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Collaborators apply intelligence to create smart telescopes

March 12, 2026
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Britain’s Hartree Centre facility has teamed with one of Africa’s leading astronomical institutions to develop an ‘intelligent observatory’ programme featuring smart, automated telescopes. The Hartree, which specialises in AI, high...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Environment
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NMRC site provides first ‘terrestrial anchor’ for UK space manufacturing

March 4, 2026
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Work has finished on what will be the UK’s first in-space manufacturing hub, the new National Microgravity Research Centre (NMRC) based in South Wales.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Policy
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UK built detector components arrive in US for flagship neutrino experiment

March 4, 2026
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Four ‘building-sized’ components which will play an essential role in the UK contribution to an ambitious international physics project have been shipped to the United States from the Daresbury Laboratory.
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Energy, Environment, Particle Physics, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Plasma breakthrough transforms Space from lab to factory

January 5, 2026
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British aerospace firm Space Forge is claiming a world first after producing a vital semiconductor ingredient on a commercial spacecraft.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Physics
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Space scientist Aderin-Pocock to present bicentenary Ri Christmas Lectures

March 17, 2025
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Space scientist and broadcaster Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will present this year’s Royal Institution (Ri) Christmas Lectures – marking the event’s 200th anniversary.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Physics, Policy
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UK space sector growth promises benefits for lab R&D

December 1, 2024
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Lab innovation has helped enable the UK space sector’s expansion rate to outstrip the wider economy, as technological advances drive growth and investment.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Nanotech, Policy, Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics
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Bacteria point the way for sustainable space power

November 18, 2024
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An international research project involving scientists from Heriot-Watt University has found inspiration from some of Earth’s simplest life forms, in order to harness solar energy for space travel.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Environment
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Universities launch programme to boost UK space sector graduate opportunities

September 22, 2024
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Three south of England-based universities have launched a project to provide hands-on industry experience and training for students seeking careers in the expanding UK space industry.
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Environment, Materials
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UKSA £7.4 mill funds UK universities’ role in global space race

February 19, 2024
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UK Space Agency funding will enable university based scientists to be involved in a raft international missions to the Moon, Mars and Venus.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Molecular Biology, Policy
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Turing helps connect swimming sperm with zebra stripes

October 15, 2023
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What is the connection between swimming sperm and the spots on a leopard or the stripes on a zebra? A common mathematical basis say two Bristol University engineers.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Biology, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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