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ESS reaches 100 employees in the new Headquarters

2/1/2012 4:47 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source Programme is growing fast and today welcomes the 100th employee in the new Headquarter building.
ESS will be the world-leading science facility for materials and life science research with neutrons. The ESS Programme is now in a design and build-up phase, with a fast growing and expanding organisation. This Monday, the ESS staff has moved into the new Headquarters in Medicon...

ESS, MAXIV and Lund University start first joint laboratory

12/21/2011 6:13 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source, MAXIV Laboratory and the Department of Physics at Lund University start the first joint laboratory. The new laboratory is the first step towards the building-up of joint infrastructure in the future Science City to be located between MAXIV and ESS.
The Joint Detector Laboratory will be the first facility shared by ESS, MAXIV and Lund University. In the laboratory, novel types of...

Expanding ESS moves Headquarters

12/6/2011 4:53 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source project is growing rapidly, and ESS will move its Headquarters on 1 February 2012. To be able to continue the planned development of the ESS organisation, ESS needs larger, integrated and more functional premises than today.
The current European Spallation Source Headquarters are located in central Lund in Stora Algatan. Before the decision on the new Headquarters was taken,...

Novel target station concept a milestone in the technical design of ESS

10/18/2011 5:22 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
ESS has decided to use tungsten as target station material in the future research facility European Spallation Source. The decision is a milestone in the technical design of ESS, and will secure the best scientific performance combined with minimum environmental impact.
The current decision means that the ESS baseline design is a rotating target made of the metal tungsten, which is a novel concept, but based on...

CERN, ESS, and ERF organise the first international workshop on better energy ma...

10/13/2011 5:00 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Lund, 13th October 2011
For the first time, international experts on energy and representatives from large-scale laboratories get together to explore new ideas on energy management, identify best practices and implement ways of effective collaboration.
This community meets today in Lund, Sweden, at the European Spallation Source for a 2-day workshop co-organised by CERN, ESS and by ERF, the European Association...

Switzerland joins ESS collaboration

9/21/2011 5:09 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Switzerland has now formally joined the international ESS collaboration. Through signing the multinational Memorandum of Understanding, Switzerland will now take part in the project planning for and the design of the future research facility European Spallation Source.
The signature has taken place in a ceremony close to Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute, where the federal Swiss State-Secretary for...

ESS Partner Countries in first in-kind instrumentation meeting

9/9/2011 7:44 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
For the first time, more than 110 scientists from the ESS Partner Countries have met to jointly plan their in-kind contributions to the ESS scientific instruments, that will define the future ESS science.
The first ESS In-Kind Contributions Meeting for Neutron Science for the ESS, IKON-1, was concluded today in Lund, Sweden. Over 110 scientists from ESS partner laboratories took part to present and take part of...

Kick-off for getting involved in the future ESS science

7/22/2011 5:42 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Today, a broad consultation on the future science at the European Spallation Source kicks off. With the kick-off conference “Science & Scientists at ESS”, ESS launches a series of meetings where scientists are invited to get involved in designing the future science. The kick-off takes place on 22 and 23 July as a satellite meeting to the European Conference of Neutron Scattering, held in Prague, the Czech Republic.

ESS welcomes new Chief Negotiator Lars Anell

7/13/2011 9:32 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Lars Anell has been appointed as Chief Negotiator for the coming final negotiations with the ESS Partner Countries. The appointment is welcomed by ESS as a key decision in the preparation for the future ESS international convention.
The appointment has been made by the Swedish Government. As the Chief Negotiator, Lars Anell will lead the negotiations on the share and participation of the ESS Partner Countries...

More than 100 scientists exchanged technical R&D advances on high power targets

5/6/2011 6:36 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
Today the 4th international High Power Targetry Workshop has been concluded in Malmö. The workshop has been an occasion for scientists and engineers from major research laboratories world-wide to discuss advanced technical R&D matters of joint interest.
The 4th HPTW, held on 2-6 May, has focused on discussions and exchanges of common R&D matters relevant to high power targets from the design phase to the...