STFC’s world-leading Central Laser Facility (CLF) has been instrumental in new research which might see efficiency savings being made in an industry worth billions to the UK.

Researchers at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have welcomed the new £14million investment into the UK’s Catalysis Hub that will support a nationwide research programme.

Children from six local primary schools visited STFC’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire on Friday as part of World Space Week.

Research carried out at the UK’s neutron and muon beam research facility could help to make the process of making plastic more environmentally friendly.

STFC RAL Space is contributing to a unique project that will advance the provision of cleaner and cost-effective geothermal energy across Europe and the World with reduced emissions of carbon and sulphur.

Summer may be long gone, but an eminent solar physicist will be bringing the sun to Swindon later this month in a free public lecture.

One of the UK’s leading space science facilities is launching a children’s art competition as part of World Space Week.

STFC is helping to fund a project which is giving astronauts the chance to use a new handheld scanner to monitor their muscle wastage during space missions, and lessons learnt from this could offer new healthcare solutions back on Earth.