https://neutronsources.org/ https://neutronsources.org/ en-us Copyright (C) neutronsources.org The second call for applicants for the GNeuS fellowship programme opens on 1 November 2022. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1140 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1140 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 1st June 2012 marks 80 years since Cambridge Physicist James Chadwicks famous Nobel Prize winning paper, proving the existence of the neutron, was published by the Royal Society. Chadwicks discovery led to the development of neutron research which has been making breakthroughs across the sciences. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=58 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=58 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 Tennant was honored for the experimental observation of magnetic monopoles using neutron scattering at the Berlin research reactor BER II. He shares the 2012 prize with 5 other scientists for the prediction and experimental observation of magnetic monopoles in spin ice. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=87 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=87 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of W. H. Bragg and the 100th anniversary of Braggs law, Ins Crespo reviews the reasoning that led W. L. Bragg to his famous equation, setting the foundations for the deployment of neutron diffraction to spur development in fields as varied as computer memory chips, aircraft turbine engines and energy storage devices. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=191 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=191 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 The European Crystallographic Association ECA and the European Neutron Scattering Association ENSA announced the call for nominations for the 6th Bertaut Prize. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=99 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=99 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 The Sixth Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut Prize of the European Crystallographic Association ECA and European Neutron Scattering Association ENSA is awarded to Dr. Johan Chang. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=213 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=213 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 It is a great pleasure to announce that the winner of the 2013 Walter Hlg prize is Professor Joe Zaccai. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=214 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=214 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 The LANSCE User Group Executive Committee is pleased to announce that Adam Holley has been awarded the 2013 Rosen Prize for his doctoral thesis on Ultracold Neutron Polarimetry in a Measurement of the Asymmetry. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=222 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=222 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 Important scientific achievements were presented at the International Conference on Neutron Scattering in Edinburgh. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=231 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=231 Mon, 29 Jul 2013 LANSCE is pleased to announce the 2013-2014 Rosen Scholars: Dr. Devinder Sivia, St. Johns College, Oxford and Dr. Paul Koehler, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=241 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=241 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 French officials say they are prepared to sign a Letter of Intent committing to the construction of the European Spallation Source. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=248 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=248 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 The Neutron and Muon European Schools the NMI3 initiative on Education has a new name and a logo. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=252 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=252 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 The Executive Committee of the LANSCE User Group is seeking nominations for representatives to serve on the Executive Committee beginning 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=255 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=255 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 The Neutron Scattering Society of America requests formal nominations of Candidates for the 2014 NSSA Prizes and of Candidates to be elected as NSSA Fellows. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=259 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=259 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 Professor William Stirling has been appointed the new Director of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, with effect from 1st January 2014. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=278 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=278 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 The Neutron Scattering Society of America NSSA is pleased to announce the 2014 NSSA prize winners. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=291 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=291 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 The Neutron Scattering Society of America is pleased to announce the selection of its new 2014 NSSA Fellows. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=292 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=292 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 Call for proposals for access to integrated multidisciplinary facilities for Materials and Biomaterials https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=299 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=299 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 Neutronsources.org and the neutron mailing list: make sure you dont miss any important information https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=300 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=300 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 The meeting is a first discussion forum of European User Offices. It will become an opportunity to know each facility workflows and achievements as well as common worries and future developments. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=356 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=356 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 Muonsources.org is now live https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=358 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=358 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 G. Joe Zaccai, the 2013 Walter Haelg prize winner, offers us his personal account of the early days of neutrons in biology. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 Anton Heidemann presents a personal view of the history of Backscattering, starting from the day he obtained his diploma on Physics in 1966. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=344 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 A new patch release to Mantid that corrects some significant issues since the last full release has been released. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=373 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=373 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 McStas 2.1 is released and ready for download. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=389 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=389 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 Dr. Marc Janoschek has received the Wolfram-Prandl-Prize 2014 of the German Committee Research with Neutrons during the SNI conference. