19/02/2025
STFC’s ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (ISIS) and the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) have signed a new partnership agreement. This agreement will see the two organisations working together to upgrade a key neutron instrument at ISIS.
Roger Eccleston, Executive Director National Labs Large Scale Facilities, STFC (left) and Giuseppe Colpani, Director General, CNR (right) sign the Tosca+ agreement in Rome on 18 February 2025.
ISIS and CNR have a very long-standing and successful partnership. In 2024, the two organisations celebrated 40 years of collaboration through events at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK and in Rome, Italy. Within this partnership, some 12 neutron and muon instruments at ISIS have been constructed for the benefit of the UK, Italian and wider research communities.
Under the new agreement, signed in Rome on 18 February 2025, a significant upgrade to the Tosca instrument at ISIS will be undertaken. Tosca enables the study of catalysts, hydrogen storage materials and other advanced materials for a wide variety of applications. The original Tosca instrument was constructed in partnership with CNR; the upgrade will see the instrument able to take data many times faster, opening up new science areas.
Signing the agreement on behalf of STFC, Roger Eccleston, STFC Executive Director Large Scale Facilities, said, “Our partnership with the CNR has been long-lasting and highly beneficial. The developments enabled by our new agreement are the latest in a long history of projects that have brought UK and Italian scientists together to produce excellent science and instrumentation”.
Maria Chiara Carrozza, President of the CNR, commented, “Working together with ISIS ensures Italian scientists have access to neutron and muon instrumentation that is world-class. We are very pleased to be participating in the upgrade of Tosca, which will in turn enable excellent academic and industrial science. We are looking forward to many further years of UK-Italy science partnership”.
Ufficio stampa:
Francesca Gorini
Cnr Press Office
francesca.gorini@cnr.it
Responsabile Unità Ufficio stampa:
Emanuele Guerrini
emanuele.guerrini@cnr.it
ufficiostampa@cnr.it
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