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Close to 20 undergraduate students from ILL and ESRF associate and member countries are at the EPN campus to discover neutron and x-rays techniques and science, from 2 to 28 September.

It is with deep sadness that we announce the tragic and untimely passing of our friend and colleague Björn Fåk, who died in a motorcycle accident on 25 July 2024 at the age of 65. A distinguished physicist, Björn was renowned for his profound…

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural antibiotics very effective against resistant bacteria. Despite their interesting properties, AMPs remain hard to use. A study now published marks a remarkable step further in understanding how AMPs work.…

HIV/AIDS remains a major global health challenge, with an estimated 39 million people living with the disease and 1.5 million new infections each year. Though antiretroviral therapy provides effective treatment and prevention, limitations arise due…

The SHARPER instrument at the ILL came online during the second 2024 reactor cycle, which run for 16 May to 9 June. SHARPER is a time-focusing time-of-flight spectrometer designed for quasi-elastic and inelastic scattering built and operated at the…

The replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy is a key requirement to achieve climate neutrality in Europe by 2050. Energy storage systems are a crucial technology for this global energy transition due to the intermittent nature of…

From drug delivery to the development of responsive materials, self-assembled supramolecular structures have many applications. Understanding their organisation and reaction to external parameters is key. In a new study, researchers explore the…

An agreement has just been signed between the ILL and the ESS for ILL to manufacture the detector for the CSPEC instrument at the ESS.

The PSB spotlight on “Neutrons in Biology” took place on 29 June 2024, gathering more than 50 participants from the four institutes of the EPN campus (European Photon and Neutron campus) in Grenoble.