All infrastructure articles
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NewsSTFC’s £160 million cost-cutting plan prompts concern over future access to key UK research facilities
Major facilities like the Diamond Light Source will remain open but may reduce user support and some services, while smaller national labs face significant cuts
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NewsAustralia closes one beamline at national synchrotron, with another saved
Agency backtracks on closure of one beamline but asks user community to chip in
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NewsResearchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
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NewsEU’s new research infrastructure strategy’s success threatened by fragmented funding
Europe has the infrastructure to make itself a research powerhouse but must get industry and member states on board
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News1.2GHz NMR magnet arrives at University of Warwick
New instrument is 20% more powerful than the UK’s current largest NMR spectrometer
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NewsResearch infrastructure programme delivering for UK higher education
Interim report finds scheme has supported establishment of top-tier research facilities
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BusinessRSC calls on government to address lab space shortage
Decades-long shortfall in suitable facilities has held back growth and innovation
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News£124 million national electron microscope facility to be constructed in Cheshire
State-of-the-art facility will support researchers aiming to translate chemical understanding into new materials and products
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NewsEnergy costs and supply shortages hit European research infrastructure
The Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine have impacted work across Europe’s largest research facilities
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NewsBoost for UK XFEL hopes as UKRI unveils research infrastructure plans
Funder will spend £481 million over three years to support cutting edge science including 1.2GHz NMR and Diamond synchrotron upgrade
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NewsUkrainian researchers persevering amid war
Publishing, lecturing and lab work continues for a family of chemists in Kyiv
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NewsEurope snatches laser lead from the US
The rise in high-intensity laser research in Europe has been ‘stunning, coordinated, and rapid’ over the last 20 years
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BusinessChemical companies urged to update cyber defences
Outdated technology is leaving chemical, energy and petrochemical facilities vulnerable to ransomware attacks
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NewsUK must update NMR infrastructure, research councils say
Without state-of-the-art equipment, the UK risks losing its position as a world leader in many areas of research
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NewsCroatian scientists take government to court to free €50 million of EU funds
Centres of excellence claim that assistant science minister is blocking release of funds for political purposes
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NewsArgentina’s science surge
Science budgets in Argentina have jumped 10-fold since the country’s first science minister was appointed in 2007
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NewsNew €85 million catalysis centre opens in Munich
German hub will bring together 75 interdisciplinary teams to crack toughest catalysis problems
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Australian science base eroded by budget cuts
Claims that cuts are politically motivated and short sighted as climate and environment programmes slashed
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Scientists asked how to spend UK science cash
Public consultation will determine what £7 billion of capital funding will be spent on
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London launches Europe-wide hydrogen vehicles project
The city will get a hydrogen fuel station, and new fuel cell powered cars will be market-ready by 2015