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Person inspecting tiny colourful tile / tesserae.

07 May 2024

Historical insight gained by a mosaic of experimental techniques

Using a range of different methods, including multiple ISIS beamlines, Giulia Marcucci has investigated what the ancient glassmakers used to create a variety of colours in ancient mosaic tiles.

Inelastic neutron scattering spectra comparing hydrogen adsorption to oxygen and nitrogen.

01 May 2024

Using ice as an innovative hydrogen storage material

30 April 2024

Benji Moore: placement year to PhD, with a publication along the way!

Diagram of Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

24 April 2024

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy could be a powerful technique in the development of neutron dosimetry

The working principle of low temperature SOFCs for an NH3/air fuel cell.

17 April 2024

Being hydrated is key for electrolyte materials in low temperature fuel cells

A schematic drawing of the complexation between cationic PDADMAC and anionic HA in the presence and the absence of Ca2+.

16 April 2024

The benefit of calcium ions to water treatment processes

12 April 2024

2024 Science Impact Award winner: Dr Yujie Ma from The University of Manchester

Picture of Professor Stephen J Perkins and Dr Jayesh S. Bhatt

12 April 2024

2024 Society Impact Award winner: Professor Stephen J Perkins and Dr Jayesh S. Bhatt from University College London

12 April 2024

2024 Economic Impact Award: Dr Tan Sui from the University of Surrey

10 April 2024

Improving AI reliability for space and safety-critical applications

05 April 2024

Understanding the ageing mechanism of batteries to improve cycle life at high temperature

Cartoon schematic that shows different surfactant-lipid bilayer interactions observed in the corneal epithelial cells

28 March 2024

Protecting farmers’ eyes from pesticides

Diagram of antimicrobial peptides targeting the weak spot of enveloped viruses

15 March 2024

Antimicrobial peptides target the weak spot of enveloped viruses

Dan Telford with the experimental set up he designed.

05 March 2024

Thermodynamically reversible chemical looping memory reactor on POLARIS

Two bar charts with cancer biomarkers across different types of cancers

01 March 2024

How water dynamics could be a new cancer biomarker

28 February 2024

How neutron diffraction could tell us how to make the best cup of coffee

Weed killer, and a close-up of glyphosate's molecular structure

20 February 2024

Pressure turns graphite to diamond and glyphosate to…

PhD student Matilda Rhodes is working on lithium ore materials, using muons to examine their structure

09 February 2024

Using muons to test lithium-ore materials to improve the understanding of their structure for future battery technologies

07 February 2024

Lighter Compounds to Encourage the use of Hydrogen as a Vehicle Fuel

Members of the team from UCL and ISIS (left to right): Robin Perry, Frank Kruger, Cameron Dashwood, Dmitry Khalyavin and Pascal Manuel

23 January 2024

Strain could have massive potential to squeeze new information out of quantum materials

19 December 2023

Muons could shed light on the economy of the Early Middle Ages

28 November 2023

Measuring strain limit of 2G HTS tape to optimise for industrial magnet coils

Selected difference frames of the catalyst bed for a sample displaying the advancement of an H2 adsorption front

13 November 2023

Neutron imaging offers a view of catalysis in real-time

A round water droplet with a ball and stick model inside.

10 November 2023

A new generation of anticancer drugs

Array of charged particle detectors with the muon beam hole seen at the centre

07 November 2023

Evaluating charged particle spectra could reduce errors in designing essential computing and memory devices

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