ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

We finished our user cycle on Friday, and it's been a busy one! Here are just some examples from our user community sharing what they've been up to on the beamline, as well as some visits. Including posts from: Josephine Binks Christopher Garvey Pallab Kumar Borah James Steele Bristol Scientific Computing Luca Pattavina Hanna Barriga Prof Nadimul Faisal Nathan Davies Riccardo Candeago Jennifer Hartley John Murphy Matthew Potter Mi Tian

This blade is Ātashbār (Fire-bearer), and it's a Mughal blade on loan from His Majesty The King for the Great Mughals exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Despite an ongoing extensive investigation between Arms & Armour Royal Collection Trust, the V&A science department and Antonella Scherillo from ISIS, the blade's composition still remains a mystery. Francesca Levey is presenting her research on the blade at the conference and study day, which takes place today and tomorrow at the V&A: https://lnkd.in/e8qG2VFS Image © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust

Are you an inspiring leader with a vision for innovation and a commitment to excellence? We're looking for a new director and applications are closing this weekend! For more information, and how to apply, visit the UK Research and Innovation careers portal: https://lnkd.in/dhNBNE-G

PhD position available! Applications are open for a PhD position joint between ISIS and the University of Nottingham, focussing on developing new approaches for studying the structure of high-temperature molten materials. The project will be supervised by Oliver Alderman at ISIS and Emma Barney at Nottingham. More information on the research, and how to apply, can be found on the Nottingham website: https://lnkd.in/em3kU9_Y

Do earthquakes and nuclear explosions 'sound' the same? 🤔 Dear Friends and Colleagues, Join us at our next Institute of Physics (IOP) London and South East Branch FREE in-person evening lecture where David Green (AWE) shows how we can detect nuclear testing thousands of kilometres from the explosion site! Where:  IOP, 37 Caledonian Rd. London When: Weds 9th April Time: 6 – 8 pm Cost: Free Suitable For: All To book: https://lnkd.in/gfWhGszt Tea/coffee served from 6 - 6.30pm Lecture starts: 6.30pm for 1hr (with 15mins for questions) For other open-to-all lectures this session please see flyer at: https://lnkd.in/et34T72v Topic and speaker suggestions for future lecture series are most welcome. Message me Look forward to seeing you at this or a future IoP event. Mark ................................. Abstract: How are seismic waves generated by underground nuclear tests? How do these waves propagate through Earth, and how do we detect such wave motion thousands of kilometres from an explosion site? Can we distinguish explosions from other seismic signals? These are questions relevant to forensic seismologists and in this talk we will consider the techniques that have helped improve confidence in our ability to identify underground explosions across the world..We will discover how such techniques have also been used to better understand other sources of seismic activity from submarine disasters, underwater gas explosions, and accidental industrial detonations #science #school #teacher #engineering #physics #quantum #NeutronScience #MuonScience #ScienceCommunication #communication #scicomm #stem #outreach #diversity #maths #inspire #islington #lecture #simulation #london #students #environment #solar #coffee #nibbles #astrophysics #sun #space #tech #business #industry #inspireothers #earlycareer #inspire #influence #networking #inspireothers #technician #academia #university #npl #environment #solar #coffee #stfc #ukri #astrophysics #sun #space #tech #LifeAtUKRI #TeamSTFC #seismology #scienceandtechnology #team #projects #free #sustainability #parliament #britain #chemistry #materialscience #future #publicengagement #formula1 #inspireothers #earlycareer #inspire #biology #space #tech #scienceandtechnology #team #projects Royal Society of Chemistry Royal Academy of Engineering Diamond Light Source University of Oxford University of Westminster UCL Royal Holloway, University of London AWE The Open University The Royal Institution Science Museum Group Islington Council BBC Studios King's College London Houses of Parliament House of Commons UK House of Lords Department for Science, Innovation and Technology IOP Publishing Victoria and Albert Museum SMASH_UK (SMASHfestUK) University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Birmingham The University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge University of Kent British Science Association

We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 ISIS Impact Awards! These awards celebrate the scientific, social and economic impact of our diverse user community. 🧪 The winner of the 2025 Science Award is Dr Fabrizia Foglia from UCL for her innovative use of neutron techniques to understand and improve the performance of membrane nanotechnologies for sustainable applications. 💷 The winner of the 2025 Economic Award is Professor Peter Dowding from Infineum for his work using neutron reflectometry to study organic friction modifiers for improving the efficiency of combustion engines. 🧑🤝🧑 The winner of the 2025 Society Award is Professor Christian Pfrang from the University of Birmingham for his work using neutron reflectometry to investigate the effect of cooking emissions on indoor air quality. #Congratulations to each of our winners! For more about their work and the awards, read the full news article on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4c1S36U 🔗

Dr Adam Michalchuk from the University of Birmingham has been awarded the BTM Willis Prize 2025 for his pioneering research on the mechanochemical reactivity of energetic materials using neutron techniques and ab initio simulation. A regular user of neutron techniques, Adam’s experiments on the Tosca and Pearl instruments at ISIS have led to seven publications in the past five years, several of which have featured as ISIS Science Highlights: 🧨 What makes an explosive go bang? ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ewb-g-xj 🔗 💥 Going bang in the beamline! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eEnSv6XG 🔗 🔬 Xpress access to TOSCA leads to quick catalyst characterisation ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e6uAUuSz 🔗 Adam also has several ongoing projects, which include experiments on the Tosca, Merlin, and Vesuvio instruments. To find out more about the award, read our news article in full ➡️ https://bit.ly/41C61YE 🔗

It's a week on from #InternationalWomensDay, so we're sharing this collection of papers that was collated to highlight just some of the work done by women in #MaterialsScience! Can you spot the paper co-written by ISIS authors? ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hyRi6z 🔗

At ISIS, our instruments are each designed to reveal something new about different materials and samples. Our IMAT instrument specialises in imaging, using techniques such as neutron tomography. This video shows what neutrons can reveal about a Zippo lighter! 🎥 Video courtesy of ISIS scientist Ruiyao(Ray) Zhang #NeutronScience #NeutronTomography #ZippoLighter

The decant of the HRPD instrument is well underway, preparing for the building demolition, and the new HRPD-X being built in its place as part of the Endeavour programme. Our staff took the opportunity of the instrument being exposed to take some photos replicating those taken during its build in the 1980's. We even got Mike Johnson back in to pose for the same shot! Can you find the staff member in the group photo who was here in 1984 and is still working at ISIS in 2025? (Answer in the comments) The final photo shows some of the technical staff involved in the complex task of dissembling an ISIS beamline.