from …

Unit cells of clathrate structure I and clathrate structure II. Different types of polyhedral cages are represented in different colours. Reproduced from Ranieri et al., Nature Comm. Gas clathrate hydrates are ice-like solids, in which gas molecules or atoms are tr…

Materials containing multiple metal elements are important for various applications as the combination of different metal cations provides new or enhanced properties, which cannot be obtained through the use of just one metal. A recent study involving neutron diffraction experiments has enabled th…

Just one week before the early bird tickets close, BSBF2018 can announce an exciting new assessment: At the conference, the nine Big Science organisations behind BSF2018 - CERN, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ESS, European XFEL, F4E, and ILL - will present investments worth 10 billion euros for the next five years.The 10 billion euro investments represent exciting opportunities for European businesses and…

Photo ILL / Max Alexander Iron-based superconductors contain layers of iron and a pnictogen – such as arsenic or phosphorus – or a chalcogen, like oxygen or selenium. Previously dismissed eas weak candidates for superconductivity, iron-based superconductors took th…

From left to right: Fabien Lafont and Victor Buridon, post-docs ILL/BrightnESS, and Anton Khaplanov, ESS Multi-grid detectors, introduced at the ILL in 2010, have shown their great potential to replace Helium-3-based detectors, and as a result, they will equip seve…

Twice each year the UK honours its citizens who held high office or rendered extraordinary service.In the New Year’s Honours list just published, we are delighted to learn that Bill Stirling, formerly Director of the ILL and Director General of the ESRF, has been awarded the prestigious title of Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to British science and internati…

Credit Synthelis / Illusciencia January 2018p7 is a protein essential for the release of the hepatitis C virus, however little data is currently available on the way it interacts with its environment, hindering the development of vaccinations for itResearchers have…