ISIS is a world-leading centre for research in the physical and life sciences at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford in the United Kingdom. Our suite of neutron and muon instruments allow the properties of materials to be understood at the scale of atoms.
We support a national and international community of more than 2000 scientists for research into subjects ranging from clean energy and the environment, pharmaceuticals and health care, through to nanotechnology, materials engineering and IT.
News and Events
Tuesday 12 January 2010
STFC is running its successful Student Placement Scheme again this year, with 7 positions available in ISIS.
Tuesday 12 January 2010
A Training School on the use of muons in condensed matter and molecular science will be held at ISIS from 23-28 May 2010. The School will consist of lectures in the muon technique to complement experiments using the four muon spectrometers at ISIS. It is suitable for post-graduate or post-doctoral workers who will be using muons for a significant part of their future research.
Friday 08 January 2010
First published science results from new UK neutron source support Newton’s ideas and quantum theory
Making an impact
Thursday 09 July 2009
ISIS helps mobile phone component manufacturers keep up with next-generation demand.
Thursday 09 July 2009
Experiments at ISIS are helping companies to understand why oil pipes get blocked and how best to extract oil from its source.
Thursday 09 July 2009
ISIS is giving a specialist bioscience spinout the fundamental knowledge needed to make more accurate biosensors to diagnose potentially fatal diseases.
Science at ISIS
Tuesday 12 January 2010
HiFi is the new high field muon spectrometer at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source. This latest addition to the ISIS instrument suite opens up new possibilities for muon studies at ISIS. The instrument has just seen its first successful user experiments, and is now fully available to the ISIS user programme.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
A paper demonstrating the benefits of new and improved beam diagnostic systems for the ISIS synchrotron has been named runner-up in the NIDays paper competition.
Thursday 12 November 2009
A new discovery about nanoparticle behaviour in sewage treatment plants could improve the environmental management of nanoparticle wastes from foods, cosmetics, medicines, cleaners and personal care products.
Wednesday 14 October 2009
A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research conducted at ISIS and which could lead to a reassessment of current magnetism theories, as well as significant technological advances.
