General news

Elhoucine Hadden, PhD student at the ILL and the University of Vienna, successfully defended his PhD thesis on 28 January 2025.

By linking theoretical predictions with neutron experiments, researchers have found evidence for quantum spin ice in the material Ce2Sn2O7. Their findings could inspire the technology of tomorrow, such as quantum computers. The results have been…

The EU-funded project EU-CONVERSION aims to supply European research reactors with safe, low-enriched uranium fuels - for their conversion and long-term operation, and to secure the supply of medical radioisotopes. The project kick-off meeting has…

Members of COFREND (Confédération Française pour les Essais Non Destructifs) were at the ILL for a visit focused on our imaging instrument NeXT (Neutron and X-ray Tomography). This group of professionals in the field of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)…

The recently published European strategy clearly recommends the exploitation of ILL well beyond 2033 – due to its scientific relevance, competitiveness in nuclear (and particle) physics, and capability for producing radioisotopes for research and…

On the occasion of the meeting in Grenoble of the users of the two largest European research infrastructures dedicated to neutrons, the ILL invited the general public to attend a conference in French at Minatec, entitled "La science des neutrons au…

As we near the end of the year, it is an appropriate time to look back at accomplishments. In particular, 2024 provides the opportunity to look back to the start of neutron interferometry 50 years ago – the development of this neutron technique is…

The ILL-ESS User Meeting 2024 brought together experts, researchers, and users from across the globe to celebrate collaboration and scientific progress.

The completion of the ILL Endurance upgrade programme was officially celebrated yesterday, 27 November 2024, in the presence of representatives of the ILL Associate Countries – France, Germany and the United Kingdom – and of several ILL Scientific…