https://neutronsources.org/ https://neutronsources.org/ en-us Copyright (C) neutronsources.org In Berlin, more than 300 scientists have gathered to define the science of the future European Spallation Source. In total, ideas from more than 1000 scientists have been fed into the project. ESS will be one of Europes largest science facilities. It will be the worlds brightest facility for advanced materials research and life science with neutrons. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=84 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=84 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 In 2011 it has been decided that a new nuclear reactor will be constructed in Argentina. It will become the 10th nuclear reactor in the country and the Atomic Energy National Commission Comisin Nacional de Energa Atmica, CNEA, which is the main responsible for the project, plans that this OPAL-like reactor will start operating by 2018 in a location to be defined. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=190 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=190 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 The successful collaboration between the Technical University of Munich, the Jlich Research Centre and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht received a new name: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ. The inaugural ceremony was held in Garching, Germany. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=98 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=98 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 FRM II participates in TU Munich research project to develop local energy buffer systems. The purpose of this initiative is to make more efficient use of renewable energy resources. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=167 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=167 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 For the measurement of the electric dipole moment of the neutron at FRM II, the research group of Prof Peter Fierlinger from the Excellence Cluster Universe at TUM and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin are provided with 3.45 million euros. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=187 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=187 Fri, 03 May 2013 ESS will have 22 neutron instruments, available to the research community for probing the interior of scientific samples. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=223 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=223 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 The new Research in Jlich Magazine App is now available. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=225 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=225 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 Organized by researchers around Europe, the ESS Science Symposia play an important part in identifying the scientific potential of ESS and the instruments and facilities required to realize that potential. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=224 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=224 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 Prof. Dr. Alan Tennant has been selected as the new Chief Scientist for the Neutron Sciences Directorate, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He will start in his new capacity there in November 2013. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=229 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=229 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 The next deadline for neutron beam time request to perform neutron scattering experiments at LLB is October 1. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=232 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=232 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 About two dozen representatives from the main European facilities have met for the 5th harmonization meeting on 26 and 27 June at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=243 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=243 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 CROSS-Tokai is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals to use the Public Beamlines at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of J-PARC in the 2014A operations period. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=249 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=249 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 ANSTO is now calling for proposal for a variety of neutron-beam instruments and facilities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=253 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=253 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 NMI3 supports a joint initiative by the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark, the Technical University of Munich, and the Institut Laue-Langevin to develop an e-learning platform on neutron scattering. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=256 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=256 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 MaMaSELF registration for the year 20142015 runs until 26 January 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=258 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=258 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 NMI3 has launched an initiative to examine the interaction between industry and neutron muon facilities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=266 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=266 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 Industry Advisory Board members have met industry liaison officers and scientists last December for the first common Neutron and X-ray Industry Advisory Board meeting. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=276 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=276 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 The Abstract Submission website for the 2014 American Conference on Neutron Scattering is now open. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=281 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=281 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 The Bragg Institutes Helen Maynard-Caselys Crystallography 365 blog aims to post a crystal structure a day for 2014 as part of the International Year of Crystallography. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=279 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=279 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 Proposals for beamtime at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ in Garching near Munich will be accepted until the 2nd of May. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=280 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=280 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR. The deadline for all proposals is February 20, 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=283 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=283 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 We have now a map with all the neutron sources worldwide. You can browse it to learn about each one and then have a look at dedicated webpages with information about each research centre and neutron association worldwide. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=4 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=4 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 An interactive panorama shows research in the neutron guide hall west of the FRM II. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=282 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=282 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 lll https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 The OPAL Neutron Beam Facility and National Deuteration Facility accept proposal submissions until March 15, 2014 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=284 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=284 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 The deadline for submission of proposals to perform experiments during the 2014 second semester at the BER II neutron beam in HZB is the 1st of March. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=286 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=286 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 HZBzlog the new series highlight is now online. Dont miss an episode https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=287 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=287 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 The deadlines of the call for proposals to perform experiments at the instruments of the Jlich Centre for Neutron Science are February 1 and May 2. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=293 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=293 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 All available beam lines will accept proposals through February 26, 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=288 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=288 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 The call for nominations for the Rosen Scholar fellowship is now open. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=294 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=294 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 The polarized single crystal diffractometer POLI in MLZ has seen neutrons at its new beam line SR 9a for the first time. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=295 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=295 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 NMUM will be held in April 10-11, 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=289 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=289 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 JOINT proposal round with the aim to promote and facilitate the complementary use of X-rays and neutrons. Deadline for proposal submission: Feb 20, 2014 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=296 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=296 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 The MLZs User Office has a new blog. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=298 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=298 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Switzerland is celebrating its 40th anniversary. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=303 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=303 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 The Networking group on Data Analysis Standards has setup a Debian repository that provides a simple way to install scientific software for the neutron and muon communities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=305 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=305 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 The Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for NuclearResearch invites you to apply for beam time. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=308 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=308 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 User operations at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of J-PARC resumed this week following a 9-month shutdown. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=309 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=309 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 The next deadline for neutron beam time request to perform neutron scattering experiments at LLB-Orphee is April 1st. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=310 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=310 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 The 2nd International Symposium of Science at J-PARC will be held in Tsukuba, Japan in July. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=311 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=311 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 The workshop on Structure and dynamics of confined and interfacial fluids: blending scattering and computer modeling techniques will take place at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in July. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=312 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=312 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 For exactly ten years the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz research neutron source FRM II of the Technical University of Munich TUM has been providing research, industry and medicine with neutrons. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=314 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=314 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 Registration has now opened for the 8th International Workshop on Sample Environment at Neutron Scattering Facilities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=313 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=313 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 LANSCE is disappointed by the decision of the US Department of Energy to cease their operational support of the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center in fiscal year 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=320 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=320 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 Call for proposals for experiments at the Paul Scherrer Institute. NMI3 support is available to cover researchers expenses within Europe. The deadline for submission is May 15. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=319 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=319 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 The Lujan Neutron Scattering Center invites proposals addressing science of NNSA and LANL programmatic interest for the 2014 run cycle. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=329 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=329 Fri, 02 May 2014 You are invited to submit proposals for beam time at LANSCE for nuclear science experiments and semiconductor irradiations for the run cycle scheduled to begin in October 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=330 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=330 Fri, 02 May 2014 Today, the general assembly of the German Atomic Forum DAtF Deutsches Atomforum e.V. has confirmed unanimously the election of the DAtF Presidential Council of Prof. Dr. Winfried Petry for Vice President. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=331 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=331 Wed, 07 May 2014 To submit a proposal for neutron scattering experiments can be a long procedure. Thanks to NMI3 support, a group is working on an Integrated User Access to make this procedure easier to both users and facilities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=332 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=332 Tue, 13 May 2014 The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre invites user proposals for neutron beam time on its six beamlines. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=333 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=333 Wed, 14 May 2014 J-PARC Center and CROSS-Tokai are pleased to announce the call for General Use proposals for the neutron and muon beamlines at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of J-PARC in the 2014B user beamtime period. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=347 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=347 Mon, 19 May 2014 The May meeting of the ESS Scientific Advisory Committee SAC was a critical step for the facility. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=363 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=363 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 Ten years after its first criticality regulations require the FRM II to do extensive tests on its main systems. Goal of these tests is to prove the safe operation of the FRM II for the years to come. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=360 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=360 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 On Tuesday 8 July morning the ILLs high flux reactor was started after the long shut-down since August 2013. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=367 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=367 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 The MLF School 2014 will be held during 16-19 December 2014 at J-PARC in Tokai, Japan. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=372 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=372 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 Start of the 35th operating cycle: the FRM II provides users and customers from science, industry and medicine after a thorough review again neutrons and irradiation services. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=379 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=379 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 The proposal submission deadline for neutron scattering experiments at the Budapest Neutron Centre BNC is October 15, 2014. NMI3 support is available. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=375 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=375 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 The deadline for submission is October 15, 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=376 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=376 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 The next Berlin School on Neutron Scattering will be between February 26 and March 6, 2015. Dont forget to register before October 15. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=385 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=385 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 Danish and Swedish ministers will start the construction of ESS today. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=374 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=374 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 The next deadline for neutron beam time request to perform neutron scattering experiments at LLB-Orphee is October 1st. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=378 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=378 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 The official start of the construction for the European Spallation Source was on September 2. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=384 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=384 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 The deadline at Oak Ridge National Laboratorys High Flux Isotope Reactor HFIR and Spallation Neutron Source SNS for proposals is October 15. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=387 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=387 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 The NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR offers neutron scattering and chemical analysis instruments to all qualified users. The next deadline for receipt of proposals is Tuesday, October 7, 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=388 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=388 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 The source of the proton beam at PSI is a retro-style Cockcroft-Walton linear accelerator. It was the first acceleration stage for protons which are taken up to around 80 of the speed of light. Since 1994 it has held the world record as the highest performing beam. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=396 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=396 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 Magnets are the unsung heroes in particle accelerators because they keep protons or electrons on track. Some of the magnets at PSI are masterpieces of precision and control. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=397 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=397 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 Today, several hundred members of the European scientific community are gathering at the ESS construction site, for the ESS Foundation Stone Ceremony. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=392 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=392 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 Call for proposals for the beam time period I15 between 01052015 and 31082015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=393 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=393 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 J-PARC MLF and CROSS announced that the 2015A General Use proposal round will be open from Friday 17 October 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=395 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=395 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 You are interested in visiting the FRM II, but too young or too far away No problem: An interactive tour gives you insights into the neutron source - without any restriction on admission. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=399 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=399 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 The High field magnet is producing a stable magnetic field of 26 Tesla and is thus even a little stronger than the scientists and engineers dared to hope. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=403 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=403 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 Thanks to NMI3 support, scientists will learn to use FullProf at the Institute Laue-Langevin from 2 to 6 March 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=402 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=402 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 Call for applications for the LANSCE School on neutron scattering that will take place February 18-27, 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=406 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=406 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 South of the Maier-Leibnitz Laboratory a hall in wood construction is currently being built. From next year on, it will house the mock-up for the cooling systems of the ultracold neutron source at FRM II. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=408 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=408 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 LANSCE: Call for Proposals for experiments for the Proton Radiography Facility pRad for the period October 1, 2015 September 30, 2016. The deadline is February 6. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=410 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=410 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 The ISIS Neutron Training course will be running on 16 to 25 of June 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=411 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=411 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 ANSTO is calling for proposals at the OPAL Neutron Beam Facility both cold- and thermal-neutron instruments and National Deuteration Facility. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=423 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=423 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 Application is now open for the XIII School of Neutron Scattering SoNS Francesco Paolo Ricci. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=424 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=424 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 Greg Rickford, Canadas Minister of Natural Resources, announced the Government of Canadas decision to support the extension of the operations of the NRU reactor from October 31, 2016, until March 31, 2018. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=443 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=443 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 Maintenance work has been successfully concluded the High-Field Magnet has successfully attained 26 tesla in initial testing. New scientific experiments have become possible. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=447 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=447 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 PA20, the new SANS machine of the LLB, delivered its first SANS spectra on 6 march 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=453 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=453 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 IKON8 at ISIS. This meeting brought a capacity crowd to the UK venue where an important exchange of new ESS neutron technologies came face to face with the lessons learned at ISIS during its five-year upgrade of Target Station 2. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=455 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=455 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 With the casting of the first 10-meter section of the accelerator tunnel walls in the last week of January, the European Spallation Source began to go vertical. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=457 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=457 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 Part of an integrated SANS instrument suite at ESS, SKADI analyses materials structures at the largest scales possible with neutron diffraction. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=462 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=462 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 The bicameral decision formalizes Switzerlands accession to ESS and extends the Swiss financial commitment through 2026. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=461 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=461 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre invites user proposals for neutron beam time on its six beamlines. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=463 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=463 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source is now back in action after considerable upgrades over the last six months. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=464 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=464 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 On April 1st ANSTOs new EMU backscattering spectrometer recorded its first spectrum, in this case from a polyvinyl chloride standard. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=485 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=485 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center LANSCE is issuing a Call for Proposals for the WNR facility for run cycle September December, 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=467 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=467 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 The Swiss spallation neutron source SINQ is calling for proposals for the beam time period II15 between 01092015 and 23122015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=469 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=469 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 Spain collaborates closely with the ESS. In November 2014, ESS-Bilbao was chosen as the in-kind partner for the ESS target system. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=472 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=472 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 At the end of March, Prof. Dieter Richter of the Research Centre Jlich not only retires, but also passes his position as MLZ Director to Prof. Thomas Brckel. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=473 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=473 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 You can receive support to learn about Application of Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Engineering Materials Science on September 21-25 near Hamburg. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=474 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=474 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 The film recounts the struggle and the long road to bring the ESS to Scandinavia and the great potential in the future research. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=475 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=475 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 The first external user of the FRM II was Klaus Habicht of the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, who carried out experiments on the instrument TRISP on May 4, 2005. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=477 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=477 Mon, 04 May 2015 A letter asking for support alerts to the risk that the neutron source LLB-Orphe will have to shut down earlier than planned, which will impact its users research programmes. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=479 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=479 Wed, 06 May 2015 The first fully functional Low-Level Radio Frequency control system for the ESS Accelerator has been installed and integrated into the EPICS control system at the FREIA Laboratory at Uppsala University. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=483 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=483 Wed, 06 May 2015 You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR. The deadline for all proposals is Tuesday, June 16, 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=482 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=482 Mon, 11 May 2015 The Budapest Neutron Centre invites you to submit applications for beam time at the Budapest Research Reactor. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=481 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=481 Tue, 12 May 2015 The first European Spallation Source ESS pulse signature measurement was made last month on the ESS test beamline at HZB in Germany. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=486 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=486 Wed, 20 May 2015 A single-shot observation of dynamic processes across multiple length and time scales will give unprecedented insight into previously unobservable phenomena. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=489 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=489 Thu, 28 May 2015 Announcement of cancellation of the call for J-PARC MLF 2015B General Use Proposals. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=488 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=488 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 Rush describes the efforts over the past 50 years to develop neutron research facilities in the US, discusses the reasons for the current state of affairs, and makes suggestions to prevent similar consequences in the future. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 For the first time, one of ANSTOs high-temperature vacuum furnaces has been used successfully on the Pelican cold-neutron time-of-flight spectrometer. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=503 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=503 Tue, 09 Jun 2015 The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency has given approval for ANSTO to commence user operations on the Sika cold-neutron 3-axis spectrometer. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=502 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=502 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center LANSCE is issuing a Call for Proposals for experiments to be run at the Lujan Centers moderated neutron source. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=490 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=490 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 The ESS peer-review instrument selection process nears conclusion as four new instrument proposals are recommended for inclusion within the facilitys construction budget of 16 instruments. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=491 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=491 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 Prof. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General at CERN since 2009, took some time to speak with ESS about the two facilities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=495 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=495 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 In April, tests were conducted at J-PARC that have preliminarily validated the physics behind the innovative ESS flat moderator. This design is expected to increase neutron brightness at ESS for some instruments by up to a factor of three. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=496 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=496 Wed, 01 Jul 2015 Alan Tennant has been appointed director of the Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences at the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=507 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=507 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 For the first time, ANSTOs Dingo neutron radiographyimagingtomography station has taken some neutron topography data, from the germanium 335 monochromator used on Wombat. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=501 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=501 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center LANSCE is issuing a Call for Proposals for experiments to be run at the Lujan Centers moderated neutron source during Fiscal Year 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=509 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=509 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 Proposals at the OPAL Neutron Beam Facility both cold- and thermal-neutron instruments and National Deuteration Facility are now open. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=510 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=510 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre invites user proposals for neutron beam time on its six beamlines. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=512 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=512 Tue, 21 Jul 2015 At 19th of August the EC in Brussels formally adopted its decision to establish the European Spallation Source as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, or ERIC. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=519 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=519 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 The deadline for neutron beam time request to perform neutron scattering experiments at the Laboratoire Leon Brillouin in France is October 1st. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=531 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=531 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 The first concrete ceremony was held September 11 on the construction site of the multi-purpose research fast neutron reactor in Russia. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=534 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=534 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 The school will be on Feb 25 - March 4 at the HZB. The deadline for registrations is Oct 15. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=529 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=529 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 You can now find information on the Hellenic Neutron Association from Greece on a dedicated page on our website. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=533 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=533 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 The neutron school FAN du LLB 2015 will be on December 7-10 in France. The deadline for registration is October 18. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=535 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=535 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 The ESS Data Management and Software Centre is an integrated part of the design and construction of the ESS instrument suite and a key driver in the development of the facilitys user program. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=536 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=536 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 The Budapest Neutron Centre is calling for proposals for scientists to use their neutron instruments. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=539 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=539 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 You can submit your proposal for beam time at the IBR-2 high flux pulsed reactor until October 15. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=541 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=541 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 Neutron scattering as an essential tool for science has addressed some of societys grand challenges but its future is not assured, said Prof Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Director of LLB and Chair of ENSA. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=543 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=543 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 The ISIS neutron and muon sources in the UK are calling for proposals. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=544 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=544 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 ORNL is calling for proposals with deadline October 14. There is updated information for the Quantum Condensed Matter instruments at the HFIR. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=545 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=545 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 There is a new article on our History section. You can now learn about the birth of time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction at pulsed sources by Izabela M. Sosnowska. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 The PSI spallation neutron source is accepting beam time requests with deadline on November 15. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=549 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=549 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 STFC and Diamond Light Source are offering 36 positions to post-doctoral researchers over the next five years as part of the brand new Rutherford International Fellowship Programme. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=550 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=550 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 Agneta Nestenborg assumed leadership of the ESS Project Support Administration Directorate on September 1. The transition marked the completion of former director Matti Tiirakaris distinguished five-year secondment from CERN. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=551 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=551 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 Instrument teams and in-kind partners from around Europe came together in Lund with developers of neutron technologies, science support systems, and data management and software for the ESS 9th In-Kind Collaboration Meeting for Neutron Scattering Systems. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=553 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=553 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 The Director for Accelerators and Technology at CERN spent a recent visit to the European Spallation Source getting up to speed on the swiftly advancing project and reinforcing the high-level coordination between the directors of the two leading accelerator projects in Europe. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=559 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=559 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 New educational material In a podcast Physics World news editor Michael Banks travels to ISIS to find out how scientists are using neutrons in their research and how the lab is looking to attract more users from industry. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 SAC and TAC recommendations advance the ESS along the critical path to completion, and the ERIC Council gets rolling with the election of Prof. Caterina Petrillo as vice chair and approval of the instrument suite. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=568 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=568 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 Research with neutrons has long delivered new and more environmentally responsible solutions for our planet. As part of its core framework, the European Spallation Source and its partners are working to realise sustainability goals for construction and operations. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=574 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=574 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 The Seventh Joint BER II and BESSY II User Meeting will take place at WISTA, Berlin-Adlershof on December 9th and 10th, the neutrons session are at Berlin-Wannsee on December 11th. The Verein Freundeskreis Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin e.V. will bestow the Innovation Award and the Ernst-Eckart-Koch Prize. Public highlights are a science slam on Wednesday, 18:30 and the public lecture by David Cahen on the power of science to bridge ideological differences. The public lecture and the science slam are open for everybody. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=575 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=575 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 As one of the highest priority research infrastructure projects in Europe, ESS was visited today by the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas. He was joined at the construction site by the Swedish Minister for Higher Education and Research, Helene Hellmark Knutsson. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=576 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=576 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 On 24 November 2015 the G7 Non Proliferation Directors Group visited the Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz FRM II and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Centre for Neutron Research MLZ. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=577 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=577 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 Would you like to know where to submit your next proposal for neutron scattering experiments and when the neutron sources are running Have a look at our diagram https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=73 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=73 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 Prof. Mark Johnson has been appointed as the new UK Associate Director of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, the world centre for neutron science, with effect from 1st October 2016. He will act as Head of the Science Division. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=581 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=581 Tue, 15 Dec 2015 The high-field magnet HFM project of Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin is close to completion. Proposals for HFMEXED, beamtime can now be requested. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=416 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=416 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 The UKs Science Technology Facilities Council signed an MoU with the European Spallation Source this month that establishes the worlds longest operating neutron spallation source as lead partner in building the ESS instruments FREIA and LoKI. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=584 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=584 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR. The deadline for all proposals is Tuesday, February 2, 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=586 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=586 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 Proposals at the OPAL Neutron Beam Facility both cold- and thermal-neutron instruments and National Deuteration Facility. Deadline 15 March 2016, for beam time between July and December 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=589 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=589 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 The new vice-chair of the ESS Council is not new to neutrons. Her strong background in research, facility development, and within European-wide advisory bodies, places Caterina Petrillo at the centre of the neutron science community in Europe. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=590 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=590 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 Deadline Step 1: February 5th, 2016 Deadline Step 2: March 1st, 2016 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=593 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=593 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 Proposals for beam time at Oak Ridge National Laboratorys High Flux Isotope Reactor HFIR and Spallation Neutron Source SNS will be accepted Wednesday, April 13, 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=596 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=596 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 Institute director and physicist from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Prof. Andreas Schreyer, is the new scientific director of the future-oriented centre ESS, starting in January. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=598 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=598 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR. The deadline for all proposals is Tuesday, February 2, 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=586 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=586 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 Stefan Janssen is Head of the User Office at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. In an interview, he explains why the PSIs large research facilities are popular with researchers coming from other institutions, how he handles the many applications and how he supports users who come here to conduct experiments. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=602 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=602 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 The research reactor Munich FRM, known as the Atomic Egg, came into operation on 31 October 1957. The research neutron source Heinz Maier Leibnitz FRM II reached its first criticality on 2 March, 2004 and user operation began only one year later on 29 April, 2005. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 Forschungszentrum Jlich has begun to develop a concept for cost-efficient neutron sources which could replace mid-sized facilities. The new sources will operate without using reactor-typical chain reactions. Even smaller facilities on a laboratory scale can be set up using the same principle. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=606 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=606 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 The ESS civil construction project broke ground nearly 18 months ago as one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe. With the Accelerator tunnel nearing completion, and the complex foundation work for the Target Station well advanced, all eyes are focused on technical installations beginning this year. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=607 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=607 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 You are invited to submit an abstract to this conference, which will be on 18.-21. July 2016, Bad Reichenhall, Germany. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 March 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=611 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=611 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 The next deadline for beam time request on French neutron scattering instruments will be April 1st. Within this call, you may ask beam time on the LLB instruments installed at the Orphe reactor in Saclay, and also on 4 French CRG at the ILL D1B, D23, IN12 and IN22. