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TRIBUTES have been paid after the patron of one of Northumberland’s most popular tourist attractions died at the age of 93. Sir Arnold Wolfendale was a legendary British astronomer who was known locally as the patron of Kielder Observatory. He also served as Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995, and was the Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University. Throughout a long career, he was also the president of the European Physical Society from 1999-2001 and the President of the Royal...

 E-Mail LMU researchers Nicole Bolleyer, Ralf Jungmann, Jan Lipfert, Martin Saxer, Philipp Stockhammer and Ronny Vollandt have been awarded Consolidator Grants in the latest evaluation of research proposals submitted to the ERC. Bolleyer, Jungmann, Saxer and Stockhammer have now received two ERC grants each. The awards are worth up to 2 million euros over the course of 5 years. The ERCs Consolidator Grants are intended to enable highly qualified academics to further extend their innovative res...