SGN: Société Suisse de la Science Neutronique

Résumé

SNSS became a member society of the Swiss Academy of Sciences on January 1, 2024.

Other modernization actions of our society include the preparation of a new website and new logo.

Preparation of the Update of Swiss Community Needs for Research Infrastructures 2029-2032 (Neutron Science Community Roadmap 2024).

Publications

Janoschek M, Juranyi F, Piegsa F, Sibille R, Strobl M, Lütz-Bueno V (2024) Neutron Science Community Roadmap 2024. Update of Swiss Community Needs for Research Infrastructures 2029-2032. Swiss Academies Reports 19 (13)

Publication of two issues of ‘Swiss Neutron News’ (Number 63, May 2024 and 64, December 2024) – Editor Dr. V. Lutz-Bueno / Swiss Neutron Science Society.

Conférences, cours

Co-funding of the 'Workshop on Tips and Tricks for the Crystal Growth of Inorganic Materials’ held on 26th and 27th August, 2024 at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen.

Chair of the Round Table of the 'Workshop on Tips and Tricks for the Crystal Growth of Inorganic Materials’ by an SNSS board member (R. Sibille).

Activités internationales

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Part of the Swiss Delegation to the ‘Institut Laue Langevin’ as scientific delegate.

Participation in the European Spallation Source Council for Switzerland.

Encouragement de la relève

Award of the Young Scientist Prize 2024 to Dr. Boyang Zhou for his thesis work on "Effect of Softness and Charges on the Volume Phase Transition of Colloidal Microgels and Macrogels".

Activités de coordination et d'informations visant à renforcer la science

Actions to ensure that additional relevant people become members of our society and therefore receive appropriate information and news through the publication of Swiss Neutron News.

Détection avancée

Analysis of the existing neutron research infrastructure in Switzerland and Europe, and survey of the needs of the Swiss neutron science community, concretized with the update of the Roadmap.

Participation in discussions regarding the organization and co-funding of a workshop on the upgrade project of the Swiss national neutron source (SINQ++).

Participation in the preparation of a position paper on the European neutron landscape as Swiss delegate of the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA).

Participation in the Plenary Meetings of the Platform Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics of SCNAT.

Ethique

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Dialogue avec la société

Modernization actions including a new logo and website (neutronscience.ch), with the latter also presenting neutron science to the general public.