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Radio 4,3 mins

ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

BBC Inside Science

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Show Us Your Instrument is our virtual shed that stores the essential tools of science. And this instrument takes up a fair amount of that shed - it's a particle accelerator. Dr Dan Faircloth, at ISIS, the Rutherford Appleton laboratory, explains how the neutron microscope can shine light on ancient artefacts and exploding bacteria.

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