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=390 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=390 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 Zaccai, the 2013 Walter Haelg prize winner, offers us his personal account of the early days of neutrons in biology. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=391 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=391 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 Dr Margaret Elcombe of the ANSTO has been announced the first Australian winner of the prestigious annual international Women in Nuclear WiN Global Award. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=435 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=435 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 Neutronsources.org is now on Twitter. You can now easily learn about all news and updates from the worlds neutron sources by following NeutronSources. http://twitter.com/neutronsources http://twitter.com/neutronsources Thu, 23 Oct 2014 This first discussion forum of European User Offices was held on November 3-4 at the ALBA Synchrotron as an opportunity to share experiences. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=407 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=407 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 The Director of the Laboratoire Lon Brillouin is the new Chairman of the European Neutron Scattering Association. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=409 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=409 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 With Neutrons4Science you can conduct a TAS experiment, create magnons and more. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=413 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=413 Thu, 04 Dec 2014 ISSE, its website and the first technical school on sample environment. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=418 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=418 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 ECNS will be held from August 30 to September 4, 2015 in Zaragoza, Spain. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=421 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=421 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 Online registration for the AOCNS-2015 is now open. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=417 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=417 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 SAS2015 and IUCr call for nominees for the Guinier Prize. The deadline is April 30. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=425 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=425 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 Call for applications to host a forthcoming International Small-Angle Scattering Conference in 2021. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=426 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=426 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 Version 3.3 is one of the largest releases of changes and improvements so far. You can take a look at the release notes and download Mantid. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=429 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=429 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 Learn about neutron techniques from June 13 to 22 in Italy and France. Deadline for applications is April 10. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=430 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=430 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 Four Mantid courses available at ISIS, RAL. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=432 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=432 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 The registration for the Masters program MaMaSELF for the years 2015-2017 runs until 31 January non-European, 27 February European students and 30 April 2015 without scholarship. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=434 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=434 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 Do you want your non-scientist friends to understand what research with neutrons and muons is about New popular brochure from the Paul Scherrer Institute now available in English, German and French by science writer Martyn Bull. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 A one-week Summer School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy will be held from June 8 - June 12 at the NIST Center for Neutron Research. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=438 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=438 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 BornAgain is a free and open-source software package to simulate and fit small-angle scattering at grazing-incidence. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=439 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=439 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 Learn about Spectroscopy with Neutrons, Muons and Photons on the Swiss alps. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=440 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=440 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 The Louisiana Consortium for Neutron Scattering is a multi-million dollar statewide collaborative research initiative that will expand the fundamental understanding of advanced materials. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=445 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=445 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 The highly prestigious Walter Hlg Prize is the most visible activity of ENSA in the scientific community. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=442 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=442 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 Representatives of major European Innovation and Technology Campuses met in Athens for the second IAB meeting Networking of Industrial Liaison Offices organised by NMI3 and CALIPSO. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=446 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=446 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 Forschungszentrum Jlich receives around 4 million from the EU to develop a more efficient detector system for research with neutrons. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=451 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=451 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 ECA and ENSA announce the call for the Erwin Felix Lewy Bertaut Prize in his honour, and in memory of his scientific achievements and cornerstones in crystallography and neutron scattering. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=465 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=465 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 The Rosen Scholar is a fellowship created to honor the memory of Louis Rosen, his accomplishments, hard work, and affection for the broad range of science performed at LANSCE. Dr. Edwin Fohtung is the current LANSCE Professor in conjunction with the Department of Physics at New Mexico State University. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=468 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=468 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 Watch a YouTube recording of a talk by Gerry Lander at the ILL telling the story of the discovery of the neutron in 1932, and then that of fission in 1939 through the lives of Chadwick and Meitner and world events. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmPPt0zbNEw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmPPt0zbNEw Wed, 29 Apr 2015 The first edition of the International Interdisciplinary Event Science for Life 2015 will be held from 20th to 25th of May 2015 in Lampedusa, a fascinating Sicilian island. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=470 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=470 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 A new computational tool for carrying out spin wave calculations is available for download. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=478 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=478 Wed, 06 May 2015 A new neutron project that will start in October 2015 and last for four years has recently been accepted for funding under the European Commission HORIZON 2020 framework. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=480 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=480 Mon, 11 May 2015 The Mantid project introduced a wide variety of improvements in this release including: a collection of improvements to multi dimensional and normal plotting, new experimental planning interfaces. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=484 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=484 Tue, 19 May 2015 McStas 2.2 has been released and is ready for download. Read more to learn about important highlights from the release. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=487 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=487 Wed, 27 May 2015 The workshop was a great opportunity to share expectations, experiences, and give examples of work conducted in several European research infrastructures. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=494 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=494 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 An increasing number of scholarly publishers and journals are converting to open access. In fields relevant to neutron science and technology, the journals listed are available in full open access. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=77 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=77 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 The 2015 Walter Hlg Prize has been awarded to Prof Dr Helmut Rauch for his outstanding and seminal contributions to the fundamental aspects of neutron physics and optics and many related aspects of quantum physics. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=511 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=511 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 A new project will start in October 2015 and last for four years. It has recently been accepted for funding under the European Commission HORIZON 2020 framework. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=513 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=513 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 The Grant Agreement for SINE2020 has now been signed by the European Commission. The project will start this year on October 1 and will last four years. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=514 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=514 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 The brochure highlights the importance of neutron scattering, illustrated by several examples. Get a free copy at the NMI3 stand at ECNS https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=515 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=515 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 The American Crystallographic Association has selected retired Laboratory Senior Fellow Benno Schoenborn, formerly of Bioenergy and Biome Sciences Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center, B-11, to receive the 2016 Bau Neutron Diffraction Award. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=517 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=517 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 New cooperation project headed by JCNS shall promote EU-Russia cooperation in the planning, construction and scientific use of large scale facilities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=527 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=527 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 NMI3 was at the European Conference on Neutron Scattering 2015. Get to know about announcements by ENSA and the highlights of this great conference. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=530 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=530 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 It is time for a summary of the achievements of this JRA, which aims to provide a wider range of experimental tools to make the best use of neutron scattering for soft and bio-materials. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=538 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=538 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 The journal Metals is calling for papers. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 30 November 2015. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=540 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=540 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 The version 3.5 of Mantid includes significant improvements. Furthermore the new Mantid Forum will provide a centre for support and conversation across the Mantid community. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=546 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=546 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 Nominations for Rosen Scholar candidates are to be sponsored by at least one of LANSCEs Facilities. The deadline is December 4. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=548 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=548 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 The joint Nordic programme for neutron research is being established to address the need for competence-building in this field, as identified by research funding agencies in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 Weve got a new link on our Educational Resources. You can access the e-learning platform VNF and simulate neutron scattering experiments. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=233 Thu, 22 Oct 2015 An international workshop with more than 30 researchers was organized by the Jlich Centre for Neutron Science on Nov 27-28 to discuss current and future options for compact accelerator driven high brilliance neutron sources to serve the scientific community. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=555 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=555 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 It was very useful to meet at the NMI3 final General Assembly and the SINE2020 kick-off meeting to discuss future work and outcomes of the last 4 years https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=554 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=554 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 BrightnESS Begins. More than 70 representatives from the 18 participating institutions came together at the European Spallation Source on September 25 for the BrightnESS Kick-Off Meeting, which formally launched the EU-funded project. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=560 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=560 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 BrightnESS is a European Union-funded project within the European Commissions Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme designed to ensure that key challenges are met in order to build an ESS that can deliver high-impact scientific and technological knowledge. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 Neutron Scattering on Nano-Structured Soft Matter: Synthetic- and Bio-Materials has been the focus of this years JCNS Workshop, held from 5 -8 October at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing on Lake Starnberg. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=563 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=563 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 A guide prepared at the ILL gives an overview of Open Access publishing and rules for EU projects. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=564 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=564 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 Given that NMI3-II will finish soon it was time to take stock of the work developed over the last four years. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=567 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=567 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 The deadline for nominations of the Prizes Clifford G. Shull, NSSA Sustained Research, NSSA Science, NSSA Student, and NSSA Fellows is December 8. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=569 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=569 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 The Institute of Physics and the German Physical Society have jointly awarded the Max Born Prize to Christian Pfleiderer of TUMs Physik-Department. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=570 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=570 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 The deadline for applying for funding for Neutron or Muon Introductory Schools is January 24. The schools will be supported by the SINE2020 project. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=572 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=572 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 Learn about the benefits of this collaboration between the major neutron and muon facilities in Europe as well as the feedback of the European Commission, by the NMI3 Manager and Coordinator, scientists, and school organisers. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=573 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=573 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 The location of the XVIII Conference on Small-angle Scattering in 2021 was not decided yet. The SAS Commission of the IUC has thus decided to extend the submission deadline to 1 February 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=578 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=578 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 t is time for a summary of the achievements of this JRA, which aims to develop two promising detector technologies to cope with the high cost and near unavailability of 3He. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=580 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=580 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 Staudinger-Durrer Prize awarded to Prof. Dieter Richter. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=582 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=582 Tue, 15 Dec 2015 It is time for a summary of the achievements of this JRA. New methods now provide information on material and magnetic systems which are not accessible using any other experimental technique. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=583 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=583 Tue, 15 Dec 2015 Green Light for SREss. The project Spatial Research Excellence by ESS SREss has been granted European Union funding to build and establish part of the European Spallation Source research infrastructure in Lund. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=585 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=585 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 Students can immediately apply for the MaMaSELF Master program that starts in 2016. The deadline for non-EU students ends on January 31; EU students have time until February 28. All, that do not require scholarship, must apply before April 30. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=587 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=587 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 Learn all about SINE2020: world-class Science and Innovation with Neutrons in Europe in 2020. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=595 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=595 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 All neutron users are invited to submit abstracts for the German Neutron Scattering Conference 2016. The conference will take place in Kiel from Sept. 20 to 22, 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=609 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=609 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 The Neutron Scattering Society of America is pleased to announce the 2016 recipients of its four major prizes: Dr. Charles F. Majkrzak, Prof. Pengcheng Dai, Dr. Yun Liu, and Dr. P. Douglas Godfrin. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=614 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=614 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 Neutron scattering textbook, exercises, and simulations of experiments are now available online and for free at e-neutrons.org. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=617 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=617 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 The SINE2020 and brightnESS projects organised a meeting of communications officers to strengthen collaboration. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=618 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=618 Tue, 15 Mar 2016 The Committee Research with Neutrons KFN will award the Wolfram-Prandl-Prize to young scientists with PhD at the DN2016 in September 2016. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=619 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=619 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 Learn how the SINE2020 Industry WP will help create an innovation-friendly environment around European neutron sources to tackle societal challenges by coupling research and innovation. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=621 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=621 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 SINE2020 offers consultation and free neutron scattering measurements to industry. Strengthen your RD potential with us by submitting your proposal by June 30. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=622 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=622 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 Eight neutron and muon introductory schools will be financially supported by SINE2020. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=623 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=623 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 McStas 2.3 has been released and is ready for download. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=627 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=627 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 The NSSA is pleased to announce the selection of the following 2016 NSSA Fellows: John Copley, Michael Crawford, Pengcheng Dai, Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Brent Fultz, Aaron Krawitz, Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Timothy Lodge, Jaroslaw Majewski, John Root, and Stephen White. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=626 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=626 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 Addressing one of the last remaining concerns in the civil nuclear fuel cycle. Europes High Performance Research Reactors have teamed up in a common initiative, HERACLES, to support the world-wide non-proliferation efforts by minimizing their usage of HEU material. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 Mon, 02 May 2016 SpinWave is an easy-to-use and versatile software to calculate spin waves in any abitrary magnetic lattice. It is now freely available. