STFC in the news

This is a selection of articles that have appeared in external publications over the past month, that raise awareness of milestones and achievements coming out of STFC research and investment.

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March 2010

• Cautious welcome on science funding (link opens in a new window)
  - Witney Gazette (11/03/2010)
  
  
• News in brief (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Higher Education (11/03/2010)
  
  
• Science 'is a key election issue' (link opens in a new window)
  - BBC News (10/03/2010)
  
  
• Jodrell Bank plans new 'live science' visitor centre (link opens in a new window)
  - University of Manchester (10/03/2010)
  
  
• LHC to shut down for a year to address safety concerns (link opens in a new window)
  - BBC News (10/03/2010)
  
  
• Cameras to enhance cancer diagnosis (link opens in a new window)
  - The Engineer (10/03/2010)
  
  
• Battling the axe-man (link opens in a new window)
  - The Economist (09/03/2010)
  
  
• Perception filter (link opens in a new window)
  - The Engineer (08/03/2010)
  
  
• STFC funding revamped to protect national facilities (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Higher Education (06/03/2010)
  
  
• Lord Drayson Lays Out New Arrangements To Provide Stability In Research Funding (link opens in a new window)
  - eGov monitor (05/03/2010)
  
  
• How to save the Earth via the World Wide Web (link opens in a new window)
  - BBC News (05/03/2010)
  
  
• Controlling Implosion Symmetry Around a Deuterium-Tritium Target (link opens in a new window)
  - Science (05/03/2010)
  
  
• New organisation to coordinate European scientific computing grids (link opens in a new window)
  - CORDIS (05/03/2010)
  
  
• UK physicists welcome research council reforms (link opens in a new window)
  - PhysicsWorld.com (04/03/2010)
  
  
• Could radical surgery save UK physics funding agency? (link opens in a new window)
  - Nature.com (04/03/2010)
  
  
• Lord Drayson's plan to save the STFC (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Online (04/03/2010)
  
  
• Promise made on UK physics woes (link opens in a new window)
  - BBC News (04/03/2010)
  
  
• New organisation to coordinate European scientific computing grids (link opens in a new window)
  - Cordis News (04/03/2010)
  
  
• Is the UK aiming for the stars - or going for re-entry? (link opens in a new window)
  - LabnewsOnline (04/03/2010)
  
  
• Construction begins on Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (link opens in a new window)
  - Click Liverpool (03/03/2010)
  
  
• Researchers Predict Earthquake Devastation (link opens in a new window)
  - Laboratory Equipment (03/03/2010)
  
  
• Nuclear physics promises earlier detection of brain tumors with just 1 scan (link opens in a new window)
  - EurekAlert (03/03/2010)
  
  
• Nice to meet you, authentically (link opens in a new window)
  - International Science Grid This Week (03/03/2010)
  
  
• Construction begins on next phase of Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (link opens in a new window)
  - Northwest Regional Development Agency (03/03/2010)
  
  
• Researchers Predict Earthquake Devastation (link opens in a new window)
  - Laboratory Equipment (03/03/2010)
  
  
• How to turn a scientist into an entrepreneur (link opens in a new window)
  - FT.com (01/03/2010)
  
  
• From the lab to a profit in seven years (link opens in a new window)
  - FT.com (01/03/2010)
  
  

February 2010

• First observation of T2K neutrino event at Super-Kamiokande (link opens in a new window)
  - Astronomy.com (26/02/2010)
  
  
• NanoKTN announces Nanomission 2010 (link opens in a new window)
  - Laboratory Talk (25/02/2010)
  
  
• Apprentice's 'James Bond' role (link opens in a new window)
  - Witney Gazette (25/02/2010)
  
  
• University hope is dealt harsh blow (link opens in a new window)
  - Swindon Advertiser (25/02/2010)
  
  
• Nuclear power plant could be built near Didcot (link opens in a new window)
  - Oxford Mail (23/02/2010)
  
  
• Scientists Launch Solar Stormwatch To Ask Public For Help In Understanding The Sun (link opens in a new window)
  - RealWire (23/02/2010)
  
  
• Ensuring gas works (link opens in a new window)
  - The Engineer (22/02/2010)
  
  
• First physics from the Large Hadron Collider's CMS detector (link opens in a new window)
  - PhysOrg.com (17/02/2010)
  
  
• Don't turn good scientists into poor entrepreneurs (link opens in a new window)
  - New Scientist (15/02/2010)
  
  
• The Many Colors of Star Birth (link opens in a new window)
  - Space Ref (11/02/2010)
  
  
• Harwell scientists help Nasa get some Sun (link opens in a new window)
  - Oxford Mail (10/02/2010)
  
  
• Solar observatory set for launch (link opens in a new window)
  - BBC News (10/02/2010)
  
  
• Tech-X sets up at Daresbury SIC (link opens in a new window)
  - Crain's Manchester Business (08/02/2010)
  
  
• A sense of perspective on the UK's strengths (link opens in a new window)
  - The Engineer (08/02/2010)
  
  
• Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus opens tailored R&D facilities for small firms sector (link opens in a new window)
  - Liverpool Echo (05/02/2010)
  
