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23 May 2012
Science Board has formed a dedicated Sub-Group to develop a coordinated strategy for UK participation in direct dark matter searches that could position the UK for leadership in this area. The ...
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21 May 2012
Three new and exciting public engagement projects have been awarded through the STFC public engagement programme. Find out more...
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15 May 2012
STFC continues to sponsor three-month fellowships with the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology, an organisation that provides government with in-house impartial advice on a range of ...
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11 May 2012
Tim Peake, the first UK astronaut to be selected by the European Space Agency, has taken time out from his heavy training schedule in Houston and spent the day with some very excited children from ...
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11 May 2012
Science Board met on 19-20 April 2013 in Swindon.
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09 May 2012
After more than ten years of work by more than 200 engineers, the Mid InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), a camera so sensitive it could see a candle on one of Jupiter's moons, has been declared ready for ...
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04 May 2012
A new mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons has been approved by the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission will reveal fresh insights into the habitability of the ‘waterworlds' orbiting the ...
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02 May 2012
Call announcement and notice of Information Day 10th July.
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02 May 2012
Dr Sylvia McLain of the University of Oxford has been awarded the prestigious B.T.M. Willis Prize for neutron scattering in recognition of her studies of a wide range of biological molecules and ...
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30 April 2012
South Korean scientists travelled over five thousand miles to Oxfordshire earlier this month to meet with leading UK researchers at STFCs ISIS Neutron and Muon Source for the Fourth UK-Korea workshop ...
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26 April 2012
One of the world's most powerful cameras, SCUBA-2 is producing its first detailed images of our neighbouring galaxies, revealing previously undetected vast pockets of star formation where the next ...
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25 April 2012
The European Space Agency's Business Incubation Centre Harwell (ESA BIC Harwell) has hit its target of signing up ten tenants within a year of launch. With the announcement of three new tenants, the ...
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24 April 2012
Strange objects that are half a mile long and leave glittering trails behind them have been discovered punching through part of Saturn's F ring, one of the more recently discovered rings around ...
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24 April 2012
'How alien invaders can change governments: The dangers of fast neutrons to advanced electronics' the latest talk in the Swindon 'Talking Science' lecture series, by Dr Chris Frost ...
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23 April 2012
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and CERN have announced the start of a major new joint initiative that will enable small high-tech businesses bridge the gap between basic science ...
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23 April 2012
Muon, neutron and light source facility users and researchers are cordially invited to the free STFC Public Engagement Symposium - book now to attend!
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20 April 2012
More than thirty representatives of innovative high-tech companies from across the UK met at the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (DSIC) on 17 April 2012, to find out how the country's leading ...
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19 April 2012
“We should prepare for a space weather event that might happen only once in 1,000 years”.
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04 April 2012
Professor G David Price has been appointed by David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science as a new member of STFC Council with effect from 1 April 2012. He will serve until 31 March 2015 ...
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04 April 2012
The STFC programme will be reviewed from June 2012 to September 2013 (planned reporting date) by Science Board.
The Programmatic Review ensures that the UK remains at the forefront of the science ...
