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29/12/05	NEUTRON PATHFINDER:THE GUIDE TO NEUTRONS IN EUROPE Find the right instrument for your experiment. Search over a hundred neutron instruments. Find out what neutrons can do for you. Discover the main neutron methods. Answer your research questions using neutrons and get help from experts to design your experiment. Visit the Pathfinder pages and choose your instrument: A project developed by NMI3, the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative for Neutron Scattering and Muon Spectroscopy and KFN, the German Committee Research with Neutrons, in collaboration with the main European neutron facilities. Many people have contributed countless hours to enter the information and define the structure. We thank all for their interest and support.
29/11/05	RESEARCH WITH NEUTRONS IN GERMANY - STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES - A NEW BROCHURE PUBLISHED BY THE NEUTRON GERMAN COMMITTEE NOW AVAILABLE! Brochure of the Comittee Research with Neutrons The brochure, published in German, compiles interesting analyses ofthe research with neutrons in Germany, its position in the international context, the neutron sources, the future and more. The main neutron scientists and representatives in Germany have contributed to the elaboration of the brochure. The document is illustrated with attractive schemes and pictures. So far only the recommendations are available in English. More information and access to the whole document on the KFN pages
09/11/05	WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NMI3 AND ENSA MEETINGS AT RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY LAST SEPTEMBER? The third general NMI3 meeting and the 23rd Meeting of the ENSA committee were held at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory last September. The minutes of the ENSA meeting are now available on the ENSA pages The summary of the NMI3 general meeting on the NMI3 pages
27/10/05	ALBERT FURRER AND HANS ULRICH GÜDEL WINNERS OF THE 2005 WALTER HÄLG PRIZE The nominations received for the 2005 Hälg Prize were examined by an international selection committee consisting of authorities representing the major scientific disciplines, both within and beyond the field of neutron scattering. The selection committee is delighted to announce that the 2005 Hälg Prize will be awarded exceptionally to both:Professor Albert Furrer (ETH Zürich and Paul Scherrer Institute) and Professor Hans Ulrich Güdel (University of Bern) in recognition of the important role their continuing collaboration has played in developing new and interesting magnetic materials and studying them to obtain unique insights into their magnetic properties. The fourth award of the prize (10’000 CHF) is to be made at a special ceremony and session at the International Conference on Neutron Scattering, 27th November to 2nd December 2005, Sydney, Australia. ENSA press release and more information on ENSA pages
24/10/05	NMI3 FOURTH ROUND FOR PROPOSALS EVALUATED - 29.000 € FOR TRAINING ACTIVITIES The 8 proposals submitted to the Fourth NMI3 Round for Proposals have been evaluated at the Third NMI3 meeting on 29 September in Didcot, (ISIS – RAL). The Committee proposes the assignation of a total of 7000 € to support 2 Neutrons Workshops and 22.000 € for the 4 proposals for Neutron Schools. Schools: • 27th Tutorial on Neutron Scattering - Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Germany. • 10th Laboratory Course Neutron Scattering - Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. • 8th European School on Scattering Methods Applied to Soft Condensed Matter - RelaiSoleil, France. • Neutron scattering - an introductory course for the biosciences and materials sciences - La Foresta, Vaalbeek (Belgium). Workshops: • High-Pressure muSR Techniques - Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland • Dynamics in Confinement - Institut Laue Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble, France
24/10/05	HELMUT SCHOBER NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE GERMAN COMMITTEE RESEARCH WITH NEUTRONS Helmut Schober, head of the Time of Flight and High Resolution Group at Institut Laue Langevin, has been elected chairman of the German Committee Research with neutrons. Schober is currently our NMI3 Networking Activities coordinator. More information on the "Komitee Forschung mit Neutronen" pages: News from the KFN Helmut Schober CV Other members of the Board: Götz Eckold (Univ. Göttingen) deputy chairman of the KFN. Regine Willumeit, Hartmut Zabel Roland Steitz
(24/10/05	THE SWEDISH NEUTRON SCATTERING SOCIETY HAS A NEW CHAIRMAN The Swedish Neutron Scattering Society (SNSS) has a new chairman. Adrian Rennie has been elected as Chairman of SNSS for three years from October 2005. Adrian Rennie has been the Director of the Studsvik Neutron Research Laboratory since 2003 and is a Professor at Uppsala University where his research is concerned with soft condensed matter and interfaces. The other members of the SNSS Board are: Kristina Edström, Uppsala University Sten Eriksson, Chalmers Technical University Aleksandar Matic, Chalmers Technical University Ulf Olsson, Lund University Gunnar Svensson, Stockholm University"
01/10/05	CELEBRATING THE FIRST CONCRETE STEPS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL November 2005 ISE Conference - UNESCO, Paris, 9th - 10th November 2005. The establishment of the European Research Council (ERC) has dramatically gained pace in recent months, with discussions taking place at ministerial level on the proposal of the European Commission and the nomination by Research Commissioner J. Potocnick of the 22 members of the ERC Scientific Council, the body whose role will be to "determine the ERC's scientific strategy and ensure that its operations are conducted according to the requirements of scientific excellence." The Initative for Science in Europe (ISE) is pleased with recent progress, however, it notes the need to maintain vigilance with respect to the autonomy of the Scientific Council and the scope, funding and structure of the ERC. To this end, ISE has convened a meeting at UNESCO, Paris, on 9th-10th November to celebrate the first concrete steps towards the implementation of the ERC. The meeting will be attended by members of the ERC Scientific Council and the Commission and will represent an excellent opportunity to exchange opinions, make contacts and allow informal discussion among scientists and attendees from the ERC Scientific Council and the European Institutions. In addition, the meeting will feature presentations on novel elements of FP7 and discussions on research infrastructures. The Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) is a platform of European learned societies and scientific organizations whose aim is to promote mechanisms to support basic science at a European level, involve scientists in the design and implementation of European science policies, and to advocate strong independent scientific advice in European policy making. ENSA, The European Neutron Scattering Association, is a member of the ISE and encourages participation to this meeting. Download the provisional programme of the ISE Conference (PDF 95KB) Information and Registration on the ISE pages The meeting is open to all, irrespective of organizational affiliation. There is no registration fee; however, for security reasons on-line registration is compulsory.
