21st May 2015 Forthcoming Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) meeting
The next meeting of the Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP) will take place in R68 Board Room at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0QX on the 21st May, 2015.
View ArticleUK Associate Director vacancy - ILL
The UK Associate of the ILL, the STFC, is seeking an Associate Director to act as Head of the Science Division, a post that will become vacant from the 01 October 2016.
View ArticleUK to remain headquarters for the world's biggest telescope
13 May 2015 - The permanent headquarters of the world’s biggest telescope will remain in the UK at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank site. The announcement was made on the 29 April 2015 after...
View ArticleDark turns to Gold for Dark Matter garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
A unique garden that illustrates the mysteries of Dark Matter - the ‘stuff’ that is believed to make up a big percentage of our Universe but that cannot be seen – has been given a Gold rating at the...
View ArticlePRD call for applications 2015
STFC has announced a call for applications to the Projects Research and Development scheme (PRD). Applications should be submitted by the deadline of July 29th2015 and will be reviewed at a meeting of...
View ArticleBritish Triumph
21 May 2015 - UK scientists and engineers are celebrating today at yet another first for the LHC as beams of protons have collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking design...
View ArticleUK plays key role in Gravitational Wave Detector launch
22 May 2015 - A major research project to find evidence of the existence of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time, was officially launched this week. The first direct detection of gravitational...
View ArticleNew Director for RAL Space
1 June 2015 : Dr Christopher Mutlow today takes up the reins as Director of RAL Space at STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
View Article£313 Million Boost For UK Big Data Research
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson will today (04 June) unveil a £313 million partnership with information technology leader IBM (NYSE: IBM) to boost Big Data research in the UK.
View ArticleDrug and gene studies at ISIS lead to prestigious neutron scattering prize
Studies on drug and gene delivery systems at STFC’s ISIS neutron source tipped to have important implications for new medicines have won a young researcher the B.T.M Willis Prize for neutron scattering.
View ArticleA new dinosaur is coming to Oxfordshire
Just as cinema-goers in Oxfordshire are preparing to be both terrified and enthralled by Stephen Spielberg’s latest film ‘Jurassic World’, a new dinosaur – or at least, a cast of its bones – is on its...
View ArticleAstronomy technology improves bedside tumour diagnosis and treatment in patients
UK scientists have used technology, originally designed for use in detectors on space satellite missions, to develop and commercialise a mini camera that will revolutionise identification and removal...
View ArticleWhy do you love science?
Our Daresbury Laboratory is asking Year 9 students to tell us their answers! In the 2015 School Science Prize, students must write 500 words on ‘Why I love Science’.
View ArticleGreen laser to light the Oxfordshire sky
Reports of strange green lights in the skies around Harwell in Oxfordshire could be rife next Monday evening (29 June).
View ArticleLatest Milestone Reached For Global Gamma-Ray Astronomy Project
The latest design milestone has been reached this week for the CTA project, an international astronomy initiative with major UK involvement that aims to build the next generation ground-based very high...
View ArticleGold Medal Winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden plants its roots firmly in...
3 July 2015: A Gold medal winning garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 established permanent roots in the North West today, when it officially re-opened at Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire.
View ArticleRoyal visitor celebrates inspirational science at Harwell
The power of science to inspire young people was celebrated today by HRH The Duke of York, KG, who formally opened a week-long festival of science, technology and engineering at the Harwell Campus, for...
View ArticleNew Space science laboratory offers £27.7m boost to UK's space industry
Minister for Universities and Science officially opens STFC’s RAL Space £27.7 million state of art test facility.
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