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=616 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=616 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 The Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, kindly invites you to submit applications for beam time at the IBR-2 high flux pulsed reactor. The deadline is April 15, 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=613 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=613 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 The first component has been successfully installed in the Accelerator tunnel at the ESS Construction site this month. The occasion marks an important step toward ESS project goals and ultimate delivery to its European partners and the scientific community. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=625 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=625 Wed, 30 Mar 2016 The next deadline for the submission of beam time requests for the Swiss spallation neutron source SINQ is May 20. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=628 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=628 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 New link on our educational material pages. Melvyn Bragg from BBC and guests discuss the neutron, one of the particles found in an atoms nucleus. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 The semi-annual IKON meeting has become the forum for ESS and its in-kind partners to make a clear assessment of instrument construction progress. The focus of Februarys meeting was less on the activities of individual instrument teams than the multidisciplinary collaboration as a whole. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=629 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=629 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 Prof. Helmut Schober has been appointed, with effect from 1st October 2016, as the new Director of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, the worlds flagship centre for neutron science. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=632 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=632 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 News on NRU shut-down, school, and call for proposals. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=640 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=640 Sun, 08 May 2016 This week sees a meeting on Future Applications of Small-Angle Neutron Scattering to Soft Matter, which will also celebrate Richards partial retirement. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=641 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=641 Thu, 12 May 2016 A prominent figure in European research facilities, John Womersley will take over the high-profile project at an important time. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=644 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=644 Sat, 14 May 2016 In our history pages you can now find a summary of characteristic scientific and applied results which were obtained with use of the Swiss instruments for neutron scattering in the 20th century. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 Wed, 18 May 2016 J-PARC Center and CROSS-Tokai are pleased to announce that the 2016B General Use proposal round will be open from Tuesday 17 May 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=647 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=647 Sun, 22 May 2016 New scientific questions demand ever better experimental equipment. In this interview, PSI researcher Oksana Zaharko reports on the challenges of setting up a new instrument for research with neutrons. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=655 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=655 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 Scientists at ESS and its partner institutions aim to realise detectors that can capture and record the high neutron rates delivered by the worlds most powerful neutron source. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=662 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=662 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 ANSTO had a restructure. It is now the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering National Deuteration Facility and the Bragg institute becomes a virtual institute. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=665 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=665 Sat, 06 Aug 2016 The United Kingdom has joined the project as a full member following a unanimous decision by the ESS Council. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=667 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=667 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 A Chinese-German cooperation using the instrument PANDA at MLZ developed a concept for a cold three-axis spectrometer. Results are now published. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=672 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=672 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 CERIC-ERIC is launching its fifth call for proposals. There are interesting news in this call, new instruments added to the offer and an award for high quality publications and conference presentations. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=673 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=673 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 Forschungszentrum Jlich releases two videos for science students and teachers. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=679 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=679 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 Since July 20, the FRM II again delivers neutrons. In the break, employees have finished many tasks: They exchanged the beam plug, which will guide neutrons towards the neutron guide hall east for new instruments. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=681 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=681 Sat, 20 Aug 2016 Proposals are accepted for experiments at the OPAL Neutron Beam Facility both cold- and thermal-neutron instruments and National Deuteration Facility between January and June 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=684 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=684 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 The Time-Of-Flight spectrometer NEAT at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin is now in user operation with greatly increased flux and power after an extensive upgrade project. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=685 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=685 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 The deadline for Neutron Sciences Call for Proposals at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is October 5. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=674 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=674 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 Proposals are accepted for experiments at the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=688 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=688 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 More than 90 energy researchers from around the world now came to the conference Neutrons For Energy in Bad Reichenhall to discuss current results and questions from various areas of energy research with neutrons. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=690 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=690 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 Physics can also taste very sweet this is one of the things that the pupils from grade 3 of the elementary school Garching Ost learned during their visit at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz. They made an atom model from toothpicks and marsh mallows and tried their abilities as neutron scatterers at a neutron ball toss. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=691 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=691 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF has given 13.5 million Euros to fund a number of projects at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=692 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=692 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre will provide neutrons until March 2018 and will to provide assistance until March 2019 to complete data analysis and publish results. You are invited to propose challenging experiments, encourage young researchers to visit and learn everything they can from the experts. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=699 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=699 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 The upcoming proposal submission deadline for neutron scattering experiments at Budapest Neutron Centre BNC is Saturday, 1 October 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=703 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=703 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 The next deadline for beam time request on French neutron scattering instruments will be November 1st. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=708 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=708 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 Next proposal round at ISIS closing date: 16 October 2016, 23:00 GMT. This call for proposals covers beamtime that will be allocated from September 2016 to February 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=715 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=715 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 Helmut Schober became the new ILL Director, Mark Johnson the new Science Director and British Associate Director, and Alexandre Durand the new Head of Administration. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=720 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=720 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 The Helsinki University Hospital HUH and Neutron Therapeutics have entered into an agreement whereby a novel accelerator-based neutron source for boron neutron capture therapy BNCT will be installed at the HUH. BNCT is used to treat, for instance, locally advanced head and neck cancers. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=726 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=726 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 In December 2015, Dr. Thorsten Lauer was still working as a postdoc and Thorsten Zechlau as a graduate student at the FRM II. Lauer and Zechlau could convince an investor with their knowledge and their enthusiasm for neutron optics to support the founding of a company on 1 January 2016. We would not have dreamed of that a year ago, the two founders say. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=745 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=745 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 John Womersley begun work as Director General of the European Spallation Source ERIC on November 1. On Friday, outgoing DG Jim Yeck delivered a message of heartfelt gratitude to ESS staff, management team, and governance. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=748 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=748 Mon, 07 Nov 2016 Registration is now open for our MATRAC 2 Winter School Application of Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science with special focus on Fundamental Aspects of Materials to be held in UttingAmmersee and GarchingMunich, Germany, February 27 to March 3, 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=750 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=750 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 The next call will be launched in January 2017 with a proposal submission deadline on February 20, 2017, midnight for all instruments, see list below. Those proposals will request for beamtime during the period May - October 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=751 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=751 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 Dr. Sultan Demirdis works in the field of neutron research at Forschungszentrum Jlich. In a video, she talks about how she became a neutron scientist and why she likes working at the Jlich Centre for Neutron Science. