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You can find here the latest scientific news, upcoming events, and the Institute's achievements

- General news

ILL welcomed a delegation of the Atomic Energy Agency and the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Discussions focused on international cooperation in neutron science and on building a long-term scientific partnership.

- Neutron tech,Industry,Industry - Metallurgy & Engineering,Scientific news

A successful partnership between the company HTS-110 and the ILL is set to continue with the design and manufacture a 14 tesla high-field magnet for the ESS.

- Energy,Biology Health,Industry - Agriculture & Food,Scientific news,D22,D33,Denmark,Switzerland,Students

Neutrons take a glimpse inside the molecular structure of plant-based foods

 

- Health,Biology Health,Soft matter,Scientific news,IN15,Germany

A newly published study looks into the molecular motions of therapeutic antibodies and their ability to interact with their target molecules. The results provide crucial information for optimising design and formulations in future developments.

- European news

The PaNOSC consortium (Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud) has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation. By linking hundreds of data repositories and tools, the EOSC Federation aims to…

- radioisotopes,Health,European news,Scientific news

PRISMAP, the European medical radionuclides programme, will end on 31 December 2025. The consortium has just published a press release providing an overview of the user projects funded by the programme.

 

- Biology Health,Soft matter,Scientific news,IN16B,France,Italy

A new study based on neutrons provides valuable insights into the thermal vulnerability of different bacterial families. It shows that organisms adapted to very low temperatures are also surprisingly fragile: even a slight rise in temperature can be…

- Biology Health,Soft matter,Scientific news,D33,Sweden

A recently published study makes an important contribution to our understanding of the physiological processing of plant-based foods. The results of this work can be used to optimise production, improving the digestibility of plant proteins and thus…

- Neutron tech,Scientific news,ThALES

The MARMOT system is the latest innovation in neutron technologies. During the last reactor cycle of 2025, it has been commissioned on ThALES with 1/4 of the detector channels fully equipped. Routine operation should start next year.

- Neutron tech,Quantum materials,Magnetism,Scientific news,XtremeD

A neutron diffraction experiment down to the unprecedented low temperatures of 160 mK under a pressure of 20 GPa has been made possible by novel in-house developments in cryogenic and high-pressure techniques at the ILL.