28/09/05	OPEN MEETING TO DISCUSS THE INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE ISIS SECOND TARGET STATION PROJECT Second Phase Instruments for the Second Target Station Project. Open meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee to offer advice on the second phase of instruments. 27 October 2005 at CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory The recent call for proposals for the second phase of instruments at the Second Target Station Project has been well-received. Among the ideas developed so far by the community are a protein crystallography beamline, an instrument for extreme sample environment experiments and a trio of small angle scattering instruments. The open meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on 27 October 2005 at CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will allow instrument proposals to be presented and discussed more widely. The meeting will enable the advisory committee to offer advice to the project on the second phase of instruments and, with the help of the user community, identify further areas of instrumentation that should be developed. The Second Target Station project team will then prepare the case for the next phase of instruments based on the advice received from the Scientific Advisory Committee. It is anticipated that instruments will be funded through submissions to the UK Office of Science and Technology Large Facilities Fund supplemented by contributions from international partnerships. Registration and Programme
08/09/05	THIRD 2005 ISSUE OF NEUTRON NEWS OUT NOW! Featuring the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics from JINR Dubna (130 Km north Moscow): The director of the Laboratory, A.V. Belushkin, explains the origin and history of the only running pulsing reactor and describes the latest changes in the field of instrumentation and scientific activities. ...users from 30 countries came to Dubna during the last 10 years. We are very pleased to welcome new users and develop cooperation in different fields of neutron instrumentation. The new instrumentation is described in detailed articles: - High resolution Fourier Diffraction, ....The Fourier diffractometer offers general advantages of the TOF technique and can be used both at steady state and pulsed neutron sources. - The time of flight DN12 spectrometer … offers wide opportunities for high-pressure studies of the structure and dynamics of materials by means of powder neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering methods - Two-detector system for Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument. …the results that have been obtained with the new two-detector clearly demonstrate a remarkable progress in SANS instrumentation… - Polarized Neutron Reflectometry. … a principally new feature of the spectrometer is that it has two neutron polarizers Read more about this, other news and the meeting reports in the July issue of the Neutron News. The back page of the magazine announces the symposium on BioMaterials and Neutrons (BioMan) to be held in Boston the 31st of October. BioMaN is aimed at introducing neutron scattering to the Biomaterials community. Other Neutron Magazines Neutron Magazines Section	Neutron News is a controlled circulation magazine, supplied free of charge to officials with registered neutron sources. Subcriptions: Neutron News
26/07/05	JULY ISSUE 2005 OF NOTIZIARIO NEUTRONI E LUCE DI SINCROTRONE IS NOW AVAILABLE! 48 pages containing: • The editorial: Constructions of new Neutron and Synchrotron research Infrastructures. • Three scientific reviews: - Fragility and bioprotective effectiveness by elastic neutron scattering. - Focus on the chemical and electronic structure of biomimetic porphyrins highlighted with sr experiments and theory. - A new high-energy neutron beam facility in uppsala • Two reports about Infrastructures: - USANS technique - Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering - The Second Target Station project, TS-2, at ISIS: Oportunities for the study of Soft Matter. • News: - LLB: The french Neutron Facility. - News from ESRF & ILL: EIROforum, Next standard proposal round: Deadline 14 February 2006, workshops at ILL. • Meeting Reports: - Second Italian - Australian Workshop on Future Directions in Spectroscopy and Imaging. - European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) - Progress in Electron Volt Neutron Spectroscopy. - Sweden joins ILL !! - School on Pulsed Neutron Sources- ICTP Trieste, Italy. • Calendar and Call for Proposals. You can read it online Those of you wishing to receive the printed version of the journal are invited to subscribe at the Notiziario website. Subscription is free! NOTIZIARIO Neutroni e Luce di Sincrotrone è pubblicato a cura del C.N.R. in collaborazione con la Facoltà di Scienze M.F.N. e il Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”G. Other Neutron Magazines Neutron Magazines Section Cover:Model of interaction of PLA2 enzyme with DOPC membrane, derived from neutron reflectivity data (by Vacklin et al.)