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=756 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=756 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 The Canadian Neutron Beam Centre CNBC plans to provide neutrons until the end of March 2018, and to provide assistance until March 2019 to complete data analysis and publish results. You are invited to propose challenging experiments, encourage young researchers to visit and learn everything they can from our experts. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=759 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=759 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 Johannes Nubickel follows Dr. Klaus Seebach as Managing Director at the FRM II neutron source in Germany. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=761 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=761 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 Tapping into MagLab expertise on superconductors and cryogenics, a research team built a novel neutron scattering device that is more efficient and produces better data than previous techniques. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=763 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=763 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 Collaborative project results in the construction of a second UCN source at the TRIGA research reactor in Mainz Blueprint for Munich-based high-efficiency source. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=764 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=764 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 The future Argentine Neutron Source, LAHN: Laboratorio Argentino de Haces de Neutrones, has now a dedicated page on our website. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=768 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=768 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 During the 8th International Topical Meeting on Neutron Radiography held in Beijing this year, it was decided that Argentina will host the next meeting. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=776 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=776 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 The Dutch Permanent Committee for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructures announced today that ESS has been included in the National Roadmap. The strategic document brings the Netherlands one step closer to full membership in the European Spallation Source ERIC. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=772 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=772 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 The European Spallation Source is moving into exciting new territory: work in Conventional Facilities is approaching 40 percent complete and significant technical installations begin this month. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=773 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=773 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 Looking ahead to a time when the ESS facility is fully operational, 17 external experts provided essential input for baselining cost projections. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=774 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=774 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 Theres a new link on our History pages. A film shows the early construction at the ISIS facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, in the UK. The film was made in the summer of 1985, in preparation for the official opening in October 1985 of the facility by Margaret Thatcher, the then Prime Minister. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=343 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=343 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 The ILL is launching an open call for Expressions of Interest for new instrumentation as part of Phase 2 of the Endurance Upgrade Programme. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=778 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=778 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 The upcoming proposal submission deadline for neutron scattering experiments at the Institut Laue-Langevin ILL is Tuesday, 14 February 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=779 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=779 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 Australias state-of-the-art multi-purpose nuclear reactor has operated for more than 300 days at full power for a second consecutive year with over 99 reliability. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=781 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=781 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 The next deadline for the submission of beam time requests for the Swiss spallation neutron source SINQ will be February 20, 2017, midnight. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=787 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=787 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 It is really a treasure chest that is being built here. Im convinced that the local hosts will be positively surprised by what will pop up out of this during its 40-year lifetime, provided it continues to be supported in the same spirit as it so far has been. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=788 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=788 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 The Institut Laue-Langevin ILL celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017. A new book tells about ILLs 50 years of service to science and society. It is available in the 3 official languages. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=343 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=343 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 The deadline for submitting your HZB Beamtime Applications for projects to be carried out in the second half year 2017 is 1 MARCH 2017, 23:59 CET. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=801 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=801 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 CERIC-ERIC is launching its seventh call for proposals, with a two-steps deadline option: March 1 and March 30. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=802 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=802 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 For the first time, the call for experiments is made by the 2FDN for all the beam time on LLB instruments and the four French CRGs at the ILL. Deadline March 29th at 23:59 French time. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=806 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=806 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 ESS and J-PARC. Naohito Saito, Director of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, visited ESS and MAX IV on Monday to exchange knowledge and discuss their upcoming collaboration workshop with ESS and Swedish universities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=807 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=807 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 In two videos Maurice Goldhaber and Laurence Passell tell about the history of reactors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=343 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=343 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 You are invited to apply for time on the neutron beam instruments at the NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR. Due to facility maintenance about of the usual time given through proposals will be allocated in this proposal round. The deadline for all proposals is Tuesday, March 14, 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=809 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=809 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 Proposals at the OPAL Neutron Beam Facility both cold- and thermal-neutron instruments and National Deuteration Facility. Deadline 15 March 2017, for beam time between July and December 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=810 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=810 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 Proposals for beam time at Oak Ridge National Laboratorys High Flux Isotope Reactor HFIR and Spallation Neutron Source SNS will be accepted via the web-based proposal system until NOON EASTERN TIME, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. This call is for experiments anticipated to run July through December 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=811 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=811 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 The first of January 2017, the Fdration Franaise de Diffusion Neutronique French Federation of Neutron Scattering has been created. It federates the Laboratoire Lon Brillouin LLB in Saclay and the CEAINACMEM and Institut NEEL neutron groups in Grenoble. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=816 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=816 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 The newly built time of flight spectrometre NEAT has welcomed its first users: Jie Ma from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and his colleague Zhilun Lu examined magnetic excitations in crystalline samples and enjoyed fast data rate and high flexibility of instrumental configurations. NEAT team is now looking forward to further new studies and user experiments https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=817 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=817 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 Delegates from the 15 European Spallation Source member and observer nations held a one-day strategy meeting in Lund on Thursday. Plans for finalising the construction and moving into operations, as well as principles for association of new members were up for discussion. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=820 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=820 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 The European Spallation Source was the site of a roundtable discussion featuring King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, the Governor General of Canada, and the research ministers of the two nations. The focus was on collaboration between Canadas and Swedens science, industry and research infrastructures. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=821 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=821 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 IKON12. A record number of participants at the 12th meeting for In-Kind Contributions for Neutron Science at ESS demonstrated the expanding scale and complexity of the instrument projects as they move through preliminary engineering design. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=823 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=823 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 MAX4ESSFUN. Mucus protects many of our bodys vital functions against dehydration. Understanding the structure and function of this biological material will give researchers more tools to prevent and treat common diseases like cystic fibrosis and asthma. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=824 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=824 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 The Modulator. Carlos Martins and his ESS power converters team, with the help of Lund University researchers, have successfully brought a new high-voltage modulator design to series production. The cost savings and reduced footprint for these large machines mean a paradigm shift for linac power supply worldwide. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=825 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=825 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 The SINE2020 project offers the opportunity to use Europes leading neutron facilities for your companys RD. Apply by June 30th 2017 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=827 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=827 Wed, 05 Apr 2017 For 20 years researchers from a range of disciplines have been using the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI for their investigations. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=836 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=836 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 The NIST Center for Neutron Research NCNR is sad to announce the death of Dr. John J. Rush Jack on April 20, 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=835 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=835 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 ESS interviews team members at Daresbury Lab in England. The STFC facility is responsible for series production and testing of the 84 high-beta cavities of the European Spallation Sources superconducting Accelerator. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=834 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=834 Wed, 03 May 2017 Ricardo Garcia Soto a Chilean science author and director of television films made a short about what to see at the FRM II. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=830 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=830 Thu, 04 May 2017 In 1999, PSI researchers founded the spin-off firm SwissNeutronics. Today the company sells high-precision components to research institutions all over the world. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=849 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=849 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 After a successful year of promotion of neutron scattering techniques, the LAHN team organised the first Argentinean Meeting on Neutron Scattering TN2017, held in Buenos Aires on March 15-17th. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=842 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=842 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 75 scientists, engineers and technicians from 10 countries and representatives from 10 sponsoring companies attended the International Workshop for Sample Environment at Scattering Facilities 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=880 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=880 Thu, 22 Jun 2017 The 2.2bn 330m China Spallation Neutron Source CSNS has produced its first neutrons. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=857 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=857 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 Peter Littlewood, former director of the Argonne National Laboratory, was invited to visit the Chinese Spallation Neutron Source CSNS and attended the CSNS Academic Forum on September 18. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=859 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=859 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 Worldwide, more than 30 million medical examinations are conducted annually with technetium-99m. A new film shows the status of the upgrading at the FRM II towards the production of its mother isotope molybdenum-99. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=863 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=863 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 Neutrons are an exceptional resource for probing the atomic properties of materials, leading to advancements in materials science, biology, chemistry, and physicsand bringing us more effective drugs and medical treatments, 3D-printed tools and machinery, biofuels, and better batteries and energy storage technologies. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=869 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=869 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 The hour of birth of the German neutron research:The Atomic Egg, the first German research reactor, started operating 60 years ago in Garching. Thereby, irreplaceable insights into matter were made possible. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=878 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=878 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 Beam generator puts country in elite company for doing experiments in materials science and other fields. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=902 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=902 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 Ultra-cold neutrons are used as an ideal tool for studying gravity at the microscopic level and fundamental neutron optics. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=888 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=888 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 You cannot solve your problem with conventional lab equipment From 8 to 9 March 2018, SYNERGI 2018 will bring together industrial researchers and scientists from large-scale facilities at the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. These unique facilities offer a deep insight into materials of all types. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=887 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=887 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 The NIST Bureau of Standards Reactor is celebrating its 50th anniversary of going critical on December 7, 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=889 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=889 Sat, 25 Nov 2017 A portrait about Eugene Mamontov who is the lead instrument scientist for BASIS, the backscattering, crystal-analyzer spectrometer at the SNS that is particularly good at deciphering the dynamics of water in various systems. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=901 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=901 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 The triple axis spectrometer FLEXX at BER II provides a new detector module for user service. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=893 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=893 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 J-PARC is back to its user operation since mid-October after three months of summer shutdown for maintenance. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=895 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=895 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 Scientists from JGU have been able to increase the ultracold neutron yield of their source by a factor of 3.5. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=910 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=910 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 Prof. Andreas Schreyer, the Director of Science at ESS visited the JEEP II-reactor at Kjeller, Norway on January the 23rd, underlining the importance of the facility. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=916 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=916 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 A research group conducts high pressure neutron diffraction experiments that help develop novel materials. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=917 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=917 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 The 49th IFF Spring School Physics of Life will be held February 26 March 9 2018 in Jlich, Germany. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=890 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=890 Fri, 26 Jan 2018 Dr. Eddy Lelivre-Berna is the new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Neutron Research. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=915 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=915 Thu, 01 Feb 2018 Researchers from MLZ Forschungszentrum Jlich investigated the crystallization of the protein lysozyme in an experiment at the Institut Laue-Langevin ILL. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=918 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=918 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 A new video from the Jlich Centre for Neutron Science introduces the novel detector system Solid State Neutron Detector, known as SoNDe. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=921 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=921 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 It is already known that dinosaurs lay eggs. The fact that the offspring of the same mother hatch at different times from the eggs, was observed so far only in modern birds. For the first time, measurements at FRM II could prove that already their ancestors, the dinosaurs, hatched asynchronously. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=930 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=930 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 The worlds highest-performance neutron source for research, FRM II of the Technical University of Munich TUM, will have a new Scientific Director as of April 1st. With the appointment of Professor Peter Mller-Buschbaum, an internationally renowned researcher has been appointed to succeed Winfried Petry. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=931 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=931 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 The Workshop will take place at Forschungszentrum Jlich in the main lecture hall. Here we will have oral presentations, a poster session and an exhibition. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=919 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=919 Tue, 15 May 2018 IFEs Board of Directors has decided to permanently close the Halden Reactor and to start decommissioning the reactor. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=935 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=935 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 The new instrument KOMPASS at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum has seen its first neutrons on 29th May 2018, The name KOMPASS is an abbreviation for KOeln-Munich on Polarization Analysis Specialized Spectrometer. https://mlz-garching.de/englisch/news-und-press/news-articles/three-axis-spectrometer-kompass-sees-first-neutrons.html?back=yes https://mlz-garching.de/englisch/news-und-press/news-articles/three-axis-spectrometer-kompass-sees-first-neutrons.html?back=yes Fri, 31 Aug 2018 Representatives of eight European research infrastructures signed the Charter of the League of advanced European Neutron Sources LENS at the International Conference of Research Infrastructures, ICRI2018, in Vienna today. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=961 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=961 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 SNI 2018: News from the ESS. Andreas Schreyer presented an update on the ESS construction. Read more to find out the progress of the project and how much concrete has been used so far https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=965 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=965 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 The third and final ESS Coldbox has arrived and been put into place at the ESS in Lund, Sweden. It weighs 38 tonnes and is the worlds largest helium refrigerator within the 15-20K temperature range. Its home may now be in Sweden but it is an international effort having been procured by Swiss company Linde Kryotechnik and it was manufactured in Italy. https://europeanspallationsource.se/construction-update/2018/09/19 https://europeanspallationsource.se/construction-update/2018/09/19 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to June 25, 2018 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=934 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=934 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 In December 2017, the Spallation Neutron Source SNS at the Department of Energys DOEs Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL entered into an extended 5 month scheduled outage to perform a number of high-priority jobs needed to ensure safe and reliable operation at higher powers. Most notable were the replacement of the facilitys inner reflector plug IRP and the accelerators radio frequency quadrupole RFQ. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=983 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=983 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 Scientists at the Chair of Functional Materials at Physics Department of TUM have been researching organic photovoltaic cells since several years. