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All rights reserved. webmaster@stfc.ac.uk Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:39:19 GMT Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:39:19 GMT Sleipnir v2 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.stfc.ac.uk/images/logo144.jpg http://www.stfc.ac.uk 144 36 Following the formation of the UK Space Agency (UKSA), there will be some changes to how STFC / UKSA will peer review space projects. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19185.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19185.aspx Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:38:00 GMT Council met on 27 July to review progress of the preparations for the upcoming Spending Review, and noted constructive engagement with BIS including around the programme of community discussion and engagement now under way http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About%20STFC/19175.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About%20STFC/19175.aspx Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:22:00 GMT Climate scientists at the University of East Anglia will soon be demonstrating new methods of providing open access to research data thanks to a major new investment from JISC http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19173.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19173.aspx Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:54:50 GMT Following consultation with the community and advice from the Education, Training and Careers Committee, STFC is able to announce its funding provision for early career researchers http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Funding%20and%20Grants/19165.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Funding%20and%20Grants/19165.aspx Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:12:00 GMT An international team of researchers, including several from the UK, at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab have announced results at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) in Paris, that indicate that the quest to discover the elusive Higgs Boson particle has taken a giant leap forward, drawing closer to answering questions on the makeup of the Universe http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19156.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19156.aspx Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:25:00 GMT Explore the work of the STFC in our newsletter - Fascination! Issue 2 is out now... http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/18653.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/18653.aspx Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:26:00 GMT STFC and the other Research Councils are preparing to put forward clear plans for the future to ensure the UK retains its leading role in as many areas of science as possible. It also continues to be important to provide evidence to Ministers, Treasury and the Government of the tangible value of publicly funded Science and Research to the taxpayer http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About%20STFC/19148.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About%20STFC/19148.aspx Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT The Year 6 pupils from Harwell Primary School and their teacher raced two electric cars at Goodwood on 17 July 2010, after STFC ISIS engineers Dennis Cowdery, Ben Eltham, Richard Blight and Stephen Cox spent time each week guiding the children through the construction process and advising them on how to get the best out of their two cars http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19132.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19132.aspx Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:30:00 GMT Using a combination of instruments on ESO's Very Large Telescope, a UK-led international team of astronomers have discovered the most massive stars to date, one which at birth had more than 300 times the mass of the Sun, twice as much as the currently accepted limit. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19130.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19130.aspx Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:41:39 GMT The £40 million International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) in Oxfordshire is transforming ambition into action with the first contract awarded to create a new capability in Earth Observation for the UK, paving the way for a better understanding of our planet and growth in the industrial sector underpinning this work http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19126.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19126.aspx Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:28:00 GMT STFC has announced new appointments to Science Board, PPAN and PALS, to take effect from 1st August 2010 http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About%20STFC/19096.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About%20STFC/19096.aspx Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:36:00 GMT ThruVision Systems Ltd has today (19 July 2010) officially launched the TS4, its new generation of compact security body scanner, at the Farnborough International Air Show in Hampshire http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19094.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19094.aspx Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:30:16 GMT Scientists from the University of Leicester have played a leading role in an international team that has identified a dazzling burst of X-rays - the brightest ever detected from an object outside our own galaxy http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19085.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19085.aspx Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:42:00 GMT STFC has been awarded a significant contract by the European Space Agency to develop the next generation radiation monitor for ESA spacecraft http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19079.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/19079.aspx Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:32:36 GMT The late Dr Timothy Hawarden, who was based for many years at the STFC's UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC), has been awarded a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal for his pioneering work on innovative cooling techniques that make possible future infrared space telescopes, including the one that will follow the Hubble Space Telescope http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/Press%20Releases/STFC/19076.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/Press%20Releases/STFC/19076.aspx Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:45:29 GMT