19/06/05	THE ILL NEWS FOR REACTOR USERS - JUNE 2005 NOW OUT!. The ILL News for Reactor Users published twice a year, updates our users on the more recent innovation on instrumentation and technical developments, and summerises the most important events occured at the ILL. Content of latest edition: June 2005 • Spring 2005 Conference on EPSRC - ILL Millennium Projects • SALSA: SALSA: a world leading instrument for materials engineering. • OrientExpress: a new system for Laue neutron diffraction • First neutrons on the D19 banana detector • Visualisation of acquisition scans with LAMP • Computation Lab: Numerical Modelling for Users at the ILL ......and more! Download it on the ILL web More Neutron newsletters
10/03/05	CSNS: A SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE FOR CHINA The "Report on China's economic and social development plan", announces the start of construction of nine major state science and technology infrastructure facilities, including a spallation neutron source and high magnetic field facility. See the Report on China's economic and social development plan The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) Information about the China SNS can be found in this document: R&D activities on ADS and proposal of China Spallation Neutron Source presented by Fang Shouxian (Institute of High Energy Physics) at the third North American meeting on FFAG accelerators (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient). Workshop held in Vancouver (Canada) in April 2004. " Chinese experts of neutron science and of accelerators had a series of discussions and finally most of them agreed that to build a modest spallation neutron source with beam power of 100kW at China in next 5-7 years, it would be a suitable choice. At present, Chinese Academy of Sciences encourages Institute of Physics and Institute of High Energy Physics to jointly start feasibility study of CSNS, and based this study, to submit a proposal to our government." Download the presentation here: TRIUMF pages (Look for Fang Shouxian) Complementary information: ICANS-XVI - The 16th Meeting of the International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources May 12 - 15, 2003 J. Zhang, CAS An Overview on the Chinese Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) Project Download the presentation here: ICANS-XVI Presentations (Look for J. Zhang)
09/06/05	ATTRACTING NEW SCIENTIFIC TALENT TO THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (US) AND ITS NEUTRON SCIENCE PROGRAMS. The Clifford G. Shull Fellowship Program is aimed at attracting new scientific talent to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and its neutron science programs, making it possible for these outstanding new scientists to continue on the path to excellence while substantially contributing to ORNL and U.S. Department of Energy missions and goals. The Shull Fellowship is open to fields of science and engineering that further advances in neutron science. Shull Fellows are expected to provide valuable stimuli to the research efforts of the Laboratory, make available the most recent developments of university science and engineering departments, and represent the Laboratory to its sponsors and collaborators in the scientific community. For more information and to apply online: www.sns.gov/shullfellowship www.sns.gov/shullfellowship . Applications will be accepted until August 1, 2005.	Allen E. Ekkebus Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory One Bethel Valley Road, Bldg 8600 P. O. Box 2008, MS 6474 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6474 Telephone: (865) 241-5644 Fax: (865) 241-5177
03/07/05	FOURTH NMI3 CALL FOR PROPOSALS CLOSED. Fourth NMI3 call for proposals to organize Neutron and Muon training activities is closed. This call for proposals relates to applications for the financial year 2006 and covering the period from January to June 2006. Seven proposals has been submitted. Missed the deadline? Then contact the NMI3 team The 5th call for proposals will be lauched in December. During 2004 and 2005 NMI3 has supported 28 neutron schools and workshops with an amount of 179.000 Euros.
22/06/05	REPORT ABOUT HOSTING THE ESS IN SWEDEN DELIVERED TO THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT. (22/06/05) Investigator Allan Larsson has delivered his report to the Swedish government about hosting the ESS in Sweden In July 2004, the Swedish government commissioned Allan Larsson, a former finance minister, to examine the scope for locating the European Spallation Source, ESS, in Sweden. The report is now delivered to the Minister for Education Leif Pagrotsky. Read the executive summary of the report: (PDF, 320KB) More information and contacts: www.ess-scandinavia.org www.regeringen.se The ESS-Scandinavian initiative on the European Neutron Portal: ESSS Information about the European Spallation Source Project on the ESS Webpages
29/06/05	£2M FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MUON SPECTROMETER ON THE ISIS FACILITY. (29/06/05) Press Release CCLRC Wednesday 29 June 2005 Many areas of scientific research will benefit from investment of £6M to develop the UK's large-scale research facilities. Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils Scientists from the UK and around the world will benefit from £6M grant awards for large-scale science research facilities. This significant investment will ensure that the world-leading Council for Central Laboratories of the Research Councils' (CCLRC) large facilities will remain internationally competitive and capable of providing the technological infrastructure necessary for UK and international scientists to probe materials deeper, faster and more accurately than ever before. Eight research grants have been awarded to collaborative teams led by academics from UK universities and the CCLRC. Awards have been determined by the peer-reviewed quality of the proposals to create new research opportunities and to introduce new research communities to the CCLRC facilities - the Central Laser Facility (CLF), the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon source and the Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS). The largest award is £2m for the development of a new muon spectrometer on the ISIS facility. "Muons are a fascinating way of exploring materials. They only live for two-millionths of a second, but that's long enough to give us unique insights into atoms and molecules," said project leader Dr. Philip King from the CCLRC ISIS facility. The new instrument will significantly widen the range of experiments we can make on new organic materials and on semiconductors used by the electronics industry.... Read the full document on the CCLRC pages A call for expressions of interest for the third round of the CCLRC Facility Development Grant Scheme has just been launched. Information is available on the Facility Development page. The closing date is 27 July 2005.	Interested in Muons? Why use muons? What can you do with muons? How does the muon technique work? How do muons compare with other techniques? Where are the muon sources? Visit the European Muon Portal Information about the new spectrometer for the ISIS Muon Facility on the ISIS Muon pages
