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Blog: Making UKERC’s Research Data Available: How Did We Do?
Read Catherine Jones' blog on the UKERC website, reviewing the progress The Energy Data Centre has made tackling research data accessibility.
Papers: Studies on Shape Coexistence
Atomic nuclei can take different shapes, such as spherical, oblate (like a pumpkin), prolate (like a watermelon) or pear-shaped.
Video: Experiences as an Apprentice at STFC
Listen to Dan, a Mechanical Design Apprentice in our Projects and Mechanical Engineering team at Daresbury Laboratory, talk through his experiences as an apprentice at STFC.
Case Study: New market-ready X-ray camera developed for colour imaging
Read the Government Office for Technology Transfer's (GOTT) case study on the development of the HEXITEC-MHz camera system.
Video: Watch our AM team print hundreds of 3D STFC fish
Watch the video to see our Additive Manufacturing team, busy preparing for last summer's Harwell Open Week, print hundreds of 3D STFC fish.
Paper: The Dutch Apollo 11 Goodwill display contains genuine Moon rocks
Discover how our HEXITEC detector helped to authenticate Moon samples gifted to the Netherlands by former US President Richard Nixon.
Article: Designing resilient targets for high-energy particle accelerators
Read Fermilab's article to learn more about our contributions to LBNF DUNE.
STFC’s Energy Data Centre receives £700k funding as a part of £11 million investment in energy research
The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has announced it has been awarded £11 million in funding for its operation between 2024 and 2029, demonstrating an important investment in UK energy research.
Supporting XLZD project to host world-leading dark matter experiment
The Technology Department will provide vital engineering expertise to the XLZD project to demonstrate that STFC can host the world's most advanced dark matter detector at Boulby Underground Laboratory.
Committing to Continuous Improvement
In 2024, STFC's Daresbury Laboratory launched 26 Yellow-belt Lean Six Sigma projects, with five spearheaded by Technology Department staff.
Video: Showcasing STFC's inspirational 'Pioneers of Tomorrow'
To celebrate the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, STFC's Business & Innovation team showcased their 'Pioneers of Tomorrow.'
Video: Listen to Alexandra discuss Business Development at Technology
Listen to Alexandra, our Business Development Manager, discuss our department's business development activities - including our cutting-edge X-Ray Irradiation Facility.
Presentation: TPM Novel Sensor
TPM, or Time Pixel Multiplexing, is a novel sensor designed in collaboration between STFC, Cordin Scientific, the University of Oxford, and the University of Nottingham, for very-high-speed imaging with variable frame depth.
Predicting the future of UK wind energy
How hard could it be to accurately predict the future of UK wind energy in the next 40 years?
Paper: Characterisation of Redlen HF-CdZnTe at > 10^6 ph s^-1 mm^-2 using HEXITECMHz
Read our paper, authored in collaboration with Diamond Light Source, on the characterisation of high-flux-capable CZT using the HEXITEC MHz detector.
Video: Life at STFC with Laura Gibbs
Listen to Laura, a Graduate Cryogenics Engineer in Technology, discuss her 'Life at STFC.'
Video: Life at STFC with Annabel Procter
Listen to Annabel, a Mechanical Engineering Technician in Technology, discuss her 'Life at STFC.'
Video: Life at STFC with Dr Matt Veale
Listen to Matt, Principal Detector Development Scientist in Technology, discuss his 'Life at STFC.'
Video: Life as a Software Engineering Apprentice at STFC
Follow Mika, a newly graduated software engineering apprentice from Technology, through their day at STFC.
Video: Learn more about BTMs and their key role at the European Spallation Source
Watch our video to discover how Beam Transport Modules (BTMs) made at Daresbury Laboratory help to contain, focus and direct proton beams at the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden.
Looking back: Technology's support of ALPHA-g
Winding back the clock to the summer of 2018, our department was working on the cryostat and beamline for CERN's ALPHA-g experiment.
Videos: The Institute of Physics interviews TD's Dr Matthew Veale
Listen to Matt, a member of our Detector Development Group, discuss membership, professional registration, CPhys and more with the Institute of Physics.
MALTA3: the little detector chip built to handle big data
Paper: Hybrid energy and angle dispersive X-ray diffraction computed tomography
Papers: Read more about cutting-edge HEXITEC technology
Over the last decade, HEXITEC (or High Energy X-ray Imaging Technology) has been developed by STFC’s Technology Department.
Video: Engineering of a Crab Cavity Cryomodule
Watch Nik's IET technician training talk and learn about how crab cavity cryomodules are engineered for CERN's Hi-Lumi LHC project.