Posted by: Karl McFaul in Untagged on
Jul 22, 2010
Tina Nilsson, our former directors assistant who took a year off from her studies to get some work experience at the ESS in Lund, have spent the summer on two wheels biking about 2610 kilometres together with her parter Johan as a warm-up before going back to university (or perhaps cooling down after some intense work at ESS, administering in the preparations of constructing the worlds most advanced super microscope using neutrons to reveal the mysteries of matter).
The tour went from Treriksröset (the point at which the borders of Sweden, Norway, and Finland meet) in the very north, all the way down to Smygehuk - a harbour and fishing village known for being the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
After a while biking on the road called "Sverigeleden" (The Sweden Bicycle Route) Tina and Johan were phoned up from the Swedish Radio (P3) featuring them in their morning show: The Biking Soap
On arrival in Smygehuk, 2610 kilometres and one month older, Tina (now called "Bicycle Tina" after the radio show) and Johan were met by a crowd of people celebrating their effort.
You can view all the pictures and read their travelogue here (in Swedish): Sweden on two + two wheels
For those abroad interested in taking the trip through Sweden information about the route can be downloaded in English at the following site: The Sweden Bicycle Route
Posted by: Marianne Ekdahl in Untagged on
Jul 21, 2010
During the first week of July, Swedish politicians, journalists, interest groups and lobbyists have gathered in Visby at the island of Gotland for the annual Almedalen Political week.
ESS AB took part by arranging a seminar on Wednesday 7 July, focusing on what the future ESS, as a European facility set in Scandinavia, will mean to science, education, business and advanced technical R&D.
Posted by: Peter Willendrup in software, simulation, Scandinavia, open source, neutron, Monte Carlo, McStas, Internet, denmark, computer on
Jul 19, 2010
The McStas developer team is happy to report that the 1.12b release of our software is finally out.
You can get the installer packages from our download page
McStas 1.12b is mostly a bugfix release, but some new components and example instruments have been included. McStas 1.12b will be the VERY last release in the 1.x series.
Part of the reason for McStas 1.12b and its late arrival is our delay in releasing the next major version, McStas 2.0.
McStas 2.0 will be released late 2010 / early 2011 and will introduce new features that could break ceartain backward compatibility, hence we move from the 1.x series. We are also considering a replacement of the GUI and plotting tools for McStas 2.0.
For a complete list of changes in McStas 1.12b, see our CHANGES document.
The new relase was tested on these platforms:
- Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard (but should work on 10.4 and 10.3 also). Both 32 and 64 bit, Intel and PPC systems are supported.
- Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Karmic Koala and 10.04 Lucid Lynx, 32 and 64 bit .deb's are provided. Note: Do not expect these debs to work on earlier releases or other distributions, e.g. Debian
- Windows XP, Vista and 7, 32 and 64 bit. We only provide 32bit executables, but they are tested to run OK on 64 bit
- On other systems, feel free to try our source distributions
Posted by: Peter Willendrup in Untagged on
May 20, 2010
As you may know, the 2010 McStas/VITESS user training workshop has been taking place at Backafallsbyn, Ven this week.
The workshop was generously sponsored by ESS Scandinavia, NMI3 and Risø DTU
The participants have been very busy working with and learning to use McStas and VITESS
Enjoying local nature
Posted by: Colin Carlile in Untagged on
May 7, 2010
Tomorrow is the friendly race around Lund called Lundaloppet. For the non-Swedes, this word has the same root as "Loppa" or "Loppis" meaning a flea market (fleas also jump around the place). A number of healthy superfit athletes from the ESS Secretariat at Stora Algatan will be wearing the ESS colours at Lundaloppet. I myself have decided, this year, not to compete. If you wish to cheer for these worthy people tomorrow we will gather at the LU tent on the sports field behind Bollhuset (Trollebergsvägen 26) at about 14:00. Then we will warm up together and start our run at 15:00! Please show solidarity with our team by bringing umbrellas (and bananas). Come in your hundreds to cheer!