18/05/05	WE ARE SEARCHING A BRIGHT AND ENTHUSIASTIC PHYSICIST ....(18/05/05) ...with developed experimental skills (a-priory knowledge in the field of polarized gases is not imperative, albeit knowledge in atomic physics and optics would be an advantage as well as experience in laser applications and vacuum techniques), highly motivated and able to work in an international team. A Ph.D. in Physics and a good level of English is required. The successful candidate will be offered a fixed-term 36-month contract through Forschungszentrum Jülich. Postdoctoral position in the field of 3He Neutron Spin Filters (NSF). - Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ).	More information about this and other positions on the
20/06/05	INTRODUCING NEUTRON SCATTERING TO THE BIOMATERIALS COMMUNITY: BioMaN (20/06/05) BioMaterials and Neutrons. The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences (JINS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory together with the European Neutron Scattering and Muon Spectroscopy Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (NMI3) are organizing a special session at the upcoming American Vacuum Society meeting in Boston focusing on the application of neutron scattering to the understanding of fundamental aspects of bio-interface science and engineering. The need to increase our understanding of the interactions between bio-molecules and surfaces, the behavior of complex macromolecular systems at materials interfaces, and interactions between biomolecules, is being driven by the rapid growth in biomedical research and the role these applications play in the fields of biology, biotechnology, diagnostics, dentistry and medicine. The session aims at introducing the neutron scattering technique to an interdisciplinary audience at the AVS meeting who are interested in biomaterial interfaces. This is one of a series of conferences organized jointly by European and American scientific institutions with a strong affiliation to Neutron Scattering. Previous workshops in this series have been highly successful. The report of the first workshop “Neutrons and Energy for the Future”(NEF), in Washington, DC. held in Washington, DC will soon be available. More recently, a similar workshop entitled “Neutrons at the Frontiers of Earth Sciences and the Environment”(NESE) was incorporated within the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna. More information: BioMaN A neutron session at the next American Vacuum Society meeting in Boston October 30 to November 4. The symposium is scheduled on Monday, Oct 31. The registration will be open on July 5.
20/06/05	BRIDGING THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE GAP BETWEEN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMUNITY - RICH (20/06/05) RICH - Research Infrastructures for Cultural Heritage The workshop and the foresight study, organized by European scientific institutions with affiliations to advanced lasers, neutrons and synchrotron radiation research centres, are aimed at bridging the current knowledge gap between Research Infrastructures and the Cultural Heritage community, by bringing together Research Infrastructures scientist, current and future Research Infrastructures users in the field of Cultural Heritage, and a panel of leading Cultural Heritage experts. The meeting will take place at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy on 12-13 December 2005. See details: RICH
16/06/05	A LLB NEUTRON EXPERIMENT PUBLISHED ON THE PHYSICSWEB (16/06/05) Oxygen loses its magnetism under pressure Published in PhysicsWeb - Institute of Physics - UK, 3 June 2004 - Author: Belle Dumé. "By monitoring how the neutrons scattered from the sample as the pressure increased, Goncharenko found that the long-range magnetic order completely disappears at about 8 gigapascals, which is far below the insulator-metal or superconductor transition." Read the full article on the PhysicsWeb pages: Oxygen loses its magnetism under pressure Igor Goncharenko Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (CEA-CNRS)
01/06/05	WHAT DO NEUTRONS HAVE TO DO WITH EARTH SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT? (01/06/05) How neutrons can play an important role on the investigation of earth materials at combined high pressure and temperature, the effect of hydrogen on properties of minerals and magmas, the large penetrating power of neutrons that makes them ideal probes to investigate bulk samples, the role of neutrons in tectonic studies, the contribution to the study of storage of hydrogen and other interesting environmental issues …. Should you are interested in any of above subjects just have a look to the Summary of the Symposium on Neutrons at the Frontier of Earth Sciences and Environment - NESE. NESE is one of a series of conferences organized jointly by European, American and Japanese scientific institutions with a strong affiliation to Neutron Scattering. The symposium, integrated on the EGU Conference, was held in Vienna on April the days 25 and 26. Two days of interesting talks showing the most recent experiments carried out with neutrons in the areas of Earth Science and Environment.
02/06/05	INTERESTING ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN PHYSICS TODAY - AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS: THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY (02/06/05) Authors: George W. Crabtree, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, and Michelle V.Buchanan. Copyright 2005, American Institute of Physics.2 June 2005. The article remarks the importance of basic research and the use of neutrons and other technologies, in the study of materials for the hydrogen economy: "Achieving these technological milestones while satisfying the market discipline of competitive cost, performance, and reliability requires technical breakthroughs that come only from basic research. The interaction of hydrogen with materials encompasses many fundamental questions that can now be explored much more thoroughly than ever before using sophisticated atomic-level scanning probes, in situ structural and spectroscopic tools at x-ray, neutron, and electron scattering facilities, and powerful theory and modeling using teraflop computers." Read the full article: The Hydrogen Economy on the Physic Today pages. What do neutrons have to do with the Hydrogen economy? Have a look to the summary of the Workshop held in Washington one year ago Neutrons and Energy for the Future (in close collaboration with the Joint Institute of Neutron Scattering in the US - JINS).
