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A ‘magnetic partnership’ celebrates forty years of collaboration
Events were held last week at the British Embassy in Rome and the University of Rome Tor Vergata to celebrate forty years of partnership between Italy and the UK’s ISIS neutron and muon source.
Impact Awards 2025
Nominations for the ISIS Impact Awards 2025 are now open, with a closing date of 13 December 2024.
ISIS 2024 Annual Review - out now!
The Annual Review of the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source for 2024 is now available.
UK Neutron & Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM) 2025
The UK Neutron & Muon Science and User Meeting will take place at the University of Warwick Conference Centre between 17-19 March 2025
Behind the scenes of an ISIS shutdown
It might seem to an outsider that when the beam is off, work at ISIS stops or slows down. But the opposite is true!
Meet the Placement Students 2024-25
Each year, ISIS hosts a cohort of industrial placement students, offering a year away from their university studies to gain experience working in a variety of roles. We spoke to 4 students about their placements.
ISIS Springboard Awards
The call for applications for ISIS Springboard Awards is now open, with closing date 18 October 2024.
New humidity cell commissioning on LOQ
A new sample cell for controlling relative humidity has been designed and 3D printed by the sample environment team, and has now been successfully commissioned on LOQ.
Industrial Placement Students reflect on their year at ISIS
As we enter the mid-summer months, we welcome the new cohort of Industrial Placement students and say goodbye to the 2023/34 cohort. Read on to hear about the experiences of some of the students this year.
First EU project Circular Economy experiment run at ISIS
The first experiment to be run at ISIS as part of a large EU project, ReMade@ARI, on materials for the circular economy, has just been completed.
RSC Dalton Horizon Prize Winners
ISIS scientists Dr Ivan da Silva, Dr Pascal Manuel, and Dr Svemir Rudić were all part of a collaboration who received the Royal Society of Chemistry's prestigious Dalton Horizon Prize.
Jerry Mayers: an appreciation
It is with much sadness that we have learnt of Jerry’s death earlier this year.
ISIS Post-Doctoral Researcher Giulia Marcucci wins INFN National Award for Best PhD thesis
Giulia Marcucci, a post-doctoral researcher at ISIS and the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy has won the National Institute of Nuclear Physics’ award for Best PhD Thesis in Accelerator Physics and New Technologies.
The UK ITSS Technical Council visit ISIS
On 23 April 2024, sixteen members of the Technical Council of the UK Institute of Technical Skills and Strategy visited the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) to attend their third annual Council meeting.
Neutron Sources Support Laboratory Symposium 2024
The most recent Neutron Sources Support Laboratory symposium was held at ESS on April 29-30, hosted by the ESS Chemistry and Life Sciences Group.
New Deuteration Laboratory now open!
The Deuteration Facility officially opened its doors to the newly refurbished synthesis laboratory on the 14th February.
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.