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ISIS is a world leading neutron and muon source operated by @STFC_Matters , part of @UKRI_News LinkedIn: isis-neutron-and-muon-source Instagram: @isisneutronmuon

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Endeavour is go! 🎉 The Endeavour Programme is a £90 million programme of 4 new instruments and 5 instrument upgrades to supercharge @isisneutronmuon for future world class materials research! 🔬 Find out more at our website: #BigScience @STFC_Matters
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Hello, I'm a neutron and muon source, you might know me from my greatest hits: "Well, it is a bit like CERN", "No, we don't generate black holes that will destroy the universe", and the classic: "No, not *that* ISIS"
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And the science starts again!! We've started a run cycle today🥳 We still don't have, users coming in person, but they are sending samples in to be run by our team of beamline scientists.
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Apparently it's Tell a Joke Day, so we couldn't resist... Anyone else have any #BigScience jokes? #NeutronScience #TellAJoke
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It was #OnThisDay in 1984 that first neutrons were produced at ISIS! #HappyBirthday to us 🥳
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Violets are blue, Roses are red, By using neutrons, You can see them through lead #AcademicValentines
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The #Cryogenics team use dilution fridges to provide ultra-low temperatures for over 100 experiments each year. The team have used #neutrons on IMAT to see what’s really happening inside one of the dilution fridges when it's cooling. Find out more here:
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Roses are red, Violets are blue, I’ve got beamtime this week, So I can’t be with you. #AcademicValentines #AcademicValentine
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⭐️ISIS Impact Awards 2021⭐️ The winner of the Science Impact Award is Serena Corr from @sheffielduni for her work applying muon spin relaxation spectroscopy to investigating ion diffusion in battery materials​ 🔋 @FI_Futurecat @CBESheffield
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Today we welcome @RSEccleston for his first day as ISIS Director!
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And it's a milestone #ThrowbackThursday for us this week because it's our birthday!! #OnThisDay in 1984, first neutrons were produced at ISIS 🥳🥳
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🎉We're celebrating @WomenScienceDay today!🎉 Looking back at some amazing scientists from across a range of different scientific fields. 🦠🛰️🔋🧠🖥️🌱🐟💉🪲 Whatever your favourite subject, there's some inspiration here for you: #WomenInScienceDay
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Today is the 38th anniversary of our inauguration - 16th October 1985. Check out this photo of our control room, taken on the day!
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Dr Otto Mustonen has been awarded the 2023 BTM Willis Prize, for his work on the design, synthesis, and investigation of unique realisations of long-sought models of quantum magnetism using neutron and muon techniques.
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It's good news for the accelerator team: they've finished the installation of the new linac tank, and it accelerated its first beam this week!
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Breaking news 🚨 The tank for the #LoKi instrument at @essneutron has completed it's journey from ISIS to the ESS facility in Lund, Sweden and has now arrived at its new home!
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Today @UKRI_News announced £481m investment in major research and innovation infrastructure over the next 3 years, including both our Endeavour Programme and the ISIS-II feasibility studies! Find out more ⤵️
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Today, we signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with @ILLGrenoble formally extending our cooperative research activities for a further ten years.
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#PhotosOfMyLife 2/7 A picture a day for a week. No people, no explanations Invited by @essneutron Today we invite @Psich_en . Challenge someone new every day!
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Unable to get to the beamlines to continue their day job, our #technicians have been working hard to produce face shields for front line workers.
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A research team led by scientists from @CU_EARTH have used #neutrons and X-rays to reveal a 3D visualisation of the muscles of a 165 million year old ammonite fossil, revealing more about how the creature was able to move! To find out more:
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How it started: How it’s going:
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It all started with a spectrum… Happy Birthday Target Station 2! It’s 10 years today since the first neutrons were measured at TS2 by Inter 🎂🎉 Read more here: @STFC_Matters @UKRI_News @beisgovuk #happybirthday #neutrons #10years #10TS2
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It's the time of #NMSUM where we announce the winner of the @UkNeutron BTM Willis prize. This year it goes to @Alex_J_OMalley from @csctbath for his work in catalysis science. Congratulations Alex! Find out more here: @UKCatalysisHub
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Good morning from the synchrotron! 👋
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🎈Happy Birthday TS2🎈 Celebrating 14 years of innovative research at TS2! Investigating into #QuantumMatter #LifeSciences and #ManufacturingMaterials and more, all while heading towards our #NetZero goal! What experiences have you had of TS2? #OnThisDay @STFC_Matters
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Yesterday we had a staff event to celebrate the return to operations after our long shutdown. Read our article to find out what goes on #BehindTheScenes to get the facility ready for #BeamOn :
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Today is Robert's last day as ISIS Director. Although he has only been a staff member since 2002, he actually came to ISIS in 1985 as one of the first users, employed as a post-doc to do structural measurements on the LAD beamline. We all wish him a happy retirement!