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=642 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=642 Thu, 12 May 2016 The first BornAgain School and User Meeting, organized by the MLZ Scientific Computing Group, will take place on 21-22 November 2016 at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Zentrum Garching, Germany. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=649 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=649 Tue, 24 May 2016 Projection foresees major instantaneous reduction in neutron instruments available to Europes scientists once ILL shuts down. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=652 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=652 Fri, 27 May 2016 Samantha Zimnik was granted with the Laura Bassi price for her outstanding scientific achievements in the field of surface physics at the positron source NEPOMUC. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=656 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=656 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 Version 3.7 of Mantid contains several improvements to the advanced visualisation and the CLI for multidimensional data. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=657 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=657 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 On October 1 a new two-year project will begin to study the microscopic structure and dynamics of bulk metallic glasses. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=658 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=658 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 Fruitful discussions were held by 26 WP members who met at PSI in April to present the software programs the WP will focus on. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=659 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=659 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 Bruno Guerard from ILL told us the plan to develop a 3He based MicroStrip Gas Chamber MSGC neutron detector with a novel 2D readout. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=660 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=660 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 An easy-to-use and versatile software, _SpinWave_, to calculate spin waves in any arbitrary magnetic lattice, has been developed at the Laboratoire Lon Brillouin and is now freely available. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=661 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=661 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 In an interview Hanna Wacklin tells about the SINE2020 collaboration activity on Chemical Deuteration, which she coordinates. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=666 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=666 Sat, 06 Aug 2016 Thanks to SINE2020 support, 31 participants attended the Central European Training School in Budapest last May. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=669 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=669 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 The first volume of the ESFRI Scripta series reproduces the concluding report presenting a thorough analysis of the European Landscape of Research Infrastructures devoted to Neutron Scattering and Spectroscopy, and its evolution in the next decades. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=671 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=671 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 Financial and administrative staff from the H2020 BrightnESS and its SINE2020 projects met on June 27 and 28 in Lund to exchange best practices and tools on how to best implement and manage both research projects. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=676 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=676 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 On July 7, the 11th International Conference on Polarised Neutrons for Condensed Matter Investigations 2016 PNCMI 2016 in Freising ended. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=677 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=677 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 You can apply for OpenAire funds to publish or reimburse your FP7 project papers in Open Access journals. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=686 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=686 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 Eddy Lelivre-Berna tells about the Sample Environment WP, which aims to improve the environment surrounding samples both on neutron and muon experiments, thus improving data statistics and opening new fields of science. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=693 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=693 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 Get to know the main points of action, benefits, and challenges of the SINE2020 Industry Activity. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=698 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=698 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 Rob Dimeo took very creative notes of talks at the 50 Years of Backscattering workshop https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=701 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=701 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 Fruitful discussions with a side of sunny weather, UNESCO heritage, fado, and nice food at the SINE2020 General Assembly. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=702 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=702 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 Learn neutron scattering on 2 10 March 2017 at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin. SINE2020 supports travel costs. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=706 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=706 Sat, 01 Oct 2016 Dr. Anatoliy Senyshyn obtains the prize for his outstanding research in the field of lithium-ion batteries, which he watches in its function in a live hook-up at the atomic level. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=707 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=707 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 The SINE2020 project welcomes Martin Bhm from the Institute Laue-Langevin as new Coordinator. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=709 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=709 Tue, 04 Oct 2016 The Italian Society of Neutron Spectroscopy organised the Giornate Didattiche School on June 12-20, 2016. Students were given an introduction to neutron techniques for condensed matter studies, with applications to Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth sciences. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=711 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=711 Tue, 04 Oct 2016 After the first call for industrial experiments, five companies will benefit from free neutron test measurements for their RD activities. Would you like to use neutrons for advanced characterization of your material or component, for free Youre still in time https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=713 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=713 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 Please spread the word Industrial companies can apply for free experiments at neutron research facilities. The deadline is Jan 21th 2017. Probing matter with neutrons is non-destructive. Feel free to contact us for further information. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=714 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=714 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 Stimulating gathering of neutron scientists at the Joint JCNS Workshop Flipper 2016 in Tutzing, Germany. