ESRF - ILL

The ESRF, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, is the world’s most intense X-ray source and a centre of excellence for fundamental and innovation-driven research in condensed and living matter science. Located in Grenoble, France, the ESRF owes its success to the international cooperation of 20 partner nations, of which 13 are Members and 7 are Associates*. The ESRF produces X-rays 100 billion times brighter than those used in hospitals. These X-rays, endowed with exceptional properties, are produced by the high-energy electrons that race around the storage ring, a circular tunnel measuring 844 metres in circumference. The ESRF operates 46 ‘beamlines’, or laboratories, each equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation, and managed by highly qualified scientific and technical experts. Every year, around 10,000 scientists from ESRF’s 2. partner countries and beyond come to the ESRF to use its extremely brilliant X-rays for leading-edge research. This fundamental and applied research addresses the complex global challenges our society faces, such as health, energy and the environment. It also contributes to developing new technologies for industry and preserving humanity's cultural heritage, lighting the way to a sustainable and peaceful future. The force of the ESRF is its capacity to innovate, pushing the limits and seeking ever-higher performances for the benefit of the global scientific community. In 2020, the ESRF opened a brand-new generation of high-energy X-ray sources, ESRF-EBS (Extremely Brilliant Source), with X-ray performances multiplied by 100 compared to before. Selected as a Landmark in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap, ESRF-EBS hails a new era for X-ray science in imaging condensed and living matter, such as sub-cellular imaging of human organs, time-resolved serial crystallography, but also with applications for new sustainable materials for energy and industry, and the studies of key molecular components of our universe. * France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are member countries. Israel, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, and South Africa are scientific associates. ****************************************************************************** The Institut Laue-Langevin is an international research centre at the leading edge of neutron science and technology, offering researchers an exceptionally high neutron flux through around 40 state-of-the-art instruments that are constantly being developed and upgraded. As a service institute, the ILL makes its facilities and expertise available to visiting scientists. Every year, about 1400 researchers from over 40 countries visit the ILL and more than 1000 experiments selected by a scientific review committee are performed. About 60% of the research at ILL focuses on fundamental science in fields such as condensed matterphysics, chemistry, biology, nuclear physics, and materials science. The remaining 40% is dedicated to directly addressing modern societal challenges, namely in health, energy, the environment, and information technologies. For example, research is being conducted to explore how nuclear medicine can contribute to the fight against cancer, to develop new materials that can help meet tomorrow’s energy challenges. or new technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Whilst some researchers are working on battery design, fuels and catalysts, plastics and pharmaceuticals, others are looking at biological processes at cellular and molecular level. Still others may be elucidating the physics that could contribute to the electronic devices of the future. The ILL can especially tailor its neutron beams to probe the fundamental processes that help to explain how our universe came into being, why it looks the way it does today and how it can sustain life. The ILL also collaborates closely and at different levels of confidentiality with the R&D departments of industrial companies. All the scientists at the ILL - chemists, physicists, biologists, crystallographers, specialists in magnetism and nuclear physics - are also experts in neutron research and technology and their combined know-how is made available to the scientific community. Funded and managed by France, Germany and the United Kingdom, and in scientific partnership with 10 other countries, ILL is located in the serene yet scientifically rich city of Grenoble, nestled in the foothills of the French Alps.

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