Physics World Weekly Podcast
New director looks to the future of the UK’s national labs
Nov 9, 2023
Dave Newbold, Executive Director, National Laboratories Science and Technologies for the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), discusses the challenges of developing strategies for the UK's national labs and the future of particle physics, including next-generation colliders and precision experiments. Importance of collaborations and international researchers utilizing UK's scientific facilities are also discussed.
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- UK's national labs play a crucial role in facilitating UK science by hosting big research facilities, building detectors, and being the National Centre for Quantum Computing.
- The future of UK physics involves the construction of a 100-kilometer electron-positron collider to study the Higgs boson and focuses on international collaboration and the development of quantum technologies and precision experiments.
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The podcast episode features an interview with Dave Newbold, Executive Director for National Laboratories Science and Technologies at the UK's SDFC. Newbold explains that the SDFC hosts various national laboratories and facilities, including the Rutherford-Appleton Lab. These facilities play a crucial role in facilitating UK science, from hosting big research facilities and building detectors to being the National Centre for Quantum Computing. Newbold's main responsibility is to ensure that these facilities and investments contribute to delivering science and technology outcomes in line with the SDFC strategy for UK physics.
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