New director looks to the future of the UK’s national labs
Our podcast guest is Dave Newbold of the Science and Technology Facilities Council
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Could a different approach have saved the Superconducting Super Collider?
Michael Riordan argues that if the US had a more conservative strategy when building the SSC, the history of particle physics could have been different
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China mulls plan to build a $640m Super Tau-Charm Factory
Facility would test the Standard Model of particle physics and put the country at the forefront of precision studies
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India gives green light to gravitational-wave observatory
When built by 2030, LIGO-India will allow gravitational-wave sources to be better pinpointed and monitored
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Physicists want to build a next-generation atom interferometer at CERN
The experiment could be used to study gravitational waves as well as search for ultra-light dark-matter particles
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Astronomers braced for a revolution in fast radio burst localizations
Upgrades to several radio telescopes around the world are set to transform the detection of fast radio bursts
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How the European Spallation Source will put Europe at the forefront of neutron science
Helmut Schober on building one of the world’s most powerful neutron facilities
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If science is to thrive, we must understand its human foundations
Robert P Crease explains why science can only thrive if we understand what makes humans tick
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From ‘national treasure’ to ‘failing facilities’: NIST labs are ‘deficient’, says report
Report finds that shoddy conditions are impacting the lab’s work
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UK kicks off design work for an X-ray free-electron laser
Conceptual design review will distil the science demands into a next-generation X-ray facility
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