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Today we're celebrating 90 years of #Neutrons ! First confirmed by James Chadwick in 1932 in his paper 'The Existence of Neutrons" these special sub-atomic particles are behind lots of the groundbreaking #science carried out here at the ISIS facility!
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Are you a #battery researcher, wondering how neutrons and muons could be useful to your work? If so - this is the article for you!
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Last week we were all about #SmashingStereotypes for #BSW21 , and sometimes you get someone that does them all on their own! Meet our deputy director of operations, Zoe....
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Not a paper this time, but one of our beamline scientists has written a book; Mark's "A Practical Guide to Quasi-elastic Neutron Scattering" is now available online:
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Despite lockdowns and restrictions, we still supported over 500 experiments last year! Read more about what else we got up to in our annual review:
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The moment we've all been waiting for! The ISIS cycle has started!🥁 You could say we're all beaming at ISIS today!🥳🥳
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We may have entered a long shutdown, but we are still producing neutrons, thanks to our new compact neutron sources in our Neutron Irradiation Laboratory for Electronics (NILE) Not only will they be used by our users, but also @RAL_Space_STFC and @PPD_STFC
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It's been a great day here at the #NMSUM student day - we even had some sunshine here @warwickuni ! Lots of excellent talks on #neutron and #muon techniques at ISIS and @ILLGrenoble and how they can be used in #Bioscience , #GasStorage and other areas.
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At the @britcryst meeting, the 2021 Willis Prize was officially awarded, with the winner, Joe Paddison, presenting a lecture on his work. Find out more about Joe and his research on our website:
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Roses are red, Violets are blue, You may know about us, But, what do we do? We produce neutrons, In target station 2, And, before target 1, We make muons too... [1/2] #AcademicValentines
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Some quack-tastic bakes in our Bake Off!! Who will get a hand (or wing) shake? 🤔🐥
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And that's why our beamline scientists are so good...
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The Scientific Method: Beamline edition User: I would like to do this thing. Beamline Scientist: Haha, what? No. Beamline Scientist: Although... Beamline Scientist: maybe if... Beamline Scientist:
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Out now - our summary of a recent paper in @NatureComms that provides the first experimental confirmation of impurity-induced spin textures
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The user cycle is currently in full swing and we have had some incredible experiments so far! Today a team from @UniofBath @LivUni and @unibirmingham investigated the structural behaviours of levitating atmospheric particles from cooking emissions. Check out their sample setup!
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So @ANSTO think they have the best #ViewFromALab ... well we didn't have any 🦘 this morning, but we've got some ☀️ just waking up. The thing is, we reckon @DiamondLightSou must have the #BestViewFromALab as they get to look at us all day!!
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Tell us the ISIS Cycle has started, without telling us the ISIS Cycle has started 🗣 We’ll go first 🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️
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Starting the final day of #NMSUM with some plenary science talks before updates from @STFC_Matters , @essneutron , @ILLGrenoble and @DiamondLightSou
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Only by using neutron instruments from ISIS, @ILLGrenoble and @ANSTO have researchers been able to characterise a graphene-like material that is also magnetic 🧲 The study was highlighted by the editors of @PhysRevB - read our summary for more info:
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Violets are blue, Roses are red, By using neutrons, You can see them through lead. #AcademicValentines #AcademicValentine
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Avert your eyes - we have some naked beamlines! 😳 During our long shutdown, some large instrument upgrades are taking place, including work on ChipIr (left) and Sans2D (right)
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Our beamline scientist, Giovanni, is doing an experiment on leather artifacts using TOSCA. As you can tell he’s very excited to extract information on the elemental composition of the ancient artifact!🤩
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Last week we hosted our student meeting in person @RutherfordApLab - it was excellent to see so many people in person and so much engagement from all of the attendees!
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This is Pascal, a wonderful Wish beamline scientist. His work on #QuantumMaterials (including this study: ) helps us improve technology for the future. This study showed that a simple material can become multiferroic at room temperature. #PhenomenalPhysics
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The next step in automated data analysis? Scientists from the ISIS and @DeptofPhysics @MolecularEngine group have developed a model that uses AI to determine molecular structure from an infrared spectrum. Read our summary of their @ChemicalScience paper:
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Ross from @Prof_DHGregory 's group @UofGChem is working with Ron to build a new sample environment on Polaris to test their thermoelectric materials in the neutron beam whilst they're being microwaved!
