Science and Technology Facilities Council

All-Optical Ultrafast Pure Spin Current in the Altermagnet Cr2SO

Abstract All-optical generation of pure spin current─the flow of spin in the absence of a corresponding charge flow─relies on symmetry based compensation between the two spin channels. 2D d-wave altermagnets, which in many respects are ideal spintronic materials due to their very...

Structural study of archaic orichalcum ingots from gela (sicily) via time-of-flight neutron diffraction

Abstract Orichalcum is a precious copper-zinc alloy known from ancient Mediterranean contexts. Eighty ingots of Orichalcum were recovered underwater near Gela (Sicily, Italy) and they are dated back to the 6th century BCE establishing a unicum in the Mediterranean Sea. Here, 11 s...

From developer to microscopist: Improving the accessibility of volume electron microscopy software

Abstract To maximise insight from today's high throughput microscopy experiments, it is essential for a microscopist to familiarise themselves with the latest analysis software and undertake appropriate training. This can be challenging, however, due to the rapid development of s...

Metascience, Research Software, and the Case for RS Metascience: Extended Preprint

Metascience is the study of science itself, including how scientific research is conducted, evaluated, and improved. Rather than asking questions about the natural or social world, metascience asks questions about scientific research -- its methods, objects of study, participants...

Metascience, Research Software, and the Case for RS Metascience: Extended Preprint

Metascience is the study of science itself, including how scientific research is conducted, evaluated, and improved. Rather than asking questions about the natural or social world, metascience asks questions about scientific research -- its methods, objects of study, participants...

Building a virtual research environment (almost) from scratch for the Heritage Science Data Service

Heritage scientists frequently need large-scale datasets and specialist software but often lack the compute and access to it. Many heritage scientists have graphics intensive workflows, and 3D models too large to use on their laptops. RSEs bridge this gap in many fields, and that...

Building a virtual research environment (almost) from scratch for the Heritage Science Data Service

Heritage scientists frequently need large-scale datasets and specialist software but often lack the compute and access to it. Many heritage scientists have graphics intensive workflows, and 3D models too large to use on their laptops. RSEs bridge this gap in many fields, and that...

The first four ground-level enhancements in the 1940s: investigation, digitization and analysis of forgotten data

Intense solar eruptions occasionally accelerate solar energetic particles (SEPs) and trigger ground-level enhancements (GLEs). Among the 77 known GLEs, the first four #1- 4, in the 1940s, took place before the advent of the standard neutron monitors (NMs) and were missing from th...

In Situ High Shear Perturbation of Surface MolecularLayers with Neutron Reflectivity

Abstract We present the effect of in situ imposed shear on two adsorbed molecular layers using a flow cell that enables access to shear rates of up to 2 × 105 s–1 (shear stress: 2 × 102 Pa). The response of these molecular layers to shear is determined by the relative strength of...