Science Minister visits ISIS

STFC Senior Fellow Professor Bill David (centre) discusses the multi-disciplinary nature of ISIS science with CEO Keith Mason (l) and Lord Drayson (r)

Science Minister Lord Paul Drayson was briefed on the latest advances in nanotechnology and materials research during a visit to STFC's world-leading ISIS neutron and muon source on Thursday 11th February 2010. ISIS supports a national and international community of more than 2000 scientists for research into subjects ranging from clean energy and the environment, pharmaceuticals and health care, through to nanotechnology, materials engineering and IT.

Located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, ISIS has operated for more than 20 years and last year doubled in size with the addition of a new 2nd Target Station. The beams of neutrons and muons produced at ISIS allow scientists to study materials at the atomic level using a suite of instruments, often described as ‘super-microscopes’. More information is available from the ISIS section of this website.