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The Government is investing the millions in the Harwell science campus near Didcot. The money will help scientists to search for dark matter, test satellites before launch and support work on quantum interferometry projects. The investment in the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) at Harwell includes £1 million for a Strontium Source Laboratory to allow work on cold-atom sensors and instruments. This will support work on quantum projects recently described as a future priority infras...

New Polymer Captures Ammonia Preventing Air Pollution Image Credit: Heloisa Bordallo, The Niels Bohr Institute A newly developed polymer could trap ammonia, preventing it from polluting the atmosphere, thus improving human health considerably.  Ammonia is a toxic gas that is a major source of air pollution that can harm human health. The compound of nitrogen and hydrogen is a byproduct of both agriculture and industry, and even though it is harmful enough alone  —  causing damage to eyes...

Credit: CERN UK scientists have been awarded funding to develop a robust, low-cost ventilator to help patients in low and middle-income countries suffering from severe respiratory problems due to Covid-19. Mechanical ventilation is a small but important part of the management of pandemic virus infections which affect the lungs, including SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and influenza. Ventilators are typically expensive to purchase and maintain, and need considerable training to use. Most a...

Image: The High Energy Ventilator, which the HPLV prototype will be based on. Credit: CERN Physicists at the University of Liverpool are part of a team of UK scientists awarded £760k funding from UKRI to develop a robust, low-cost ventilator known as the HPLV (High Performance Low Cost Ventilator). This is focussed on  helping patients in low and middle-income countries suffering from severe respiratory problems due to Covid-19 Mechanical ventilation is a small but important part of the manag...