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Large financial injection into the ESS project from Germany

11/25/2010 6:29 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Germany announces today a large financial contribution to the European Spallation Source project with 21 million euros.
The announcement was made today by the federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. The contribution by the federal German government will mean an injection of 15 million euros into the ESS project, currently underway in Lund in southern Sweden....

Dimitri Argyriou appointed as new ESS AB Science Director

10/29/2010 4:13 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Dimitri Argyriou has been appointed as the new Science Director of the European Spallation Source ESS AB. He is to replace the current Science Director Christian Vettier.
Dimitri Argyriou will take up the position as Science Director from 1st January 2011. He is currently the Chair of the ESS Science Advisory Council and a senior scientist at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.

Christian Vettier has been the ESS...

Stig Skelboe appointed Project Leader for ESS Data Management Centre

9/10/2010 2:30 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Today, Stig Skelboe has been appointed as Project Leader for the ESS Data Management, Computing and Software Centre in Copenhagen, part of the planned European science facility ESS.
Professor Stig Skelboe will be in charge of planning the building-up of the ESS Data Management, Computing and Software Centre (ESS DMSC) and producing information on ESS ICT needs for the ESS Pre-Construction Phase.

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Today European Spallation Source AB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding wit...

4/28/2010 7:58 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Colin Carlile, Director of ESS AB and Prof. Winfried Petry, Director of the FRMII research facility in Bavaria today signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement covers technological collaboration, as well as scientific cooperation in order to prepare for the future scientific opportunities at ESS, notably within energy research, life sciences, nano technology and materials for the mitigation of climate...

European Spallation Source becomes public limited company

4/20/2010 9:59 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The ESS Scandinavia Secretariat today becomes a Swedish public limited company, European Spallation Source ESS AB.
Today, the Swedish Government announced the transformation of the ESS Secretariat into a public limited company under Swedish company law. At an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, held in Stockholm, the European Spallation Source ESS AB was set up.

The European Spallation Source will be the...

Hungarian pioneer Ferenc Mezei joins the ESS project

4/1/2010 3:55 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden, is today joined by Professor Ferenc Mezei, one of the originators of the initial ESS technical design.
The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for materials and life science using neutrons. It will be built in Lund in southern Sweden. Fourteen European countries are currently partners in the project, which has now entered...

The European Spallation Source engages with European Industry

1/26/2010 8:24 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
On February 19th a conference will be held at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark about the construction and use of the European Spallation Source, the next generation materials research facility to be built in Lund, Sweden. Invited are all companies and organisations that wish to get involved in the ESS, with topics ranging from design, construction and operation as well as using neutrons for industrial R&D.

Hungary to be 14th Partner Country in European Spallation Source

12/21/2009 8:33 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Hungary will become the 14th Partner Country in the European Spallation Source research center. All three of the former site contenders now join forces to build the ESS in Sweden.
The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for materials and life science with neutrons, and it will be built in Lund in southern Sweden.

In a Letter of Intent the Hungarian Government declares...

Physics community shows a large interest for ESS as a unique research tool

12/4/2009 8:36 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
More than 100 international scientists took part in the ESS Workshop on particle and medical physics, concluded today. The participation exceeded the expectations, showing the very large interest for ESS as a unique research tool for fundamental physics.
The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for investigation with neutrons. The scientific planning has already started...

ESS invites physicists to shape future science programmes

11/26/2009 7:10 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
On 2-4 December, the European Spallation Source invites the physics communities to identify the unique research opportunities that the ESS will provide within fundamental and medical physics, in order to shape an important science programme at ESS.
The European Spallation Source will be the world’s most powerful research facility for materials research with neutrons. The scientific planning has started in order...