01/06/05	NEW – NEW – NEW: SECOND 2005 ISSUE OF NEUTRON NEWS OUT NOW! (01/06/05) ....Jülich is determined to remain a leading center of research with neutrons even without its own source.... .... a giant figure in neutron scattering has left the stage....Gen Shirane. ...17 instruments have been approved for beam line allocation ... SNS ...first neutron beam... LENS: Low Energy Neutron Source at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility. ....The neutron scattering community should gain confidence in the simulations by extended comparison between virtual and real experiments... MCNSI: Monte Carlo simulations. ...opportunity to optimize the use of present facilities, create the true collaborative schemes and extend the neutron network to al countries, regions and scientific disciplines... Editorial - H.Mutka -ENSA/SFN Read more about this and the meeting reports and scientific reviews in the June issue of the Neutron News. The back page of the magazine announces the NMI3 access activities: offering European users access to the different facilities, with support for travel and subsistence. Other Neutron Magazines Neutron Magazines Section	Neutron News is a controlled circulation magazine, supplied free of charge to officials with registered neutron sources. Subcriptions: Neutron News
17/05/05	J-PARC INFORMING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT - LATEST EDITION OF THE J-PARC NEWSLETTER (17/05/05) •  On February 28 - March 1 the annual meeting of the International Advisory Committee was held at KEK. Decisions: - to make the best effort to obtain funds to allow the completion of the project within JFY2007. - to make a bottom-up cost analysis. - to prepare a clear and simple structure to the outside world, to allow an easy access to J-PARC from the world. • Recently five working groups were created to discuss the organizational structure of the J-PARC at the operational stage: "J-PARC Center" is the new name for the new organization. • From April 1, 2005, the Tokai Campus of KEK started its operation: people is moving to Tokai campus. These and more interesting news on the latest edition of the J-PARC Newsletter #20 (Mon May 16 2005). Link to this and other volumes of Neutron Newsletters on the Neutron Portal.	Linac building (April 14, 2005)
17/05/05	NANOSCIENCE RESEARCH USING NEUTRON SCATTERING: NEW CENTER FOR NANOPHASE MATERIALS SCIENCES - CNMS -USA (17/05/05) Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s new Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences - CNMS. The CNMS is a highly collaborative national user research facility dedicated to the synthesis, characterization, theory/modeling/simulation, and design of nanoscale materials, and their integration into functional systems. It is one of five Nanoscale Science Research Centers currently being established by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (USA). Call for CNMS user proposals The CNMS is now soliciting user research proposals requesting access to facilities and staff expertise for User Initiated Nanoscience Research in the new CNMS building that will open on October 1, 2005. This nanoscience research program provides users with no-cost access to a broad range of CNMS capabilities for synthesis, characterization, theory modeling/simulation, and design in order to understand nanoscale phenomena and develop functional nanomaterials systems. The CNMS particularly wishes to call the attention of the international neutron scattering and nanoscience research communities to the existence of strong research synergies resulting from the co-location of the CNMS with the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the nearby High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). CNMS specifically encourages the submission of user research proposals that will utilize CNMS capabilities to enable neutron scattering experiments. Scientific Theme areas Inaugural User Meeting to be held May 23-25, 2005. The CNMS will hold its Inaugural User Meeting on May 23-25, 2005, Monday Noon through Wednesday Noon, at the Pollard Technology Conference Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This Inaugural User Meeting features visionary talks by leaders in nanoscience and emerging nanotechnology, and Breakout Sessions for all seven CNMS Scientific Themes. During the lunch break on Tuesday, May 24, Dr. Ian S. Anderson will lead a discussion of "Synergies of Co-Location: Neutron Scattering Opportunities Using CNMS Nanoscience Capabilities".	More information http://cnms.ornl.gov.
16/05/05	GRENOBLE IN SPRING WILL BE AGAIN THE HEART OF EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (16/05/05) Sentence extracted from the announcement of the Spring 2005 Conference on EPSRC-ILL Millennium Projects to be held on 25th May at ILL grenoble France. The Conference will present the first results of the projects developed under the ILL Millennium Programme: super-D2B, D19-detector, SALSA strain scanner, Fame38 Engineering laboratory, D-Lab Deuteration laboratory. The ILL Millennium Programme aims to set in place an accelerated but sustainable programme of instrument renewal which will maintain the ILL's leading position as a generator of high quality scientific research using neutrons. Approved in December of 1999 and started in the 2000, provides now the first results.	More information about the Conference: Spring 2005 Conference on EPSRC-ILL Millennium Projects More information about the ILL Millennium Programme: The ILL Millennium Programme, projects for the next 5 years Millennium Programme (2001) ILL: Institut Laue-Langevin EPSRC: The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
05/07/05	FRM-II STARTED ROUTINE OPERATION! SECOND CALL FOR PROPOSALS OPEN! (05/07/05) (12/05/05) On 3rd May 2005 the FRM-II has reached its nominal power of 20 MW with the beginning of the second fuel cycle. On Friday 22nd April 2005 the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier Leibnitz (FRM-II) got the final permission to start routine operation. By this the Technical University of Munich took over the reactor from the general contractor Siemens/Framatom (FANP). From March to October 2004 the nuclear startup of the FRM-II took place by using the first fuel element. After this period optimisation of outer parts and a lot of reports and paper work had to be done in order to receive the final licence for the reactor operation. In the coming two cycles instrument commissioning will continue and first experiments as accepted in the first proposal round will take place. The deadline for the second call for proposals will be 31 July 2005 for fully operational instruments. Access for European users is granted within the FP6 framework program under the NMI3 consortium. Download here the Calll for proposals: (PDF 57KB) Further details can be obtained via the FRMII - USER OFFICE (registration required) or on the FRMII public web site Jürgen Neuhaus- FRMII FRMII Technische Universität München - Garching, Germany Information about FRM II on the European Neutron Portal.
