March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
... weather is now considered a major national risk in a growing number of countries including the Netherlands, Sweden and the US. In the UK it has been included in the National Risk Register since 2012, and is subject of ongoing work, across government...
November 2018
Connecting and collaborating for innovation
... sectors, making it an ideal location for stimulating such interactions. These organisations include the Diamond synchrotron, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (with its ISIS neutron spallation source, RAL Space and a host of other capabilities...
April 2025
Life in the Sun’s atmosphere - the looming threat of solar storms
... goes wrong.” Despite our increasing dependence on digital infrastructure, the world remains underprepared for a Carrington-scale event Ian McCrea of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory added: “We have to ensure our mitigation strategies address not...
June 2015
Lunar Mission One: crowdfunding endeavour and drilling on the Moon
... study that was undertaken in 2012 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Harwell forecast a mission cost of $750 million, and we expect the public engagement element of the project to cost a similar amount over the 10 year period between now and...
