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What is RAL?
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is a major UK science facility in Oxfordshire. It's home to world-leading research in areas like space science, particle physics, and materials. RAL hosts large-scale scientific instruments, which are used by researchers from universities and industry across the UK and internationally to make new discoveries.
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