19/04/05	NESE: THE SYMPOSIUM ON NEUTRONS AT THE FRONTIER OF EARTH SCIENCES & ENVIRONMENT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM MONDAY 25TH TO TUESDAY 26TH APRIL 2005 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. (19/04/05) Two days dedicated to identify new areas of research in the Earth and Environmental Sciences where neutrons can play a relevant and even unique role. NESE is one of a series of conferences organized jointly by European, American and Japanese scientific institutions with a strong affiliation to Neutron Scattering. As Earth and Environmental Sciences rely more and more on a deep understanding of processes on the atomic scale neutron scattering becomes an increasingly important tool of investigation. NESE aims at identifying future scientific needs in these areas. The findings will help neutron facilities to further adapt their infrastructure to the requirements of the wider scientific community. The look forward into the future will be based on a thorough analysis of past and present experimental highlights. The outcome of the conference will be documented in a report. Programme and abstracts are available now: an interesting set of talks which are held by 32 speakers from Europe, the US and Japan. Find out all the information about this event on the NESE pages European Neutron Portal.
04/04/05	NOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A UNIQUE REVIEW OF THE UK'S REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE NEUTRON FACILITIES. INTERIM RESULTS (04/04/05) Scientists from around the UK are being invited to input their views on the development of a strategy for future access to neutron facilities. The CCLRC (Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils) has been commissioned by the Minister for Science and Innovation to produce a strategy for ensuring continued access for the UK research community to world-class neutron facilities. Those registering on the  CCLRC consultation web site will be able to contribute to this unique review of the UK's requirements for future neutron facilities via a consultation questionnaire (on or off line). They will also have the opportunity to participate in a 'discussion forum' which will open during the course of the review. Interim results published in the first UK Neutron Strategy Review newsletter. This consultation will be completed by July 2005. (21/01/05)
08/04/05	ENSA SURVEY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS BASED ON THE FIRST 426 INDIVIDUAL ANSWERS! YOU CAN STILL SUBMIT YOURS! (08/04/05) ENSA presents a preliminary analysis of the individuals answers received to the mid of March. The major proportion of respondents are coming from Germany. Physics and material science represent almost two thirds of the received profiles. The most visited facility by the users who already answered is ILL followed by HMI (Then LLB, SINQ, ISIS, and Jülich). High flux is the feature considered as essential for the choice of facility and instrument. The local environment (sample environment, technical support and interaction with local contact) comes in second. Less than 30 % expect to use SNS, JPARC or a new ESS for more than 10% of their neutron related research. Are you represented in the statistics? Please, note the low representation in the use of some facilities and the low participation of scientist of some disciplines: chemist, life science, soft matter. Also remarkable is the country distribution. Do you belong to those groups? We need your collaboration to get a trusty result. Now is your opportunity! Make your contribution to the future of neutrons in Europe! Please, submit your questionnaire now. Deadline 15th April (late submissions are being accepted) If you already sent us your questionnaire we thank you very much for your effort!. If you gave up after fighting with the system, please contact us as soon as possible and we will find a solution. Please note that all fields of the form must be filled in. If you do not know the answer a space or a hyphen is sufficient.	Download here the document: (PDF 1MB) The values shown in this document are estimated based on information available as of the issuing date of this report, and without consider the questionnaires of groups. Therefore the final results may differ from these forecasted figures.
10/04/05	WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN AN AWARD FOR YOUR WORK ON NEUTRONS? WALTER HÄLG PRIZE 2005 A Prize awarded to a European scientist for outstanding, coherent work in neutron scattering with long-term impact on scientific and/or technical neutron scattering applications. Would you like to submitt you application for the 2005 Call? Do you like to know more about past editions of the Prize? Do you like to know who is Wälter Hälg? Information on the ENSA pages Deadline: Nominations should be sent before 30 September 2005
04/04/05	NMI3 WILL DEDICATE 55,000 EUROS TO SUPPORT 5 NEUTRON SCHOOLS AND 6WORKSHOPS TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS OF 2005. (04/04/05) The third NMI3 round for proposals has been evaluated, and the Committee selected 6 workshops to be supported with a total of 25,000 euros and 5 schools with 20,000 euros. France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland and United Kingdom will be the locations of the training activities selected. The support is committed to facilitate the attendance of European students and scientists to these international events. You will find more information, scope, dates, deadlines and programme of these schools and workshops on the NMI3 pages.
04/04/05	FIRST UK NEUTRON STRATEGY REVIEW NEWSLETTER! (04/04/05) Excellent response from the UK neutron community to the UK neutron survey The Newsletter contains the participation results of the review of the UK's requirements for future neutron facilities. The statistics, to the end of February 2005, shows affiliation, role, research area and interest in UK neutron strategy of the registrants. This first issue is available on the section What's New of the UK Neutron Strategy website - CCLRC.
