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Press Invitation: At the Cutting Edge - Technology Partnerships with PPARC
Journalists are invited to attend a showcase event on 12 February at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London, which demonstrates how UK companies can, and have, benefited from technology partnerships with PPARC`s academic community. Case study presentations will include:- * Airways and... view more (2002-02-01)

PPARC welcomes new Chief Executive
A leading space scientist has been appointed as the new Chief Executive and Deputy Chair of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council [PPARC].   view more (2005-02-10)

Europe honours UK particle physics
Particle physicists in the UK received top honours at the recent International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics in Budapest, with the award of European Physical Society (EPS) Prizes. The prestigious High-Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society for 2001 was... view more (2001-08-07)

Tour takes Physics far and wide
A lecture "Particles and the Universe" aimed at the 16-19 age range, organised by the Institute of Physics, is being given in 40 venues in Britain during the current academic year, in what is the largest schools lecture tour ever staged by the IOP. The lecture is given by Professor Peter Kalmus of... view more (1999-02-02)

Information Note: PPARC Funding for the Linear Collider
Recent articles in The Sunday Times [23 November 2003] and Research Fortnight [26 November 2003] stated that the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council [PPARC] has received £700M from government for the Linear Collider, the next generation particle physics accelerator. This statement... view more (2003-11-26)

CERN scientists predict supernova
A team of theoretical physicists working at CERN and the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel has developed a theory to account for the mysterious gamma ray bursts that come from the depths of the Universe. According to their ideas, gamma ray bursts are linked to supernovae, the cataclysmic... view more (2003-04-15)

European Masterclasses on Physics: research centres opened for 3000 high school students
On occasion of the World Year Physics, the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics is participating from March 7th to 19th in the Physics European Masterclasses. An Epog (European Particle-Physics Outreach Group) initiative that opens high school students the doors of the fascinating world of... view more (2005-03-04)

Why matter matters in the universe
A new physics discovery explores why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe.   view more (2008-03-31)

PPARC Media Invite - Fighting Cancer with Physics
PPARC Kite Club Event The Future of Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy 28th April 2005 10.30 am - 5.00 pm (registration from 9.45 am) Institute of Physics, Portland Place, London   view more (2005-04-19)

New particles get a mass boost
A sophisticated, new analysis has revealed that the next frontier in particle physics is farther away than once thought. New forms of matter not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics are most likely twice as massive as theorists had previously calculated, according to a just-published... view more (2007-10-02)

Awards for Talented Promoters of Physics
Do you know someone or a group of people who can communicate the excitement and relevance of physics to all kinds ofaudiences? If so, the Institute of Physics would like youto help us to reward their talents by nominating them fora prestigious Institute of Physics Public Awareness of Physics Award... view more (2000-04-13)

UK AND SWEDISH SCHOOLS WORK TOGETHER AT CERN
From 15-20 March, sixth-formers from a London school will find out just what it is like to work with people from another country in an international laboratory. Students from Cranford Community School in London and the Skarholmen Gymnasium in Stockholm will be working together on projects at CERN,... view more (1999-03-12)

From Physics to Physicians
The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) and the UK Health Departments have signed a concordat to formally recognise and explore the potential for collaboration in technological areas of common interest. The Concordat, signed by Professor Ian Halliday, Chief Executive of PPARC... view more (2002-05-22)

Professor Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer Appointed as New Research Director
On its meeting on October 1, 2004, the Administrative Council of the Helmholtz center DESY appointed Professor Dr Rolf-Dieter Heuer as the new research director for high-energy physics. He takes over from Professor Dr Robert Klanner, who decided after his five-year term of office to dedicate... view more (2004-10-04)

Tony Blair opens new centre for physics research
The Prime Minister Tony Blair opened The Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics at the University of Durham today [Friday 18th October 2002]. The multi-million pound science complex will create a world-leading centre of excellence in fundamental physics, combining research into the building blocks of... view more (2002-10-18)

Research Fortnight 30 January issue: stories on HEFCE RAE funding, cancer research, DfID and particle physics
HEFCE plans cuts for mid-range departments Academics were surprised last week to learn that the Higher Education Funding Council for England has gone back on its decision to fund all departments rated 3 in the recent Research Assessment Exercise. The funding council has also indicated that... view more (2002-01-30)

Particle Physicists Look to the Future
The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council has this week approved a £21 million programme of Accelerator Research and Development for future facilities in particle physics, including a Linear Collider and a possible Neutrino Factory. This will develop the UK academic base in these... view more (2004-03-03)

Media Invite - From Research to Industry - PPARC`s North West Industry Workshop
PPARC`s North West Industry Workshop Thursday 20th June - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington   view more (2002-06-12)

Powering the UK Knowledge-based economy
Important changes to the way UK research and training into particle physics and astronomy are supported were announced by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council today (Wednesday 16 December 1998).   view more (1998-12-16)

CERN to host EnviroInfo 2004
Geneva, 6 October 2004. On 21-23 October 2004, following a proposal from the administration of the Canton of Geneva, CERN will host the EnviroInfo 2004 Conference as part of the programme of events celebrating the Organization's 50th anniversary.   view more (2004-10-06)

Particle Physics And Astronomy Research Council Chief Executive Welcomes Public Expenditure Survey Allocations
The Public Expenditure Survey allocations for PPARC were announced today, Wednesday 15 January 1997. They are: All figures in £ million 1997/98        1998/99        1999/00... view more (1997-01-15)

Press Invitation: Mysteries of the universe could be answered in the UK
The UK could lead the way in particle physics research if plans go ahead to site a facility in the UK that will help unravel some of the mysteries of the Big Bang.   view more (2002-06-27)

e-Science, fundamental physics and the GRID
Research into e-Science reached a milestone in the UK today [Thursday 25 April] when Gordon Brown, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, opened The National e-Science Centre in Scotland. The centre, run jointly by the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, will provide a focal point for the UK`s... view more (2002-04-25)

U-M physicists' analysis leads to discovery of new particle
University of Michigan physicists played a leading role in the discovery of a new particle, the Omega b baryon, which is an exotic relative of the proton.   view more (2008-09-11)

Time reversal in the real world
If time went backwards life would look like a video recording played in reverse - or would it? New findings demonstrate that this common assumption may not hold true. Experiments showing for the first time that time is not symmetrical are explained today by Dr John Fry from the University of... view more (2000-09-04)
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