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ISIS Impact Awards 2024
Announcing the 2024 ISIS Impact Award winners, celebrating the socio-economic impact generated by our user community.
Dr Andrew McCluskey wins the 2024 BTM Willis Prize
Since the first award in 2001, the BTM Willis Prize has recognised outstanding contributions by early-career scientists in the field of neutron scattering.
UK Neutron & Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM) 2024
The UK Neutron & Muon Science and User Meeting will take place at the University of Warwick Conference Centre from 10-12 April 2024
SXD welcomes new users after significant upgrade
SXD has welcomed new users this cycle further to an upgrade of its 11 detectors to new wavelength-shifting fibre modules, which increases the count-rate of the instrument up to four times faster than before.
Meet the Target Operations team
The Target Operations team are responsible for upkeep of the Target, Reflector and Moderators, which they carry out using a remote handling set up.
Up up and away! Launching the Helium Recycling @ School Project
To celebrate Global Recycling Day, we are showcasing the public engagement work done by Dale Keeping at ISIS to raise awareness of the importance of helium and recycling at a local school.
Japanese government honours RIKEN-ISIS partnership
The longstanding international collaboration between RIKEN and ISIS has been recognised by the award of the Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation to Dr Philip King.
The 2024 call for ISIS studentships is now open
The annual call for 50%-funded studentships at ISIS is now open, closing 6 September 2024.
Call for ISIS Facility Access Panel Members
Applications have now open to join ISIS' review panels
The Women Behind the Science: Katharine Burr Blodgett
In celebration of International Women's Day, we are highlighting Katharine Burr Blodgett and the impact her work has had on neutron reflectometry at ISIS.
ISIS placement student Aziza Al Mugheiry becomes youngest speaker to lecture at British Omani Society
Hailing from Oman, Aziza is the first gulf Arab to be employed by UKRI and was invited to give a lecture at the British Omani Society about the heritage research conducted at ISIS.
Call for Nominations for BTM Willis Prize 2024
Nominations for the BTM Willis Prize 2024 for an outstanding body of work in the application or development of neutron scattering to a significant problem in the physical sciences, life science or engineering are now open.
ISIS and Italy celebrate 40 years of partnership
On 15 February 2024, a celebration was held to mark four decades of steadfast collaboration and friendship between Italy and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.
ISIS Impact Awards 2024
Nominations for the ISIS Impact Awards 2024 have now closed.
Dr James Le Houx appointed to Faraday ISIS Emerging Leader Battery Fellowship
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, in collaboration with the Faraday Institution, is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr James Le Houx as the first Faraday ISIS Emerging Leader Battery Fellow.
ISIS 2023 Annual Review - out now!
The Annual Review of the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source for 2023 is now available.