News and Events

ESS in South Africa: Highlighting the importance of neutron scattering to cutting edge catalysis research

Nov 19, 2019
Towards a global research infrastructure.
European Spallation Source instrument scientist Monika Hartl gave a keynote presentation at CATSA 2019 outlining the advantages of using neutron scattering in catalysis research for science and industry.
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ESS In-Kind Group Leverages the Lessons of XFEL

Nov 14, 2019
Work Package 3.
The ESS in-kind management team travelled to European XFEL last week to exchange knowledge and experiences with XFEL management.
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European neutron facilities come together for LENS General Assembly

Oct 25, 2019
Work Package 2.
Delegates to the LENS General Assembly gathered at Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France, October 22-23. Photo: ILL
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ESS and Elettra meet to review In-Kind technical documentation

Oct 24, 2019
Work Package 3.
ESS in-kind management and Quality met with members of the Elettra accelerator team in Trieste October 14-15 to review compliance of technical documentation for in-kind contributions to ESS.
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LENS Horizon Europe position paper handed over to European Commission at Brussels event

Sep 26, 2019
Horizon Europe.
LENS Chair Helmut Schober (r) handed over the LENS Horizon Europe position paper to Adam Tyson, head of research and industrial infrastructures at the EC’s DG Research and Innovation, at Research & Innovation Days in Brussels. PHOTO: ILL
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LENS Executive Board & General Assembly to meet in Grenoble 22-23 October

Sep 23, 2019
League of advanced European Neutron Sources.
LENS will gather its Executive Board members on Tuesday, 22 October, while its General Assembly will take place on Wednesday, 23 October, at the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble, France.
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In-Kind Field Coordinators meet in Lund

Sep 23, 2019
Work Package 3.
All of the BrightnESS² In-Kind Field Coordinators met on 12 September at the ESS construction site in Lund.
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Handover of long-range instrument hall signals start of instrument installations at ESS

Sep 16, 2019
Building ESS.
On the occasion of IKON17 in Lund, ESS celebrated an important scientific milestone: the official key handover for the long-range instrument hall from construction partner, Skanska.
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ESS-South Africa dialogue continues at workshop on neutron research and technology

Aug 15, 2019
Work Package 2.
Neutron science capacity building initiatives at South Africa's iThemba LABS and Necsa were the focus of the August 13-14 workshop in Cape Town.
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South African participation in ECNS

Jul 29, 2019
International conferences.
Since 1996, the European Conference on Neutron Scattering (ECNS) has been providing a platform for European scientists, experts, and engineers to discuss the latest trends in neutron research and technology. The conference is organised every four years under the patronage of one of BrightnESS² partners – the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) – and attracts hundreds of participants from all over Europe.
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