ISIS is a world-leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford in the United Kingdom. Our suite of neutron and muon instruments allow the properties of materials to be understood at the scale of atoms.
We support a national and international community of more than 2000 scientists for research into subjects ranging from clean energy and the environment, pharmaceuticals and health care, through to nanotechnology, materials engineering and IT.
News and Events
Monday 22 February 2010
Wish, the new magnetic powder and single crystal diffractometer at the ISIS second target station is fully operational and hosted its first external users in December 2009.
Friday 19 February 2010
STFC - The Science and Technology Facilities Council - Neutron and X-ray training centre (NEXT).
Thursday 18 February 2010
As part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s ‘Talking Science’ public lecture programme, Dr Stephen King of ISIS will next week lead an informal discussion about the rapidly changing world of nanoparticle research.
Monday 15 February 2010
Science Minister Lord Paul Drayson was briefed on the latest advances in nanotechnology and materials research during a visit to ISIS on Thursday 11th February 2010.
Making an impact
Thursday 09 July 2009
ISIS helps mobile phone component manufacturers keep up with next-generation demand.
Thursday 09 July 2009
Experiments at ISIS are helping companies to understand why oil pipes get blocked and how best to extract oil from its source.
Thursday 09 July 2009
ISIS is giving a specialist bioscience spinout the fundamental knowledge needed to make more accurate biosensors to diagnose potentially fatal diseases.
Science at ISIS
Tuesday 12 January 2010
HiFi is the new high field muon spectrometer at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source. This latest addition to the ISIS instrument suite opens up new possibilities for muon studies at ISIS. The instrument has just seen its first successful user experiments, and is now fully available to the ISIS user programme.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
A paper demonstrating the benefits of new and improved beam diagnostic systems for the ISIS synchrotron has been named runner-up in the NIDays paper competition.
Thursday 12 November 2009
A new discovery about nanoparticle behaviour in sewage treatment plants could improve the environmental management of nanoparticle wastes from foods, cosmetics, medicines, cleaners and personal care products.
Wednesday 14 October 2009
A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research conducted at ISIS and which could lead to a reassessment of current magnetism theories, as well as significant technological advances.
