ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is a world-leading centre for research at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford. Our suite of neutron and muon instruments give unique insights into the properties of materials on the atomic scale.

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Online Meeting on Functional Materials Science - 9 June 2020
The UK Neutron & Muon User Meeting (NMSUM) has been postponed to April 2021. However, we are planning a series of online discussions on science using neutrons and muons with members of the community presenting their work.
ISIS 5K Lockdown Challenge raises £830 for local charity!
ISIS staff and their families recently took part in a virtual 5K challenge to raise funds for SOFEA, a charity based in Didcot who are supplying free food packages to the vulnerable and low income families across Oxfordshire.

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Science Highlights

Long-standing quantum physics prediction proven: Bethe strings experimentally observed
Ninety years after physicist Hans Bethe postulated the existence of unusual patterns in magnetic solids, known as Bethe strings, an international research team has experimentally detected them for the first time.
Inelastic Neutron Scattering reveals surprisingly small hydrogen-hydrogen distances
The first observations of very tightly spaced hydrogen atoms in a metal hydride open up the possibility of new hydrogen-storage materials and creating superconductors that operate near room temperature and pressure.

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