Young intern success for Kirsty

Kirsty Brocklehurst, from Lancaster Girl’s Grammer School, was named winner of the Young Researchers Scheme at the University of Central Lancashire for her intern work at the University over the summer. She was awareded this honour at the intern poster exhibition, where interns presented the results from their summer research Read More …

UCLan Research to Protect Astronauts

Researchers from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have developed a method of tracking solar flare radiation that can be used to warn International Space Station astronauts if harmful radiation is heading their way Solar flares eject large amounts of particle radiation into interplanetary space. This can disrupt satellite technology Read More …

European Success: Galactic Archaeology Extreme Computing Initiative Awarded 6 Million Hours of High Performance Computing Time

Brad Gibson (UCLan), Gareth Few (Exeter), Daisuke Kawata (MSSL), and Chiaki Kobayashi (Hertfordshire) have been awarded a remarkable 6 million core hours of Tier 1 High Performance Computing time as part of PRACE‘s Extreme Computing Initiative. Their project (GalChem: Galactic Chemodynamics in the Era of Gaia) will allow the generation Read More …