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Recently at the ILL

Discover updates on scientific achievements, development activities, and life at the ILL in Grenoble.

July 9, 2026 Neutrons catch lithium in motion inside a solid-state battery

For the first time, neutron diffraction experiments at the ILL have tracked lithium movement in real time inside a working solid-state battery, revealing hidden structural complexity and new clues for smarter battery design

D20 Energy France Industry diffraction group

June 29, 2026 Can concrete waste help store CO₂?

Operando neutron and X-ray tomography reveal how water transport and cracking shape carbonation in cement paste

Applied Science group D50-NeXT Environment France Industry

June 23, 2026 Peeking into pores

A powerful synergy of in-situ neutron imaging and numerical models gives rise to a novel model describing water vapour condensation in porous materials

Applied Science group D50-NeXT Environment France PorTo

June 23, 2026 New ILL top management team has been appointed

Regine Willumeit-Römer will become the new ILL Director, with Ken Andersen and Jacques Jestin continuing at the ILL as Associate Directors. The new top management team will take up their duties on 1st October 2026.

June 18, 2026 Quantum entanglement detected inside a centimetre-sized strange metal

Researchers used neutrons to study a strange metal. A high degree of quantum entanglement has been detected for the first time in a cm-sized crystal. Image: © TU Wien/Harald Ritsch

Austria Germany Quantum materials ThALES USA spectroscopy-group

June 12, 2026 A deep dive into drug delivery

Learn how a novel combination of neutron and light scattering elucidates the molecular structure of therapeutic nanoparticles

Biology Health D11 Germany Sweden

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Upcoming events at the ILL

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31 August 14h00 - 16h00

College 3 Seminar | BaCo₂(AsO₄)₂: Strong Kitaev, After All

General ILL seminar organised by College 3Seminar room 110-111, ILL 50, 1st floorZoom link: https://ill.zoom.us/j/94822992547?pwd=STd44Z3otZU5k1DXbwobbeLtQPJJq2.1Password: SeminarC4“BaCo₂(AsO₄)₂: Str…

From 02 September to 30 September

X-Ray and Neutron Science - International Student Summer Programme at ILL/ESRF

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From 07 September to 18 September

28th JCNS Laboratory Course

07 - 18 September 2026 in Jülich, Germany & Grenoble, FranceEach year, the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, organizes a two-week laboratory course in…

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