European spallation source (ESS), Sweden

Photo: ESS

The ESS will house a groundbreaking research facility: a neutron source with the most powerful linear proton accelerator ever built. On completion, the ESS, a highly advanced target building, will be able to welcome 2,000-3,000 scientists and researchers from all over the world every year.

The multi-disciplinary research centre will be based on the world’s most powerful neutron source, and the research can potentially lead to the next great inventions within pharmaceuticals, environmental technology, energy, cultural heritage or fundamental physics.