Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Aug 12
UK Funding Cuts Threaten 2 Flagship Science Sites, Including Jodrell Bank
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Aug 12

UK Funding Cuts Threaten 2 Flagship Science Sites, Including Jodrell Bank

2 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 12

Summary

  • Jodrell Bank is not the only casualty of UK Research and Innovation cuts: scientists say Rutherford Appleton Laboratory’s pulsed-muon source is also under threat.
  • The facility is described as the world’s most intense source of pulsed muons, used to study magnetism, superconductivity and battery materials with broad scientific and industrial relevance.
  • Oxford physicist Stephen Blundell said UK researchers have led the development of these techniques, making the potential loss a blow beyond the planned closure of the Lovell telescope site.
  • The warning widens concern over the cuts from Jodrell Bank—already defended publicly as a source of national pride—to the UK’s broader research infrastructure.

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