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All rights reserved. webmaster@stfc.ac.uk Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:42:32 GMT Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:42:32 GMT Sleipnir v2 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.stfc.ac.uk/images/logo144.jpg http://www.stfc.ac.uk 144 36 A new world record has been achieved at the Large Hadron Collider just after 5.20am CET today (19 March 2010) after scientists successfully circulated two 3.5 TeV proton beams for the very first time. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/LHCacceleratesto35TeV.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/LHCacceleratesto35TeV.aspx Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:42:00 GMT Breakthrough for babies born with severe cleft palates after experiments at ISIS. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/Cleftpalatbreakthrough.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/Cleftpalatbreakthrough.aspx Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:42:00 GMT A working replica of MIRI - the pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - has just been shipped from the STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, bringing the Webb telescope one small step closer to embarking on its journey into space where it will produce the sharpest images yet of the farthest depths of the cosmos http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/JWSTMIRI.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/JWSTMIRI.aspx Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:26:00 GMT New ground-breaking thermal images obtained with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/JupitersStorm.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/JupitersStorm.aspx Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GMT Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through the coldest regions of our Galaxy are revealed in new images, released today (17th March), from ESA's Planck satellite. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/Planck.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/Planck.aspx Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:23:00 GMT Outline proposals are invited from within STFC research community which can provide a solution to one of the many challenges associated with the Medical Sector. Closing date is 27th April 2010. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/KE/FOpp/Medical.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/KE/FOpp/Medical.aspx Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:30:00 GMT Some of the UK's leaders in space technology gathered this week to demonstrate how cutting edge technologies originally developed for space activities are successfully transferred to terrestrial applications, having a wide range of benefits for both society and industry http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/SpaceTech2010.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/SpaceTech2010.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:18:00 GMT Prof Brian Cox - 'Exploring the Universe - from Voyager to the Large Hadron Collider' - the next in the STFC Talking Science series at the County Ground, Swindon on Thursday 18 March 2010, 6.00pm http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PandS/Events/Swindon/Contents.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PandS/Events/Swindon/Contents.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:41:00 GMT In December 2009, the Science and Technology Facilities Council announced that as part of its science prioritisation, the United Kingdom Infra Red Telescope, UKIRT, in Hawaii would be subject to a managed withdrawal http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Stats/Rev/UKIRTUpdate0310.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Stats/Rev/UKIRTUpdate0310.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:48:00 GMT A-level students visiting the STFC's Cheshire and Oxfordshire laboratories next week (15-19 March 2010) will join nearly 6000 other students from 23 countries across the world taking part in annual Particle Physics Masterclasses this month http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/PPM2010.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/PPM2010.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:17:31 GMT Due to the normal rotation of membership, a number of vacancies have arisen for outstanding individuals to become members of STFC's Committees and Panels. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Strat/Council/AdCom/CallforNoms2010.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About/Strat/Council/AdCom/CallforNoms2010.aspx Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:17:00 GMT Scientists from across the STFC are heading to Manchester to take part in the largest science fair in the UK for students, the Big Bang Fair at Manchester Central, 11th - 13th March 2010 http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/BigBangFair.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/BigBangFair.aspx Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:07:00 GMT Science Minister Lord Drayson has today (4 March 2010) spelled out new arrangements for the STFC designed to ensure that it can plan with greater predictability and provide its community with more stability. These will include better management of pressures arising from international subscriptions (such as CERN), and longer-term planning and budgeting for large domestic facilities (such as Diamond). These two measures will address the two main sources of uncertainty STFC faces. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/STFCMinisterialReview.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/STFCMinisterialReview.aspx Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT The European Southern Observatory has outlined the next steps in finalising a site for the European Extremely Large Telescope. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/ESOEELT.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/ESOEELT.aspx Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:25:00 GMT UK manufacturer and IT solutions provider Viglen has been selected to provide part of the required processing power for analysing the conditions that existed a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/ViglenCerncontract.aspx http://www.stfc.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/STFC/ViglenCerncontract.aspx Thu, 4 Mar 2010 10:01:07 GMT