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Institut Laue-Langevin - Neutrons For society
@illneutrons.bsky.social
World's leading facility in neutron science & tech for +50 years with
our associate countries 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇧
and scientific member countries 🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇸🇮 🇨🇭
We are based in Grenoble, FRANCE
A significant expansion of the ILL’s neutron imaging capabilities: 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐓𝐨, just commissioned !
Designed to deliver 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟑𝐃 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 across a broad range of applications, PorTo opens new possibilities across materials science, engineering, and life sciences.

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November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
➡️ BOMBANNES 2026, the 17th European Summer School on "𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫" | 9 to 16 June 2026 | "LES BRUYÈRES" in Carcans-Maubuisson, Gironde, France

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧) 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.
Website : lnkd.in/djM8PkMi
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
⏰ Watch the deadlines for our upcoming events!

➡️ Second edition of Synergies in High Resolution Spectroscopy workshop (HIRES2026) | 10 to 13 March 2026 | ILL, Grenoble, France.

𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓.
Website : lnkd.in/d49QyeJJ
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🫁 One of life’s most essential processes : 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. This sustained collaboration between the ILL and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid has shed new light on how our lungs function at the molecular level!

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October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
𝟏,𝟖 𝐌€ 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐮𝐱 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥’𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐞-𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧!

La modernisation stratégique de D11 et de NeXT-MoTo s’inscrit via le CPER EPN 2030, dans une volonté collective de soutenir une recherche d’excellence au service des défis sociétaux majeurs
#neutronsforsociety #bigscience
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Plant-based foods often struggle with texture, creaminess, and stability.

To help solve this challenge?
Neutron reflectometry at ILL’s 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐌 instrument 🇸🇪 to probe how pea protein fractions - legumin and vicilin- behave when adsorbed onto phospholipid films.

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October 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 ! 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱 Molecular motions can be tracked with unprecedented precision 🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

Ben Humphreys led a study investigating the solution response of polymer PNIPAM chains attached to a silicon surface as a function of temperature and glucose concentration 📈 📉
August 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
📷 In addition to ICNS 2025, which took place last week, several other important events happened earlier this summer:

🌞 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

🌞 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

🌞 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
July 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Let's look back at one of the great classics of ILL life : the annual PhD clips session! 🍿

Congratulations to the 3 prizes winners + all participants who managed to present their PhD subject in 4 minutes!

There are currently 13 open PhD positions at the ILL!
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July 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just about to start in The Loop, Lund - day 4 of ICNS 2025!

💫 Don't miss 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 keynote talk on the BDCS group at ILL

🏅 𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐥, widely recognized as the “father of FullProf”will be awarded the 2025 Walter Hälg Prize.
July 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
On Day 3 of ICNS 2025!

♟️ Science Strategy

🦑 nano-materials for deep-sea

✨ multiband superconductivity in a material

🫧 water electrolysis

🥅 MOFs for CO₂ reduction

🧲 magnetism and polymers

💾 new memory devices

🔘 vesicle membranes

🆕 Instrument D007

📐 new wide-angle XYZ neutron polarisation
July 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM