STFC blog and features
All blog posts ordered by publication date
21 November 2022
UK ATC instrument installed at the Very Large Telescope in Chile
To ensure ERIS was operating as anticipated I travelled to the Paranal Observatory 2,635 metres above sea level in the Atacama Desert.
11 November 2022
Transport tests for the PIP-II cryomodules
Daresbury Lab are building 3 cryomodules in collaboration with Fermilab, but how do we transport these from Daresbury all the way to Chicago?
28 October 2022
Ocean life under pressure
A chemical in deep-ocean marine organism cells may be responsible for their ability to survive high pressures by the way it helps guide the structure of water.
7 October 2022
Grimy windows can be a source of harmful pollutants
New research has shown that grimy windows can be the source of long-living air pollutants that are known to increase the risk of respiratory and heart problems.
6 October 2022
DUNE factory open for business
Bespoke factory facility created to build anode plane assemblies for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, is up and running at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory.