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=986 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=986 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 High-level Swedish and Italian delegations, led by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and President Sergio Mattarella of Italy, came together to inaugurate the first major technical components to be commissioned at the European Spallation Source: the Accelerators Ion Source and LEBT. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=972 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=972 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 The construction of the Campus surrounding the European Spallation Source has started with a groundbreaking ceremony. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=991 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=991 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 Physicists from the University of Luxembourg, the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ and a team of research partners have demonstrated for the first time in a comprehensive study how different magnetic materials can be examined using small-angle neutron scattering. The scientists around Dr. Sebastian Mhlbauer MLZ, Technical University of Munich and Prof. Dr. Andreas Michels University of Luxemburg have published their insights in Reviews of Modern Physics, the respected science journal of the American Physical Society https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1010 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1010 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 Scientists from Jlich together with colleagues from Japan have discovered how fuel cell membranes can be improved without the use of rare and expensive precious metals such as platinum. The anion-exchange membranes studied are a key component of certain polymer electrolyte fuel cells and serve to transfer charged particles anions while at the same time retaining gases such as oxygen or hydrogen. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1011 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1011 Wed, 20 Mar 2019 One of the broad research areas at PSI covers the topic of energy. Part of that, in turn, is the research for nuclear energy and safety. And one of the research groups based here is engaged with nuclear fuels. Johannes Bertsch is the head of this group and investigates the importance of so-called cladding tubes and their protective layers. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1012 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1012 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 He developed the worlds first neutron time-of-flight diffractometer with a 150-meter-long neutron guide at the Atomic Egg in Garching and planned the instruments at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz. Now Erich Steichele has died at the age of 80 near Bad Wrishofen. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1025 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1025 Thu, 16 May 2019 ANSTOs significant neutron scattering capabilities have been extended to fifteen advanced scientific instruments with the official opening of the Spatz neutron reflectometer. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1041 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1041 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 ESS celebrated an important scientific milestone, the official handover of the Long Instrument Hall from construction partner, Skanska. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1050 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1050 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 ESS has officially inaugurated the data centre infrastructure that will play a vital role in processing the enormous amounts of research data from experiments being conducted here. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1055 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1055 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 As of Tuesday 29th October 2019, the Orphe reactor in Saclay is no longer in operation. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1054 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1054 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 Since January, Prof. Dr. Martin Mller has been the new director at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ, succeeding Prof. Dr. Stephan Frster in the role. A materials physicist, he now represents the Helmholtz partners Forschungszentrum Jlich FZJ and Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht HZG in the Scientific Directorate of the MLZ. By rotation, Martin Mller will also be the spokesman of the directorate for a period of two years. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1132 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1132 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 He never liked to be the centre of attention and yet everything revolves around him one last time: Prof. Dr. Albert Steyerl, the inventor of the neutron turbine, died on 2 May at the age of 81. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1094 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1094 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 Russias BP Konstantinova Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics has announced a tender for the development of a core design for the PIK research reactor in Gatchina. The aim of the project is to provide nuclear fuel for the PIK research reactor. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1096 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1096 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 Slovenias National Institute of Chemistry NIC joins the worlds flagship neutron science facility, the Institut Laue-Langevin ILL, as a Scientific Member, opening the door for Slovenias scientists and industry to cutting-edge research with neutrons, to drive innovation and tackle global challenges. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1106 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1106 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 The ILL has now implemented the best neutron polariser in the world it is more compact and cheaper than others because of its size and able to reach nearly 100 polarisation. It is set to be implemented at a number of facilities in the world to create better particle physics experiments to improve our understanding of the Universe. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1114 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1114 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 Every year, up to 1,200 guest scientists from all over the world come to perform measurements at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source FRM II. Technical University Munich TUM and Forschungszentrum Jlich are now expanding the research capacities of the worlds most versatile neutron source with two new buildings providing a total of 4,550 square meters of floor space for laboratories, offices and workshops. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1119 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1119 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 At the end of 2019, the neutron source used for materials research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin HZB was shut down as planned. Now the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ in Munich is taking over two scientific instruments from the HZB. The Federal Ministry of Science and Research BMBF is funding the relocation and adaptation with 5.62 million euros. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1130 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1130 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 The Mantid project provides a framework that supports high-performance computing and visualisation of materials science data. It has been created to manipulate and analyse neutron scattering and muon spectroscopy data, but could be applied to many other techniques. The framework is open source and supported on multiple target platforms Windows, Linux, Mac. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1133 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1133 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 In December 2020, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was approved for use across the EU, marking a crucial step forward in the fight against coronavirus. The development of this COVID-19 vaccine built on important research that was undertaken by Mainz-based biotechnology company, BioNTech, in collaboration with the Jlich Center for Neutron Science JCNS. Using neutron scattering instruments operated by the JCNS at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center in Garching, researchers investigated new approaches for the packaging and delivery of the mRNA. Such experiments provide important insights into the relationship between structural properties, biological activity and the vaccine production process, which will help to advance the development of RNA therapeutics and vaccines.Find out more about how neutron scattering experiments at JCNS have contributed to the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1134 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1134 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 Research with neutrons provides unique insights into materials and phenomena that cannot be gained using other methods. From this autumn, a groundbreaking project will ensure the most effective use of the research potential of neutron methods. Funding has now been secured by Jlich neutron researchers together with partners from the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ. The aim of the Global Neutron Scientists GNeuS project is to train a new generation of highly skilled neutron scientists. The EU is funding the project over its five-year duration with 3.3 million. The three leading partners are investing a further 5 million. Within the framework of the project, 45 postdocs will for the first time be able to take part in a 24-month structured, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral international training programme. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1135 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1135 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 Mag2Pol is an easy-to-use program for the analysis of X-ray and polarized neutron diffraction data. The latest release introduces Rietveld refinement and further tools for a user-friendly analysis of powder data. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1139 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1139 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 NICOS is the link between the scientific instruments and visiting researchers during neutron experiments. The software, originally developed at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center MLZ, is now in demand worldwide and is increasingly expanding its user community. https://mlz-garching.de/englisch/news-und-press/news-articles/software-from-garching-goes-global.html?back=yes https://mlz-garching.de/englisch/news-und-press/news-articles/software-from-garching-goes-global.html?back=yes Sat, 01 Jan 2022 Mobility is a fundamental ingredient of our present society and engages researchers from a wide range of disciplines worldwide. This years MLZ Conference Neutrons for Mobility brings together experts from mobility and neutron research. From 31.05. - 03.06.2022, they will meet in Lenggries, Germany, to share experiences on neutron methods and discuss sustainability and energy efficiency in the transportation of the future. Participants can register as Early Bird until 31.03.2022. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1141 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1141 Tue, 31 May 2022 Mag2Pol is an easy-to-use software for the analysis of X-ray and polarized neutron diffraction data. The latest release introduces magnetic space groups and magnetic superspace groups as well as many useful crystallographic tools. A series of online introductory courses starts on 10 October 2022. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1142 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1142 Tue, 04 Oct 2022