Addressing the climate crisis
The role of neutron science in securing a sustainable future
Science Highlights
European neutron facilities are enabling scientific breakthroughs relevant to sustainable development and the climate agenda.
Browse some of the recent research below:
Advanced neutron technologies galvanise research into advanced polymer electrolyte membranes
In a joint publication, scientists from University College London, CEA/University Grenoble Alpes, and LENS members ISIS Neutron and Muon Source,...
Exploring Salty Water Structure to Understand Carbon Sequestration in Deep Aquifers
Researchers combine neutron diffraction experiments and simulations to study NaCl solutions under extreme conditions.
Grimy windows could be harbouring toxic pollutants
Dirty windows can harbour potentially harmful pollutants under protective films of fatty acids from cooking emissions – and these can...
Nanomaterial fights back against resistant bacteria
Significant amounts of antibiotic residues and pathogens enter the environment via our wastewater. A German Italian team of researchers has...
Organogels: New cleaning agent for artworks
The restoration of artworks often involves solvents which have toxic properties. Now researchers have succeeded for the first time in...
Polarised neutrons used for the first time to study 3D-printed magnets
A collaboration between European facilities has enabled polarised neutrons to be used on IMAT for the first time to study...
Solving the puzzle behind the viscosity jump in the Earth’s lower mantle
Prof. Dr. Tomoo Katsura and his international research team at the Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics, University...
Successful demonstration of neutron scattering as a characterisation method for battery materials – silicon nanoparticles.
The collaboration between the Departments of Battery Technology and Neutron Materials Characterization at IFE resulted in a successful demonstration of...
Understanding the structure of fuel cell membranes
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEMFC) are an important technology in the transition to green energy. With the help of neutrons,...
When hydrogen glows red
A team of German and Dutch scientists synthesised a series of substances, which show bright luminescence under UV light. Therefore...