News

  • Season's greetings

     Wed, 22 Dec, 2021

    		  The BNC management wish the entire staff, users and fans a quiet Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2022. Following an almost two-year period of technical difficulties with the cold neutron source, the research reactor of the Budapest Neutron Centre has performed flawlessly during the automn cycles. Following the winter shutdown the reactor operation is scheduled to restart on 17 January, 2022. The approved reactor schedule for 2022 is available at www.bnc.hu/schedule.

  • Science session of the ISAC annual meeting

    Thu, 11 Nov, 2021
     

        BNC webinar on "TOF spectrometer NEAT at HZB - an overview of the instrument design 
                                         and scientific performance"
                  by            Margarita Russina (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)
                  on            11 November, 2021     14:00 - 14:45 + discussion.   Lecture video
     

       BNC webinar on "Neutrons and bio-systems: exploring cell surface interactions"
                  by             Valeria Maria Rondelli (University of Milano)
                  on            11 November, 2021     15:00 - 15:45 + discussion.   Lecture video
     

       BNC webinar on "Presentation of the GNeuS program of MLZ institutes for post-doc projects in neutron science                                            and technology"
                  by             Flavio Carsughi (JCNS Science Office, Garching, Germany)
                  on            11 November, 2021     16:00 - 16:20 + discussion.   Lecture video

  • Tutorial lecture on SANS by Prof. José Teixeria

     Wed, 10 Nov, 2021

    		   

    Prof. emer. Jose Teixeira (CNRS, LLB Saclay), on his visit to Wigner RCP (host: prof. L. Pusztai), gave a 2-hour hybrid mode tutorial entitled: “Introduction to neutron scattering by disordered matter”. Fundamental concepts of neutron scattering, as applied for studying disordered materials, were introduced. Although the focus of the tutorial was placed on investigating nanoscale structure by SANS, time was devoted to related topics, such as revealing atomic/molecular level structure and dynamics. Instrumentational aspects were also covered. 

  • Facts and Figures - BNC's neutron school to recruit new neutron users

     Fri, 29 Oct, 2021

    		   

    CETS2021, BNC's Central European Training School on Neutron Techniques has been successfully completed. The 2021 event was the 14th of the series since launched in 2001. The 15 hour on-line introductory theory course was organized from 4 to 8 October and the 15 hour in-person hands-on training at the BNC neutron instruments from 25 to 28 October. See more...

  • BNC to study Death

     Wed, 27 Oct, 2021

    		   

    An iconic artefact of the Hungarian National Museum was x-ray analyzed today in BNC. The Mors figure, an allegorical depiction of Death, is believed to have been made in a workshop in Augsburg, Germany, in the late 16th century. The purpose of the X-ray examination was to obtain information about the preparation technique and the internal structure of the sculpture. See more...

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