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=717 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=717 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14 young participants attended the Italian SISN Summer School in Perugia last September. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=718 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=718 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 This release contains the much requested improvements to project saving, so now all of the state of your graphs, tables, matrices, even the instrument view, sliceviewer and VSI will reload just as you saved it. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=719 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=719 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 This interactive brochure illustrates the contribution of the Neutron and Muon consortium to advancing science in 2012-2016. It focus on the impact of the NMI3 activities on both science and society. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=743 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=743 Wed, 02 Nov 2016 The website now hosts Women in Science pages featuring interviews with women who work on neutron scattering. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=723 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=723 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 The SasView Development Team is pleased to announce the release of SasView 4.0.1. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=754 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=754 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 A team is working on improving the fitting of neutron and muon data in Mantid. They developed a framework for comparing fitting minimizers targeted to serve Mantid users, but whose results are transferrable to other neutron and muon data treatment software. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=760 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=760 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 Slides and videos of the talks given at the workshop are now available online. The workshop focused on requirementsdevelopments for a bidirectional Monte Carlo variance reduction method applied to neutron beamline transport systems. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=771 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=771 Wed, 28 Dec 2016 The ICNS 2017 Online Submission System is now open. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=780 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=780 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 Students can now apply for the Master Program. The application deadlines are different for the country of origin: for non-EU students, they will end on 31 January 2017; EU students must apply until 28 February 2017. All those who do not need a scholarship will have time until 15 May 2017. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=782 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=782 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 About 250 students and early career scientists have already benefited from SINE2020 funding to eight introductory neutron and muon schools. Grants will also be available for advanced schools soon. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=789 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=789 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 How has science changed our lives How will neutrons help us meet the challenges of the future And whats it like to work in an international science facility under construction This talk will take you on a trip through archaeology, life science and magnetism, and end up at a huge construction site. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=790 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=790 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 Lessons in Experimental Quantum Mechanics, Wave-Particle Duality, and Entanglement https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=793 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=793 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 One of the worlds largest producers of surfactants considers the time spent at ILL using neutrons, through SINE2020, invaluable for its RD activities. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=794 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=794 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 Theres a new project on our Projects page. ACCELERATE is a Horizon 2020 project, supporting the long-term sustainability of large scale research infrastructures. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=68 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 Scientists as individuals or on behalf of a Division, Section or Group may now submit nominations for the 2017 Walter Hlg Prize of the European Neutron Scattering Association ENSA. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=795 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=795 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 The IV course of the Erice School NEUTRON SCIENCE AND INSTRUMENTATION will be on 1 8 July 2017. Registrations close on May 10. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=796 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=796 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 The fellowship is intended to attract visiting scholars to LANSCE in the fields of nuclear science, materials science, defense science and accelerator technology. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=798 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=798 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 Flora Meilleur is a structural biologist she is interested in the structure of biomolecules, specifically of proteins. Since 2007 she held a joint faculty position between the Oak Ridge Neutron Sciences Directorate and North Carolina State University NCSU. In July 2015, she was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=800 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=800 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 Learn about neutron scattering and how you can benefit from using neutrons on 8 12 May 2017 at the 11th Central European Training School on neutron techniques in Budapest. Apply by March 15. Grants available. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=805 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=805 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 A postdoc from the Technical University of Denmark has performed a neutron imaging experiment at J-PARC in Japan using EU Interregional funds. Malgorzata Makowska studied how to optimise solid-oxide fuel cells, a sustainable technology in use by industry and consumers. Scientists from DTU and ESS provided supervision and expertise. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=808 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=808 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 The SINE2020 work-package on Sample Environment met on January 25-26 in Lund to present and discuss updates on the WP tasks. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=812 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=812 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 Within the SINE2020 project we have setup an European Deuteration Network DEUNET that aims to increase the availability and accessibility of complex deuterated molecules to the European neutron scattering community. The existing capabilities of the laboratories at ISIS, ILL and FZJ which currently produce deuterated materials for neutron scattering will be complemented by an additional laboratory at ESS. Furthermore, the organisation of the facilities into a network leverages the unique specialisations of each of the laboratories. