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The National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF), the first of its kind in the UK that will help more complex spacecraft get ready for launch, continues to take shape at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Space site in Oxfordshire. More than 900 tonnes of steel framework and 3000mᶟ of concrete completed the main structure of the £105 million test centre last October. Construction partners Mace have since installed the suspension system for the vibration facility; this will test satellites and payloads up to 7000 kg to ensure that they can withstand the bumpy ride into space. Work is also being carried out on an Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) chamber – an area free from electromagnetic background noise, where spacecraft electronics can be checked and tested.
14th January 2021 9:31 am
A project launched at the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM) aims to enable the use of additive manufacturing in highly regulated industries.
Funded by UK Research and Innovation through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the ‘Daedalus’ NCAM project based at the Manufacturing Technology Centre will be led by Bristol-based HiETA Technologies. Joined by Coventry-based Arrowsmith Engineering and global enterprise software business ValueChain Enterprises, the project hopes to make the UK ‘the go-to place for forward-thinking manufacturing’.
David Brackett, NCAM group technology manager and senior engineer on the Daedalus project, told
The Engineer: “Additive manufacturing unlocks greater design freedom by reducing dependence on a tool, such as a cutting tool in the case of machining which limits physical access to the material you want to remove, or a mould tool which requires provision of removability from this tool and a
A UNIVERSITY is set to work on a £10m research project exploring new ways to diagnose lung cancer. The Universities of both Southampton and Leeds have come together with healthcare, diagnostics and informatics companies to test the best way of detecting cancers at a stage when they can still be cured, linking to the NHS England Targeted Lung Health Checks programme. The project, called iDx-LUNG, is part of the Government’s Early Diagnosis Mission to diagnose three-quarters of cancers at an early stage by 2028. Work is able to proceed thanks to approximately £3.5m worth of funding from UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), part of a total investment of £10 million in the programme overall.
Major Research At Southampton To Detect Lung Cancer Earlier
Southampton University and Leeds University have collaborated with major companies to find a way of detecting lung cancers at an early enough stage to cure them.
Companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Oncimmune, Inivata, BC Platforms, and others are working with the universities after £3.5m worth of funding was made available from the UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, which will help the government’s Early Diagnosis Mission.
The Early Diagnosis Mission is an ambition to diagnose three-quarters of cancers at an early stage by 2028.
Professor Peter Johnson, Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Southampton, who is leading the project, told the University: