ISIS CRISP Science Highlights

CRISP Science Highlights

Our Science Highlight articles cover the diverse research that takes place at our facility. Read all our Science Highlight articles using CRISP below:

Bacterial outer membranes and the potential for new antibiotics
Tackling antibiotic resistance using cubosomes
Scientists from Sweden and Denmark are using neutrons to study a unique drug-delivery system and its effect on bacteria to tackle the antibiotic resistance crisis.
Breaking the Barriers to a solar Future
Researchers at the University of Sheffield, University of Durham and ISIS in collaboration with Start-up Company Ossila are using neutron reflectometry to look the formation of plastic solar cell films.
Mastering Membrane Mimicking to Outsmart Bacteria
We’ve all heard of E.coli, but you might be surprised to realise that our digestive system is home to a load of it.
Getting on top of calcite
Calcite is an extremely important mineral in sedimentary deposits and in many industrial processes. This is particularly evident in water heating where it forms ‘scale’ in hard water areas due to its retrograde solubility (solubility falls on heating).
Exploring membrane activity of plant seed defence proteins
Plants are constantly exposed to pathogens and, in response, have developed multiple defence mechanisms that include the expression of antimicrobial proteins.
Hydrogen absorption in Ti/Mg multilayers studied by neutron reflectometry
Mg-Ti thin film alloys have large hydrogen storage capacities, fast hydrogen absorption/desorption kinetics and are structurally stable.