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Inside the cleanroom at LCN. Credit: O. Usher (UCL MAPS)

Inside the clean room

The London Centre for Nanotechnology is a joint research institute of UCL and Imperial College London. In its main base, on the UCL campus, LCN carries out research into materials at the smallest of scales. Combining areas as varied as electronics design, chemistry and life sciences, LCN's hi-tech labs are a hive of cross-disciplinary study – and are the only facilities of their type in a city centre anywhere in the world. More...

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Chemistry research needs vocal industry support

In an article published in Royal Society of Chemistry News today, Prof Richard Catlow (Executive Dean of UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences) outlines why chemical research needs to be recognised by industry. More...

UCL physicists recognised in Institute of Physics awards

Two UCL physicists have been recognised by the Institute of Physics today. More...

MAPS academics commended for teaching quality

Three academics from the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences have been recognised for their outstanding teaching in the annual Provost's Teaching Awards. More...

Sunjammer team to present latest solar sail technology

Sunjammer, scheduled for launch in late 2014, is a NASA space probe that will carry the largest solar sail ever flown. The mission is designed to demonstrate the long-term potential of solar sails for spacecraft propulsion. In addition, Sunjammer will demonstrate the utility of sails to provide the earliest available warning of dangerous solar storms threatening Earth, and carry a payload of scientific instruments to study space weather. More...

TEDxCERN simulcast at UCL

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