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Well done to @sacha_fop for being recognised as a 2021 Emerging Investigator by @JMaterChem A. Read more about his work featured in the special issue:
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We're hiring! The Crystallography Group are looking for a new beamline scientist for the HRPD beamline. Do you want to be part of a specialist group that undertakes nationally and internationally recognised science? Find out more, and apply:
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Accelerator Physicist Dr Haroon Rafique knew from an early age that he wanted to pursue physics. His journey has seen him progress from getting his PhD at @HuddersfieldUni to becoming a fellow at CERN and now here to the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source!
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We're not able to meet in person, but it's good to see a packed Zoom room for the student day of the UK Neutron and Muon Science User Meeting today with @ILLGrenoble Half technique introduction talks, and half student research talks - have a good day everyone! 👨‍💼 #UKNMSUM2021
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♪♪ Happy birthday to us ♪♪ It's 31 years since the first muons were produced at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source! @STFC_Matters
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It's Day 3 of our #12DaysOfChristmas 🎄and it's also our birthday!! 🥳 #OnThisDay in 1984 first neutrons were produced at ISIS, so we're celebrating 3 decades (and a bit...) of operations!
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Today’s the start of the #Neutron and #Muon Science User Meeting. This meeting organised by IOP/RSC Neutron Scattering Group, ISIS and @ILLGrenoble will be a chance for UK users of neutron & muon beams to hear the latest science using these techniques, facility updates and news!
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🎊15 years ago today Target Station 2 detected it's first neutrons!! 🎉 To celebrate here is a collection of some of our favourite science highlights from each of our fantastic TS2 Instruments across the years... #HappyBirthday #BigScience @STFC_Matters
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And the student meeting has started! Looking forward to 2 days of talks and posters from our student user community
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Using #neutron and #muon techniques, researchers have tested a new material that could be used inside a solid-state #battery . Find out more in our highlight article on their work published in @NatureComms
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🎉Celebrating 37 years since the ISIS inauguration!🎉 #Throwback #KeepMakingHistory @STFC_Matters
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Our newly refurbished Deuteration facility is officially open!! 🥳✂
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Barbie and Oppenheimer spotted in TS2! Barbie is busy on our WISH beamline and Oppenheimer is hard at work on Offspec. #Barbenheimer #stfc #scienceforall #isisneutronmuonsource
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"I’m determined to use my knowledge and expertise to exploit the potential of neutrons for the advancement of science through a new integrated approach on neutron imaging and diffraction techniques." Dr Genoveva Burca, Instrument Scientist #WomenInScience @WomenScienceDay
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Congratulations to ISIS' former director Robert McGreevy @rlmcgreevy , who was awarded an MBE for his services to science in the Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours! #PlatinumJubilee
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During a placement with ISIS, PhD student Rasmus Christensen carried out experiments with @d_a_keen that were key to a paper in @J_A_C_S , characterising a new type of MOF. Find out more about their work with @GMinguezEsp and @luisleonalca from @CEL_group :
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Today we kick off our 40th anniversary year celebrations! Leading up to this significant milestone will be a series of events, including our Science Roadshows, that celebrate four decades of discovery, innovation and partnership. Watch this space!
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Tomorrow it will be 36 years since our inauguration! Margaret Thatcher officially opened the facility on 16 October 1985. Since then we have expanded the number of beamlines on TS1, built a second target station and started producing muons too!
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"Hi I’m Dr Harriet, I write software for working with neutron scattering, today I’m fixing a Fourier filter I’ve been working on. My notebook is full of scribbles but all my tests are passing." Dr Harriet Brown, Software Developer #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM @WomensDay #IWD
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#ICYMI in December, a team from @CU_EARTH @NHM_London @imperialcollege @nxrayct @isisneutronmuon published their work using neutrons and x-rays to reveal for the first time a 3D visualisation of the muscles of a 165 million year old ammonite fossil!
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Registration is now open for the UK Neutron & Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM), which will take place @warwickuni from 25-27 April 2022 and will include: ⭐️Student Day ⭐️Science Day ⭐️User Day More information and registration can be found at:
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It's #InternationalWomensDay today! To celebrate, we've put together a collation of just some of the amazing women who work at ISIS, from apprentices and placement students to divisions heads, covering disciplines from computing to health physics:
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#DYK we've had solar panels installed? In total @RutherfordApLab will generate >3500MWh of power, offsetting >900 tonnes of CO2 annually. We're also researching the next generation of solar cells. Yesterday Dr Grant @WarwickEngineer was using muons to do just that! ☀️
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Today we are celebrating the opening of our newly refurbished Deuteration Facility! 🎂🥳
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Tristan Canfer an ISIS technician, has been shortlisted in the Times Higher Education awards for Outstanding Technician of the Year! Tristans great technical skills go alongside his work towards a welcoming and inclusive culture at UKRI. #TerrificTechnician #Congratulations
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Almost 6,000 solar panels have been installed on our buildings, generating over 2.4 million kilowatt hours of energy and cutting carbon emissions by over 550 tonnes each year, helping us on our route to #NetZero :
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So we thought it was cold outside this weekend, but we have experiments that require ❄️ultra-low temperature❄️ conditions just tens of milli-Kelvin above absolute zero. We speak to our #cryogenics team to find out more...
