(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow is pioneering a project to use cosmic rays for non-invasive structural assessments of the UK’s ageing transport infrastructure. Led by Dr. David Mahon and supported by a £459,000 grant from UKRI’s Science and Technology … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 3D imaging, carbon footprint, commercialization, cosmic rays, Dr. David Mahon, Early Detection, Glasgow, infrastructure monitoring, Lynkeos Technology Ltd, Machine Learning, muography, muons, net-zero goals, Non-Destructive Testing, road and rail bridges, Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC, structural fatigue, structural integrity, sustainability, Transport Scotland, UK transport infrastructure, UKRI, University of Glasgow
(IN BRIEF) The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has launched the Health Tech Business Incubation Centre (Health BIC) at STFC Daresbury Laboratory, backed by £1.8 million from the Life Sciences Innovation Zone Programme. Designed to support health and life sciences … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Researchers from the University of Cambridge have conducted a study suggesting that comets could play a role in delivering the molecular building blocks for life to planets in other galaxies. The study proposes that comets, which contain prebiotic … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged astronomy, Cambridge, chemistry, comets, Earth, GALAXY, HCN, hydrogen cyanide, Kuiper Belt, molecular building blocks for life, Neptune, origins of life, planets, prebiotic molecules, Richard Anslow, Royal Society and the Science and Technology Facilities Council, Ryugu asteroid, Solar System, STFC, UK Research and Innovation, UKRI, University of Cambridge, Wolfson College
(IN BRIEF) The Higgs Centre, part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in Edinburgh, has provided over £10m in investment to start-ups since its opening in 2018, creating over 100 jobs. The Higgs Centre focuses on supporting businesses … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Electronics & Machinery, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, Dr Julian Dines, Earth observation, Edinburgh, Higgs Centre, Joe Gibson, robotics, Rowan Armstrong, Ruairidh Henderson, STFC, UKRI
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) UK Research and Innovation a lancé le Biotech Business Incubation Centre (Bio BIC) dans le nord-ouest de l’Angleterre pour soutenir les petites entreprises de biotechnologie. Bio BIC, une collaboration entre le Conseil de recherche en biotechnologie et … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Amy Farrington, BBSRC, Bio BIC, bioscience, Biotech Business Incubation Center, biotechnologie, Dr Karen Lewis, financement, Massimo Noro, Paul Vernon, R&D, Sci-Tech Daresbury, start-ups, Steve Rotheram, STFC, UK Research and Innovation, UKRI
(IN BRIEF) UK Research and Innovation has launched the Biotech Business Incubation Centre (Bio BIC) in the north-west of England to support small biotech businesses. Bio BIC, a collaboration between the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Science … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Amy Farrington, BBSRC, Bio BIC, bioscience, Biotech Business Incubation Centre, biotechnology, Dr Karen Lewis, funding, Massimo Noro, Paul Vernon, R&D, Sci-Tech Daresbury, start-ups, Steve Rotheram, STFC, UK Research and Innovation, UKRI
(PRESS RELEASE) SWINDON, 7-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — UK Research and Innovation, non-departmental public body of the Government of UK that directs research and innovation funding, has announced the launch of a new online astronomy resource aimed at blind and partially … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged astronomers, astronomical data, Audio Universe, blind professional astronomers, blind school pupil, Cosmology, Dr Chris Harrison, Dr Nic Bonne, educational astronomy, gravitation, Jenni Chambers, Newcastle University, planetariums, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Sky, Solar System, space, star, STEM, STFC, STRAUSS, tour of the Universe, universe, University of Portsmouth, vision impairment
(PRESS RELEASE) SWINDON, 22-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), a United Kingdom government body and part of UK Research and Innovation, has announced that five promising startups have chosen to relocate their businesses at Daresbury … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, News, Science, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 3D printing, advanced purification technologies, Alphabiolabs, analytics, augmented reality, chemical manufacturing, Covid-19 testing technologies, Daresbury Laboratory, Delyth Edwards, digital transformation, electronics, Envisage Space, GALILEO, GNSS, GPS, Immersive Storylab, immersive technology, Internet of Things Specialist, IoT, IoT Horizon, LR Consultancy, R&D, research facilities, satellite, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Science and Technology Facilities Council, SECURITY, semiconductor, Sensors, SMEs, software, start-ups, STFC, Virtual Reality
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 28-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Digital transformation leader, Atos brings its technology leadership, skills and innovation resources to the global fight against Covid-19. Atos is involved on multiple fronts to help contain the spread of the virus, providing … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Healthcare, Industrial, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, Atos, Atos’ BullSequana, biomolecular simulations, CEA, CINES, COVID-19, CPU, digital transformation, Elie Girard, EMS, Epidemic Management System, epidemiological situation, EpiSYS, Hartree Centre, Healthcare, healthcare professionals, INNOVATION, JADE national, Joliot-Curie, Machine Learning, Occigen, pandemic, RESEARCH, Scottish Water, skills, STFC, supercomputers, supercomputing, technology leadership, TGCC, vaccine
