Our impact
Each year, the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source hosts around 3000 UK and international researchers from academia and industry. These researchers use ISIS’s neutron and muon beams to study materials down to the atomic level, gaining valuable insights into their structure and properties.
The knowledge gained from experiments at ISIS supports research across diverse disciplines, including physics, chemistry, engineering and life sciences. It plays an important role in creating and improving the materials that impact our daily lives – such as pharmaceuticals, engineering components, batteries and electronics – delivering transformative solutions and technologies that advance knowledge and improve lives.
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ISIS and the modern industrial strategy
ISIS facilitates many activities which support the themes of the UK Government’s recently announced Modern Industrial Strategy. ISIS is a key part of research that supports many of these sectors, from industrial testing of electronics used in aviation to studying the structure of lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery. Read our full article mapping ISIS work across to the Modern Industrial Strategy.
Science highlights
Sustainability at ISIS
The climate crisis is one of the greatest global challenges of our time. To meet ambitious climate targets, urgent action is needed to not only minimise humanity’s environmental impact and reverse existing damage, but to develop sustainable solutions for the future. As a leading multidisciplinary research facility that is committed to solving real-world challenges, ISIS is committed to reducing the environmental footprint of its operations while enabling the innovations and technologies needed to achieve Net Zero.
