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Edinburgh project aims to make city global hub for astrophotonics 08 Feb 2021 Heriot-Watt and UK Astronomy Technology Centre win funding to develop city’s space capabilities. Heriot-Watt is leading a new consortium, which includes partners from the UKATC, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, and the University of Arizona. The project has received over £890,000 ($1.2 million) in funding from the UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council to pursue two main areas of research. Professor Robert Thomson, head of Heriot-Watt’s Photonic Instrumentation Group, comm...