(PRESS RELEASE) SWINDON, 1-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) announces that UK start-up company Lanterne, has developed, and will soon launch, a free app that will help us observe ‘social distancing’ more effectively in our collective … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, Alex Barnes, app, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr Sue O’Hare, ESA BIC UK, free app, Google, GPS satellite data, Keep Your Distance, Lanterne, navigation, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Sebastian Mueller, social distancing, start-up, STFC, Yohan Iddawela
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 22-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Mersey Basin project has just won £50,000 seed funding, which is meant to help prepare the full bid, which, if successful, could deliver up to £50 million investment in the North West. … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Chemicals, Government, Investment, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged advanced manufacturing, AI, AI tools, Alison Kennedy, artificial-intelligence, digital manufacturing, Hartree Centre at Daresbury, High Performance Computing, IBM Research, Liverpool City Region, M56/M62 corridor, Manchester, Materials Chemistry, Mersey Basin AI-Enabled Materials Chemistry, new materials, seed funding, smart coatings, STFC, STFC Laboratories, Strength in Places Fund, supply chains, The Alan Turing Institute, the Henry Royce Institute, the University of Liverpool, the University of Manchester, UKRI
SWINDON, 02-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — A collaboration of researchers from the UK is pursuing a technique to detect breast cancer more quickly, thanks to funding from STFC and partners. The consortium, led by De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) and the University … Read the full press release
SWINDON, 15-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — STFC’s world-leading Central Laser Facility (CLF) has been instrumental in new research which might see efficiency savings being made in an industry worth billions to the UK. Researchers from CLF and York University have used the ULTRA … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged catalysts, chemical, chemical catalysts, chemicalcatalysts, laser, RESEARCH, STFC, ULTRA laser
SWINDON, 15-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Children from six local primary schools visited STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire on Friday as part of World Space Week. The open event, which also coincided with Space Explorers Day, saw 150 youngsters from years … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged astrophysicist, Chris Pearson, INNOVATION, RESEARCH, science, space, STFC, World Space Week, WorldSpaceWeek
SWINDON, 15-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have welcomed the new £14million investment into the UK’s Catalysis Hub that will support a nationwide research programme. Funding is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Investment, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Catalysis Hub, engineering, funding, INNOVATION, investment, physical sciences, RESEARCH, science, STFC, UK
SWINDON, 14-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — UK researchers have identified a group of materials that could be used to make batteries that are both high-powered and fast-charging. The research could be the first step to developing a safe, super-fast charging battery. Most … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged batteries, crystalline_structure, fast_charging, lithium_ions, STFC
SWINDON, 13-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The first design project for what will soon be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – has been completed. After four and a half years, the international Telescope Manager … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Alan Bridger, astronomy, Mark Nicol, radio telescope, STFC, telescope, Telescope Manager
SWINDON, 13-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (3 August 2018), STFC’s ISIS Neutron and Muon Source celebrates ten years since the first neutrons were detected in its Second Target Station (TS2). That’s ten years of research in everything from cleft palate and … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged INNOVATION, ISIS Neutron, muon, Muon Source, neutrons, RESEARCH, Second Target Station, STFC, TS2
SWINDON, 12-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — STFC and EPSRC have launched a joint funding call with Cancer Research UK that aims to drive forward earlier detection of cancer. The new funding called ‘Early Detection Innovation Sandpit and Award’ is available to researchers, … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biopsy, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, earlier detection of cancer, EPSRC, funding, STFC
SWINDON, 14-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Advances in ocean monitoring are providing more insights about our seas and environment than ever before, from marine life, to sea temperatures, pollution and weather. However data collection can be expensive – fuel, maintenance and manpower … Read the full press release
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