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. Our neutron and muon instruments give unique insights into the properties of materials on the atomic scale.

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Covid-19 and ISIS Operations
Update on ISIS running: cycle and shutdown date changes.
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Impact Awards 2021 - deadline approaching!
Announcing our fourth ISIS Impact Awards for facility users, celebrating the socio-economic impact generated by our user community.
BTM Willis Prize 2020 - Dr Emily Draper
The 2020 Prize has been awarded to Dr Draper, University of Glasgow, for her outstanding contributions in the field of self-assembled systems, developing a number of methods including neutron scattering to prepare and characterise supramolecular materials
UK Neutron & Muon Science and User Online Meeting and Student Meeting 2021
The UK Neutron and Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM) will take place online on the morning of Friday 30 April.

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Science Highlights

Discovering ion pairing in alkalide solutions
Alkalides have been long assumed to exhibit ‘gas-like’ behaviour and not interact with their environment. Neutron experiments on NIMROD have majorly contributed to calling this into question, and provided strong evidence for ion association in solution.
Building a catalogue of amino acid neutron scattering interactions
Researchers have completed an in-depth characterisation of the thermal neutron cross sections of all twenty amino acids, developing a new model that can be easily applied to other organic materials.
Insights into Chiral Superconductors
Topological superconductors (SCs) are novel phases of matter, potentially useful in fault-tolerant quantum computation.
Gaining new insights into a cancer-causing protein
Neutron reflectometry has given scientists an atomic-level insight into the behaviour of Bcl-2, a protein that promotes cancerous cell growth.

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