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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 lipid membranes surrounding human cells are known to be asymmetric in terms of their molecular composition. The localisation of cholesterol within these membranes has, however, been difficult to pinpoint until recently. Using neutron scattering…

Future progress will be defined by the development of new and innovative next-generation materials. Despite the magnitude of the endeavour, breakthroughs will depend on understanding at the smallest scale: fundamentally, the properties of a material…

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

More than a century after the discovery of the atomic nucleus, no universal model can yet reliably predict its properties as the numbers of protons and neutrons change. Exotic nuclei – highly unstable and complex systems with unique properties –…

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…