  
• Cassini mission to Saturn is to lose British involvement (link opens in a new window)
  - Times online (05/02/2010)
  
  
• UK will no longer boldly go in space (link opens in a new window)
  - Times online (05/02/2010)
  
  
• Our scanners beat the terror bombers (link opens in a new window)
  - Oxford Mail (04/02/2010)
  
  
• Cassini flies on but with UK involvement in doubt (link opens in a new window)
  - BBC News (04/02/2010)
  
  
• The STFC: what went wrong (link opens in a new window)
  - New Scientist (04/02/2010)
  
  
• Refusal to comply on impact failing to sink grant applications (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Higher Education (04/02/2010)
  
  
• New Technique for Detecting Earth-like Planets (link opens in a new window)
  - Space Ref (03/02/2010)
  
  
• IDC Leads Consortium Awarded Contract to Help Develop Supercomputing Strategy for the European Union (link opens in a new window)
  - Earthtimes (03/02/2010)
  
  
• NASA satellite to send avalanche of hi-res Sun shots (link opens in a new window)
  - NetworkWorld.com (02/02/2010)
  
  
• New neutron studies support magnetism's role in superconductors (link opens in a new window)
  - Nanowerk LLC (02/02/2010)
  
  
• Scientists warn solar activity could hit London 2012 Olympic Games (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Online (02/02/2010)
  
  

January 2010

• Scientists set for nuclear fusion fuel switch-on (link opens in a new window)
  - Independent (31/01/2010)
  
  
• Nasa mission to unravel sun’s threat to Earth (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Online (31/01/2010)
  
  
• Scotland 'world leader' in scientific research (link opens in a new window)
  - The Telegraph (31/01/2010)
  
  
• Scientists creating mini-sun on Earth in clean energy breakthrough (link opens in a new window)
  - Mirror.co.uk (30/01/2010)
  
  
• Scottish scientists who reach for stars 'are world leading' (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Online (30/01/2010)
  
  
• Why this beautiful shot of newborn stars shows Scotland is world leader (link opens in a new window)
  - The Scotsman (30/01/2010)
  
  
• Astronomers Discover Cool Stars in Nearby Space (link opens in a new window)
  - SpaceRef.com (29/01/2010)
  
  
• Phycisists shed light on unseen universal forces (link opens in a new window)
  - UKTI Today (29/01/2010)
  
  
• Search for Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus private sector development partner narrows (link opens in a new window)
  - Liverpool Daily Post (29/01/2010)
  
  
• Is fusion success in sight? (link opens in a new window)
  - msnbc.com (28/01/2010)
  
  
• £5.3m funding for aerospace virtual engineering centre (link opens in a new window)
  - Invest in England's Northwest (28/01/2010)
  
  
• Rainbow Seed Fund et al invest £2m into Microvisk (link opens in a new window)
  - Unquote news (28/01/2010)
  
  
• Shortlist of three for Daresbury partnership (link opens in a new window)
  - Crain's Manchester Business (28/01/2010)
  
  
• Impact of cuts on technology to be examined (link opens in a new window)
  - PublicTechnology.net (25/01/2010)
  
  
• Cluster Satellite Detects Rifts in Earth's Magnetic Field (link opens in a new window)
  - Universe Today (22/01/2010)
  
  
• Science is on the menu at cafe (link opens in a new window)
  - The Oxford Times (22/01/2010)
  
  
• Golden Ratio Discovered in the Quantum World (link opens in a new window)
  - The Epoch Times (18/01/2010)
  
  
• R&D: Nuclear fusion may be worth the long wait (link opens in a new window)
  - Financial Times.com (15/01/2010)
  
  
• A successful collaboration and a new instrument for Diamond Light Source (link opens in a new window)
  - PhysOrg.com (12/01/2010)
  
  
• Baroness Greenfield, the Royal Institution and science communication (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Online (12/01/2010)
  
  
• UK facilities crisis: the fall-out could be devastating (link opens in a new window)
  - The New Scientist 'S Word' (12/01/2010)
  
  
• STFC cuts will lead to 'brain drain', claim scientists (link opens in a new window)
  - Times Higher Education Supplement (12/01/2010)
  
  
• UK facilities crisis: cock-up or conspiracy? (link opens in a new window)
  - The New Scientist 'S Word' (11/01/2010)
  
  
• Nanofibres - NanoKTN Promotes New Developments In Electrospinning (link opens in a new window)
  - Engineering Capacity (10/01/2010)
  
  
• The Next Big Beam? (link opens in a new window)
  - Science (08/01/2010)
  
  
• Dust From Extrasolar Planet Collisions? (link opens in a new window)
  - SpaceRef.com (07/01/2010)
  
  
• Golden ratio discovered in a quantum world (link opens in a new window)
  - PhysOrg.com (07/01/2010)
  
  
• ALMA reaches key milestone (link opens in a new window)
  - PublicTechnology.net (05/01/2010)
  
  
• Images from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Suggest Evidence of Lakes in Mars (link opens in a new window)
  - AZoOptics.com (04/01/2010)
  
  

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