Author: UKRI

For the first time, an imaging method has been used to investigate Iron Age bronze Iranian swords. This has revealed significant modern modifications that prove the weapons have been altered to increase their commercial value in the illicit antiquities market. Early Iron Age Iranian bladed weaponry is crucial in understanding the metalworking technologies in one […]

The projects will unlock the potential of existing heritage collections and provide access to untapped cultural assets to safeguard and grow the UK’s £29 billion heritage sector and kickstart economic growth. Additionally, new state-of-the-art facilities will drive innovations in other areas including sustainable building practices, bio-imaging, carbon-dating and materials analysis. Conserving world-renowned artwork at the […]

Over the course of 13 years, the VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) survey and its extension, the VVV eXtended survey (VVVX), observed the central regions of the Milky Way. Beginning in 2010, these surveys required 420 nights of observation to: capture approximately 200,000 images monitor over 1.5 billion celestial objects generate 500 terabytes […]

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves visited the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory on 22 September 2024, where they took a firsthand look at the groundbreaking work taking place in quantum computing. During the visit, they toured US company PsiQuantum’s state-of-the-art research and development facility, where they spoke to staff […]

On 24 September 2024, the NA62 collaboration announced the first experimental observation of the ultra-rare decay of the charged kaon into a charged pion and a neutrino-antineutrino pair. The decay had a significance of 5 sigma (the criterion used in particle physics to declare a discovery), measuring the decay rate to a 25% relative precision. […]

Generative AI Generative AI is a broad label used to describe any AI that can be used to create new content such as text, images, video, audio or code. It is a fast emerging and evolving technology that can present opportunities and bring benefits in the context of research and innovation by: facilitating creativity and […]

UK researchers working as part of an international team of scientists, on the SBND project at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) has identified its first neutrinos. This milestone marks a crucial step in the quest to uncover a potential fourth type of neutrino, a discovery that could reshape our understanding of the Universe. Global collaboration […]