Archive for April, 2008

Almighty Pod to hold a million - The Sun

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

A breakthrough in technology could see the memory capacity of devices such as the iPod increase by 150,000 times - work done by Daresbury Lab and Glasgow University. Covered in The Sun, The Telegraph and BBC News.

The driving force behind the effort to halt cuts to physics - Times Higher

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

The Times Higher has an interview with Mark Lancaster - spokesperson of the particle physics campaign.

Paul Crowther and Keith Mason articles - BBC News

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Pair of BBC news articles addressing the crisis by... Paul Crowther - spokesperson for the astronomy campaign and Keith Mason - STFC Chief Executive.

BBC Newsnight - Black Hole in Funding

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Tonight on BBC2, Newsnight has an article about the crisis. The accompanying online article is here and has interviews with Brian Cox and Swapan Chattopadhyay.

Extension for Science Park - Manchester Evening News

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

In this Manchester Evening News article, the £25M new building for the campus is juxtaposed against the redundancies and threat of closure of the Laboratory

‘Alice’ loss would ‘waste £25m’ - BBC News

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Susan Smith, Graham Clark and Lee Jones of Prospect are all quoted in this excellent BBC Science News website article about ALICE. The article covers the Science Minister's visit to Daresbury.

Minister’s announcement of £25m laboratory expansion – fails to calm fears - Liverpool Daily Post

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Minister’s announcement of £25m laboratory expansion – and hope for 1,000 jobs – fails to calm fears.

Parliamentary Debate on Daresbury

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Mike Hall (Lab - Weaver Vale) initiated a debate in Parliament. Watch it here (1:30 into the stream). The transcript is here.