15/03/05	LATEST ISSUE OF NEUTRON NEWS OUT NOW! (15/03/05) The new issue of Neutron News is focused on the J-Parc project (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex). It contains a complete overview of the project, including all the details of the construction of the 1 MW Pulse Spallation Neutron Source (JSNS). In addition, you can enjoy the report of 11-neutron meetings hold in the past year, or you can read about the progress made in SNS Target installation and other neutron news. The back page announces the next workshop in a series of conferences promoted jointly by European, American and Japanese scientific institutions with a strong affiliation to neutron scattering: the Symposium on Neutrons at the Frontier of Earth Sciences and Environment- (NESE) organized by NMI3. Other Neutron Magazines Neutron Magazines Section	Neutron News is a controlled circulation magazine, supplied free of charge to officials with registered neutron sources. Subcriptions: Neutron News
11/03/05	ENSA SURVEY OF THE NEUTRON SCATTERING COMMUNITY: NEW DEADLINE 15TH APRIL 2005. (11/03/05) Are you a user of neutrons sources in Europe?. We need your collaboration in order to collect the most exact data possible and to get a trustworthy result about the neutron beam usage in Europe. ENSA SURVEY: trying to asses the current neutron activity in Europe. A questionnaire has been designed to gather the information. We encourage you to submit your answer online. Visit the ENSA pages.
07/03/05	THE SNS PROJECT IS 90% COMPLETE! (07/03/05) Source: SNS The SNS Project (Spallation Neutron Source), is 90% complete. SNS is an accelerator-based neutron source being built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by the U.S. Department of Energy. Strong safety performance continues as the project has worked more than 6.0 million hours, with 84 recordable injuries and 1 lost work day (away). Data is through January 2005. Instruments · Installation of poured-in-place shielding for the two reflectometers, SNAP, and CNCS, and shielding on the backscattering spectrometer are all underway. · Development of the new scintillator screens for the detectors for the powder diffractometer is surpassing expectations for brightness and transparency. · The core vessel neutron guide (polished nickel on an aluminum substrate) for the backscattering spectrometer has been assembled, tested, and shipped from the vendor. · All but one core vessel inserts are in place. Three core vessel inserts have guides in them. Three beamline shutters are installed.	Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) -Inside the target core, January 5, 2005.
07/03/05	FRENCH RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE SOLUTION TO WATER-BORN ARSENIC. (PRESS RELEASE EUROPA) NEUTRON SCIENCE HELPS TO FIND THE SOLUTION. (07/03/05) Source: EUROPA (press release) - Brussels,Belgium © European Communities Millions of people in Bangladesh have suffered arsenic poisoning through drinking contaminated water from wells. Dangerously high levels of arsenic are present in other parts of the world too. While developed countries have access to sophisticated water treatments, poorer ones need cheap and sustainable alternatives. Two developments bode well for finding a solution to this lethal problem. The first piece of good news comes from European researchers whose successful experiments using calcite filters show promising results in reducing arsenic contamination in water. The new discovery by French scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), one of the world's leading facilities in neutron science and technology, could prove to be an inexpensive way of trapping the arsenic. Tens of millions of people are exposed to dangerous levels of arsenic in their drinking water – up to 50 times the World Health Organisation thresholds – in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Taiwan and Argentina. Even in France, say the team of scientists, many sources of water, including mineral waters, may no longer satisfy new standards introduced in January 2004 – which limit the concentration of arsenic in drinking water to 10 micro-g per liter. To decontaminate water supplies, cheap and efficient methods for containing arsenic are needed. ILL research into calcite filters could be the answer. Unlike current solutions, such as manganese sand, iron oxides or ettringite – which although more efficient tend to be rarer and, thus, more expensive – calcite is a very common mineral found in limestone which is ubiquitous. The team carried out experiments to test the diffusion of arsenic into the bulk of a calcite sample. High-resolution neutron diffraction showed that up to 80mg of arsenic per gram of calcite can be captured by this material – because AsO33-replaces the carbonate (CO32-) in the calcite lattice, which expands to accommodate it. The higher the degree of substitution, the larger the lattice cell becomes, the researchers note. This discovery is promising because calcite can be synthetically produced in water purification systems simply by allowing a milk of lime – used in water purification plants and power stations to neutralise effluent and separate pollutants – to react with the carbon dioxide in the air. Pure (synthetic) calcite could then be produced cheaply, and provide a simple solution for filtering water contaminated with arsenic.	More information about this issue and about a million-dollar challenge to scientists worldwide on the EUROPA pages
14/03/05	ENSA MEETING IN PARIS, 28TH FEBRUARY 2005 - WHAT HAPPENED IN PARIS? (14/03/05) ... ENSA survey on progress: more than 400 answers up to now. Deadline extended till 15th April. ... Next ECNS will be held in Lund - Website already active .... Report of the national neutron associations delegates. ... Next ESS-Initiative meeting to be held at ILL on 15th March. Have a look to the summary of the 22th ENSA meeting!.
