Delivering impact - how STFC and UK science is making a difference

Delivering impact - the E-ELT (PDF - 1235kB - link opens in a new window)

How the biggest eye on the sky will benefit us all. The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), to be built in Chile, will be the biggest optical and infrared telescope in the world.

Delivering impact - the grand challenges (PDF - 5535kB - link opens in a new window)

Fast facts addressing global challenges in energy, security, environment and healthcare that faces today's society.

Delivering impact - world class research, innovation and skills (PDF - 3872kB - link opens in a new window)

Supporting world class research, innovation and skills are core functions of STFC.

Delivering impact - science matters (PDF - 3014kB - link opens in a new window)

STFC's knowledge, skills, facilities and resources benefits UK citizens, the economy and society. This impact is considerable - from knowledge about the fundamental nature of the Universe to designing new drugs, mapping the brain, providing highly skilled training and creating new businesses.

Delivering impact - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) (PDF - 703kB - link opens in a new window)

How the largest radio telescope will benefit us all. SKA is an international project to design and build the largest radio telescope ever conceived.

Delivering impact - Blackford Analysis: stargazing software saves lives (PDF - 832kB - link opens in a new window)

Blackford Analysis' software - a technique which is set to greatly improve radiology throughput, saving hospitals and health authorities potentially millions of pounds whilst significantly improving the experience for patients, and allowing faster diagnosis - was born out of research designed to provide a way of establishing the age of galaxies from giant surveys of the sky.

Delivering impact - Cobalt Light Systems: Let there be light (PDF - 518kB - link opens in a new window)

It takes talent, vision, commitment and an inventive mind to see light at the end of a research tunnel and few people can predict the wider long-term outcomes and benefits.

Delivering impact - Dark skies: Looking up at darker skies (PDF - 1469kB - link opens in a new window)

The STFC's Dark Sky programmes, led from the Royal Observatory Edinburgh site, have turned the search for dark skies into an environmental asset for tourism, education and communities in the UK.

Page last updated: 12 January 2011 by Karen Lee