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Our latest highlight looks at work published in @J_A_C_S : using neutrons on PEARL and X-rays @DiamondLightSou at high pressures, @HannaBostroem and colleagues investigated the effects of defects, hydration and composition on Prussian Blue Analogues
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We may have to wait a full year until the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics , but scientists from @KeeleUniversity , @Chiba_Univ_PR , @supsi_ch & @DiamondLightSou have made the very first nano-olympic rings from self-assembled molecular building blocks.
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As part of #NMSUM2019 we've heard from all three of our impact award winners: Sihai Yang, Indri Adilina and Maria Paula Marques. Using neutrons for #environment , #energy and #medical applications.
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It's #InternationalWomensDay ! To start the day, #GetInspired by our scientist Jacqui, who wasn't even planning to A-levels, but now has 2 PhDs! 🤯 All inspired by a visit from @TheOxfordTrust #WomenInScience #BreakTheBias #IWD2022
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Today marks 35 years of #Muons at the ISIS Facility! We've compiled a thread of all things Muons to celebrate the fantastic #muonscience that goes on here!
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First up our Public Engagement Head, Preeti, is giving us an exclusive 360 tour of ISIS!🗣👀
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📢Registration for NMSUM is now open! The UK Neutron & Muon Science and User Meeting will take place at Warwick University from 19-21 April 2023 - for more information and to register, visit our website:
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Congratulations to Toby Perring - awarded the 2023 European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) Walter Hälg Prize for his exceptional contributions to neutron science through his work on time-of-flight single crystal spectroscopy!
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Congratulations to Alex Browne @univofstandrews for being a @STEM4Brit finalist! Here is “Turning quantum dreams into tomorrow's materials" - the #QuantumMaterials research, presented by Alex to MPs at Westminster. Find out more here: #PhenomenalPhysics
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Our technicians are joining others from @STFC_Matters and @DiamondLightSou and forming part of a national collaboration based out of @PenlonGlobal that’s producing ventilators for the NHS to help in the fight against #Covid19 #VentilatorChallengeUK
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ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
2 years
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We've highlighted some amazing female scientists from throughout history, and within our facility, for you to read, share, and be inspired by. Enjoy... #IDWGS #IDWGS2022
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@isisneutronmuon
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
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This week many of our staff have been at the European Conference of Neutron Scattering in Munich! 🎉 With fantastic talks from across the neutron scattering community, posters with pretzels and a delicious conference dinner to remember! A great collaborative event! 🎉 #ECNS
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@isisneutronmuon
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
2 years
Happy Friday! We've just heard the good news that the business case for our Endeavour programme has been approved by @beisgovuk , so we're on track to get started next year. For more info on Endeavour - take a look at our website:
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@isisneutronmuon
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
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📣ISIS has had a new compact neutron source📣 What can our scientists do with our new #neutron source? 🤔 ✅ produce fast neutrons to help look at the way cosmic rays affect our modern electronic world 🔌 ✅ develop new detectors 💡 ✅ look at the effects of space weather🌪
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@isisneutronmuon
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
4 years
The first muons were produced at ISIS #OnThisDay in 1987! Since then, we've used them to study batteries, superconductors, and historical artifacts:
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@isisneutronmuon
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
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The second day of #NMSUM2024 is underway as we begin Science Day with a plenary talk by Katharina Edkins ⁦ @K_Edkins ⁩ ⁦ @UniStrathclyde ⁩ on the solution structure of drugs.
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@isisneutronmuon
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
3 years
** Our 2021 Annual Review is now online! ** Read to find out more about our: 🔋Science highlights 🌍International collaborations 👨‍👧‍👦Public engagement activities and much much more!
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@isisneutronmuon
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
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The winner of the BTM Willis Prize 2024 is Dr Andrew McCluskey @BristolUni . His PhD was jointly funded by @DiamondLightSou @UniofBath and he now wants to improve the training of students in data as 'the future of neutron scattering is data'. Read more➡️
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