More North-West Science under threat from STFC
Friday, March 7th, 2008An article on Jodrell Bank in the Independent
Archive for March, 2008
An article on Jodrell Bank in the Independent
International Scientists call for stability in ILC funding
Friday, March 7th, 2008ICFA statement calling for stability in ILC funding.
Four pieces in Research Fortnight
Friday, March 7th, 2008STFC science board bears brunt of lost confidence , Council accused of mixed messages over Daresbury , Wakeham panel to invite submissions from physicists and Goals must balance curiosity in Research Fortnight (Links courtesy Astronomy Campaign)
World-leading telescopes face being shut down to save £2.5m - Times
Friday, March 7th, 2008Jodrell Bank also under threat. Also op-ed piece:Turning a blind eye to a magic kingdom of marvellous things.
Deadline looms for science cuts - BBC
Thursday, March 6th, 2008Deadline looms for science cuts - BBC
IUS Select Committee transcript released
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Transcript from third IUS committee session held on 27 Feb 08 released
Guardian - FoI request reveals STFC asked for an extra £87.4m for bombing the moon!
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008In this story Astronomers see stars it is revealed that STFC asked for £87.4m for space science, its largest single bid out of a total of £151m requested for additional research over three years. The director of the John Adams Institute, Prof. Ken Peach says he is "surprised at the ...
BBC pick up story on groundbreaking cancer research at Daresbury
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Nanomagnets 'could target cancer'. Demonstration of a cool idea whereby bacteria are made to produce tiny magnets. They could be guided to the site of a tumour magnetically and activated. Work done in collaboration with Edinburgh University and ILL, Grenoble.
New anti-cancer therapy developed using SRS Daresbury Laboratory
Monday, March 3rd, 2008New anti-cancer therapy developed using SRS Daresbury Laboratory