News and Events

Looking back at the first year of BrightnESS²

Feb 18, 2020
European neutron community.
The BrightnESS² project paused to take stock of its achievements, progress and concerns last week in an all-hands meeting in Brussels. Comprehensive presentations were made by the work package leaders in the presence of the project’s European Commission project officer, René Martins.
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LENS Colloquium marks a turning point in the terms of engagement between European scientists and policy makers

Feb 14, 2020
League of advance European Neutron Sources.
LENS held a science and policy colloquium on February 11, How neutrons contribute to mission-based research. The meeting was held in Brussels and brought together members of Europe’s neutron science community, several European Commission representatives, and representatives from LENS’ sister consortium LEAPS.
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Europe leans in to help establish Neutrons Canada

Jan 31, 2020
Towards a global RI.
University executives from across Canada met with their nation's Chief Science Advisor Mona Nemer and other neutron science stakeholders—including from ESS, ILL and LENS—in Ottawa on Wednesday to discuss how to establish a new, pan-Canadian, university-led organisation for materials research with neutron beams. Photo: Fedoruk Centre
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2020 LENS Colloquium to showcase mission-based research with neutrons

Jan 24, 2020
Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels.
Register now for the February 11th LENS Colloquium: How neutrons contribute to mission-based research. The event will feature neutron scientists, LENS facility directors and EC decision-makers in an intimate forum intended to facilitate the exchange of up-to-date knowledge and activities.
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With close of research reactors, landscape is shifting for Europe’s world-leading neutron science community

Dec 17, 2019
Press release.
Three neutron science research reactors in Europe have ceased operations in 2019. The League of advanced European Neutron Sources, LENS, and the European Neutron Scattering Association, ENSA, warn of a “neutron gap” that could impact scientific research across multiple fields in physics, materials science, chemistry, biology, medical science and engineering. Together, LENS and ENSA are working on a new vision to maintain Europe’s leading position in neutron science. 
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NEW DATES: The First Israeli Meeting on The Science of Neutrons

Dec 6, 2019
International Outreach.
The main goal of this seminar is to increase the knowledge, visibility and opportunities of neutrons to the Israeli academic community, and promote innovative multidisciplinary research with neutrons.
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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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