No camera is so advanced that it can film individual atoms. But with the technique behind ESS, and advanced future soft ware, scientists will be able to show films of how atoms are and how they move.

Today, data from neutron experiments routinely is used for producing structural models of crystal, glass-like materials and liquids. In the future it will be possible to produce animations of dynamic processes.

Experiments with neutron scattering will generate unbelievably large amounts of data which must be analysed quickly. In the same way as in CERN experiments, ESS experiments will require new procedures automatically deciding whether the incoming data is relevant and should be saved for further analysis. Here there will be a need for developing both hardware and software.