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