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Building a catalogue of amino acid neutron scattering interactions

Building a catalogue of amino acid neutron scattering interactions

by | Feb 26, 2024

Researchers have completed an in-depth characterisation of the thermal neutron cross sections of all twenty amino acids, developing a new model that can be easily applied to other organic materials. Each atom has a known value for its neutron scattering cross section,...
Investigating hydration in ancient Egyptian leathers

Investigating hydration in ancient Egyptian leathers

by | Feb 26, 2024

New research from our ISIS@MACH ITALIA collaboration has uncovered information on the hydration levels in a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. ​Studying organic ancient artifacts such as leather, can tell us a lot about the history of the age it came from as...
Recreating the deepest point on Earth

Recreating the deepest point on Earth

by | Feb 22, 2024

Scientists from Rome Tor Vergata and ISIS have used the Vesuvio spectrometer to unravel part of the mystery behind the physical and chemical conditions of the Mariana Trench – one of the most extreme environments in the world. While we’ve been successful...
Deterioration of ancient Egyptian sandals

Deterioration of ancient Egyptian sandals

by | Aug 26, 2021

Understanding how the original manufacturing process affected preservation of Egyptian leather sandals over millennia Ancient leather artefacts from Museo Egizio have been studied by combining optical and spectroscopic tools (SEM-EDS, XRF-RAMAN), more sensitive their...
Investigations of radiation shielding heavy concrete

Investigations of radiation shielding heavy concrete

by | Aug 26, 2021

A unique combination of scanning electron microscopy to look at the atomic level details of heavy concrete, and its neutron shielding properties. Standard concrete continues to be the most utilised concrete, even when dense concrete might be considered a better, more...