25/02/05	NEW ISSUE OF NOTIZIARIO NEUTRONI E LUCE DI SINCROTRONE IS NOW AVAILABLE. (25/02/05) The January issue 2005 includes interesting articles: Four scientific reviews on innovative experiments and projects Report of five meetings: like the one concerning the School of Neutron Scattering Francesco Paolo Ricci that took place on September 2004, or the one that summarize the development of the annual Conference of the Italian Neutron Scattering Society. News on Muon, neutrons and synchrotrons: The new neutron source FRM II in Garching, The Swedish Neutron Scattering Laboratory, and news from ESRF & ILL. • ….editorial, contact address for all the neutron and synchrotron sources, call for proposals, calendar and nice pictures illustrations. Now you can read it online Those of you wishing to receive the printed version of the journal are invited to subscribe at the Notiziario website. Subscription is free! NOTIZIARIO Neutroni e Luce di Sincrotrone è pubblicato a cura del C.N.R. in collaborazione con la Facoltà di Scienze M.F.N. e il Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”G. Other Neutron Magazines Neutron Magazines Section	Scientific review: Star-like polymer solutions studied by light and neutron scattering
03/02/05	NEW FORUM REINFORCES PLANS FOR NEUTRON SOURCE IN SCANIA (THE SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL -PRESS RELEASE) (03/02/05) Source: Press Release posted by The Swedish Research Council - Alpha Galileo An important step has been taken on the way to building the world’s most powerful neutron source-ESS-European Spallation Source-in Scania, the southern Swedish province. To strengthen international contacts, not least with the business community, a collaborative group has been established, including members from the Nordic countries and several research financiers. The group will be called ESS Innovation Forum. A European research facility like ESS would be a key tool in strategic areas such as energy and nanotechnology. Similar commitments are being made in the US and Japan. Europe, which is the present world leader in research based on neutrons, will lose its top position when the American and Japanese facilities come on steam in a couple of years. “Locating the source in Lund would not only help sustain the position of leadership, but also boost Sweden’s competitiveness in fields like, medicine, environment, communication, and foodstuffs. There are many profile areas for Sweden, both in existent businesses and in the potential for new industries,” says Karin Markides, vice director-general of VINNOVA, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems. Growth and development in focus The mission of the new forum is to provide a meeting place for research, business, and authorities concerning ESS, but also to spread information and knowledge about the potential ESS will offer both science and industrial development. The forum is also charged with stimulating developmental work surrounding the technology that ESS will use and provide. The forum is being established on the initiative of the Swedish Research Council and VINNOVA. Lars Börjesson, chief secretary of the Committee for Research Infrastructure at the Research Council, points out that there is tremendous interest in the project, not only from the European research community: “Equally important is the fact that it is generally recognized that a commitment to ESS would have a major impact on long-term growth for the entire society, both in Sweden and in Europe.” Online in five years? The objective is to have ESS up and running by 2015, and the cost of the project is calculated at €1-1.5 billion. Allan Larsson, former Swedish minister of finance among other top posts, has been commissioned by the Swedish government to head a task force to attract ESS to the Öresund region. The task force is to report by July 1 this year, whereupon the government will make a decision about hosting the facility.	Press release in Swedish: Vetenskapsrådet deltar i utredning: Stor europeisk forskningsanläggning till Skåne? The Scandinavia site proposal: ESSS The ESS Scandinavia Official Website: ESS Scandinavia
20/01/05	A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO GEN SHIRANE, A GIANT IN THE FIELD OF NEUTRON SCATTERING, HELD AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY. (20/01/05) Gen Shirane, a giant in the field of neutron scattering, died suddenly on Sunday, January 16, 2005. Gen had a 50 year career in neutron scattering, most of it working at Brookhaven's High Flux Beam Reactor. He performed many seminal experiments and published more that 700 papers on a wide variety of topics ranging from ferroelectricity to low dimensional solids and High Tc. A Memorial tribute to Gen will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005 in the Physics Department's Seminar Room at Brookhaven National Laboratory. If you would like to attend, please contact either Sharon Smith (slsmith@bnl.gov) or Steve Shapiro (shapiro@bnl.gov) In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Gen's name be sent to the Student Conservation Association, c/o H. Montgomery, PO Box 550 Charlestown, New Hampshire 03603-0550, an organization which provides volunteer conservation service opportunities to high school and college students.	Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory
22/11/05	SYMPOSIUM FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE JUELICH CENTRE FOR NEUTRON SCIENCE -16 AND 17 FEBRUARY 2006 Thomas Brueckel and Dieter Richter - for the organising committee. Forschungszentrum Juelich - IFF Spring 2006 marks a major reorientation of research with neutrons at Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (FZJ): while it is planned that the research reactor FRJ-2 will be permanently shut down in May 2006, Juelich will strengthen its activities at external neutron sources. For this purpose, we found the "Juelich Centre for Neutron Science" JCNS, which encompasses the in-house research with neutrons, the instrument and method development and the instrument operation and user programs at the FRM-II reactor in Munich, the SNS Spallation Source in Oak Ridge and the ILL high flux reactor in Grenoble. In order to inform you about the new possibilities which will be offered to the scientific community through the "Juelich Centre for Neutron Science" and to discuss the plans with present and potential users, we intend to hold a Symposium for the Inauguration of the "Juelich Centre for Neutron Science" JCNS and European Users Meeting. The event will take place at Forschungszentrum Juelich on Thursday, 16 February 2006 and Friday, 17 February 2006. . Besides a presentation of the visions for JCNS, the inauguration on Thursday will feature several plenary talks by eminent neutron scientists relating to the Jülich research activities in soft matter science and magnetism as well as recent highlights from FRM-II, SNS and ILL. On Friday, in the context of a European users meeting, the plans for JCNS will be detailed in three parallel workshops for "high resolution spectroscopy", "large scale structures" and "polarised neutron applications" leading to a final plenary discussion with the users. To encourage young scientists to participate, we offer a number of travel grants. Current and prospective users from the EU and associated countries can apply for travel support through the NMI3 Access Programme. Further information can be found on the JCNS web-site