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=826 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=826 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 More than 6 million Euros has been invested by the European Commission in the development of new nuclear fuel. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=832 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=832 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 The Walter Hlg Prize is awarded biennially to a European scientist for outstanding, coherent work in neutron scattering https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=828 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=828 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 McStas 2.4 has been released and is ready for download. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=839 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=839 Thu, 18 May 2017 The Walter Haelg Prize 2017 has been awarded to Professor Juan Colmenero from the University of the Basque Country, in Spain. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=841 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=841 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 From a total of 15 election candidates Astrid Schneidewind FZ Jlich is the new KFN chairman. Markus Braden University of Cologne is the new deputy chairman. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=856 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=856 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 Nordic and Baltic states have come together to increase competence in neutron scattering among young researchers and raise the number of neutron users in the region. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=871 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=871 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Its the birthday of James Chadwick, who discovered the neutron in 1932. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=876 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=876 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 Jonathan Taylor reviews the data-management challenges facing neutron sources and other large-scale research facilities as they strive to maximize the scientific and economic impact of their work https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=868 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=868 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 Since 1990 the Bombannes school series introduces, on a fundamental level, the current methodology of static and dynamic scattering techniques and their applicaiton to soft matter systems. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=892 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=892 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 The end of the SNI 2018 conference in Garching, Germany ended with the presentation of the poster prizes and the Wolfram Prandl Prize Lecture. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=964 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=964 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 The SasView Collaboration is pleased to announce the latest release of its popular SAS data analysis package, SasView 4.2.0.This version contains a number of infrastructural improvements, bug fixes, and documentation enhancements. Full details can be found in the Release notes. Download it now for free at www.sasview.org.This project receives funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654000. https://sine2020.eu/news-and-media/sasview-420-released.html https://sine2020.eu/news-and-media/sasview-420-released.html Mon, 08 Oct 2018 Instead of beach and sun, they preferred working with mathematical functions for neutron scattering data. Two pupils changed Catalonia for Bavaria for four weeks and performed a practical with Dr. Sebastian Busch at the MLZ in summer. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=987 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=987 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 To assess the current use of McStas, the McStas team have put together the a survey for users of our neutron Monte Carlo ray-tracing package.Using the survey results, the team hope to gain insight and statistics on the McStas user community, where it is currently based, which operating systems and computing infrastructures are used, and to what satisfaction the package, support infrastructure and documentation is used. The survey should also give us a clear picture where to focus their future efforts.We hope you will help by investing a few minutes in the survey: https:www.surveymonkey.comrL38RXZG:https:www.surveymonkey.comrL38RXZG Thank you on behalf of the McStas team. Wed, 14 Nov 2018 The Data Treatment software download links involved in the SINE2020 project is now collated on just one page of the SINE2020.eu website so that you can easily find them when you need them.Here you will find links to BornAgain, Mantid, MUESR, SasView and others. https://sine2020.eu/randd-activities/data-treatment/software.html https://sine2020.eu/randd-activities/data-treatment/software.html Wed, 14 Nov 2018 McStas 2.5 is the seventh release in the 2.x series and fixes various issues with McStas 2.4.1, plus many new developments. McStas 2.5 is also the 20th anniversary release of McStas 1.0 was released in October 1998 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=989 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=989 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 The project PaNOSC, Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud is one of five cluster projects funded under the European H2020 programme. PaNOSC started on the 1st of December 2018, and will be officially launched on January 15th, 2019. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=992 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=992 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 The BrightnESS2 project holds their kick-off meeting in Rome, Italy. Research organisations and facilities from 11 different countries have jointly set off on a three year journey to strengthen neutron scattering in Europe and create an ecosystem for sustainable science with ESS. They will work towards this goal under the banner of BrightnESS2, a project funded by Horizon 2020. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=999 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=999 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 The League of advanced European Neutron Sources LENS held its second General Assembly at Institut Laue-Langevin ILL yesterday, preceded on Tuesday by meetings of its five working groups and the LENS Executive Board. The meetings brought the consortiums operational working groups together with the leaders of the LENS member facilities to advance priority actions for the organisation in the months to come. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1053 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1053 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 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 Europes leading position in neutron science. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1066 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1066 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source receives around 350,000 euros in funding from the EU to continue its cooperation with large-scale Russian research institutions. The project CREMLINplus was officially launched in Hamburg at the end of February. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1079 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1079 Wed, 11 Mar 2020 PaN-learning is a Photon and Neutron e-learning platform, which aims to bring free education and training to scientists and students. https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1137 https://neutronsources.org/index.php?article_id=1137 Fri, 02 Jul 2021