ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Next proposal deadline: October 2020

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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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News

They’ve made 500 compounds, and plan to make 500 more…
This week, the ISIS deuteration facility celebrated the measurement on WISH of a sample made using the 500th compound synthesised in the lab.
ISIS celebrates 10,000th Experimental Risk Assessment
Ten years after its development, the Experimental Risk Assessment (ERA) process at ISIS has reached the milestone of giving out the 10,000th ERA.

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Science Highlights

Uncovering the effect of pesticides on the waxy layer of plants
A team from the University of Manchester, ISIS and Syngenta, have been using a combination of analytical techniques in order to study the efficiency of pesticides in the development of agri-sprays, which are commonly used in the agricultural industry.
Getting to the root of it using neutron and X-ray imaging
Researchers from the University of Southampton alongside scientists from ISIS and Diamond Light Source are developing a robust method to study the interactions between plant roots and soil.

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