We provide advanced electron microscopy research collaboration as a major core facility at King's. We conduct collaborative research and innovation projects in partnership with commercial partners to advance electron microscope and related support technologies. We are principally tasked with providing a highly specialist and experienced collaborative capacity able to support the electron microscopy research needs of academics at King's. We are the only electron microscopy facility at King's and...

CeLSIUS facilitates research access to the ONS Longitudinal Study ('the LS'), a secure data set based on the decennial census. It has operated in its current form since 2001 (and under the current institutional and management structure since 2012). The data were originally supported at the Social Statistics Research Unit, City University from 1982, with a support mechanism similar to the current arrangements since 1994. On this basis, we define the RII as 'long-term' in question 8 above. We...

The CLF is one of the world’s leading centres for multi-disciplinary science and innovation using lasers. It is one of the three open access UK National Facilities that works with a national and international user Community of research scientists that are operating at the forefront of their respective fields and require access to the most advanced and sophisticated laser based facilities available. Its work spans the scientific spectrum, working with the majority of UK universities, all five...

What it does The objective of CFMS is to accelerate the implementation of advanced modelling and simulation capabilities into our client organisations, taking today's technologies and making them operate more effectively and deliver more value or understanding the implications of emerging technologies on the computational infrastructure within industry such that they can be rapidly exploited. Research/Innovation goals & objectives To provide our clients with greater insight into the performance...

The Climateprediction.net program allows us to answer questions about how climate change is affecting our world now and in the future which would otherwise not be possible. We run hundreds of thousands of state-of-the-art climate models, based on the UK MetOffice HadCM3 family of models, each very slightly different from the others, but still plausibly representing the real world. This technique, known as ensemble modelling, requires an enormous amount of computing power. Climate models are...

National infrastructure systems (energy, transport, digital communications, water etc.) are undergoing a rapid change which is based upon the availability of digital data, communications, and computer power. There are opportunities to improve the efficiency, reliability and sustainability of infrastructure through better sharing and use of data, exploitation of simulation and optimization techniques, and engagement with stakeholders through visualisation. The Data Analytics Facility for National...

The Compact Linac is an innovative and highly compact electron beam and X-ray source. It has been developed to investigate the potential for small, low-energy linear accelerators to be utilised in application areas such as security, non-destructive testing and wastewater treatment. The highly characterised electron beam can be utilised horizontally, or deflected through 45 degrees for use with liquid samples. The system is housed in a fully shielded test facility with client access to a flexible...

Funded by EPSRC, MRC, and BBSRC, and delivered by STFC, CoSeC provides computational science support for scientific communities organised in Collaborative Computational Projects (CCPs) and High End Computing Consortia. The activities include: development of theory, algorithms, and software; user support and training; outreach and promotion of computational science and engineering activities; collaboration on scientific projects; porting, optimisation, and benchmarking; maintenance and...

The Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) is an ESRC Big Data initiative led by the University of Leeds and University College London with partners at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford. Established in 2014, CDRC provides a unique platform for conducting research and innovation by delivering a national data service that facilitates stakeholder access to commercial datasets. CDRC’s key objectives are to procure consumer data for social science research and the benefit of society and also...

The Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) is an ESRC Big Data initiative led by University College London with the University of Liverpool and Oxford and in partnership with the University of Leeds. Established in 2014, the CDRC provides a platform for accessing consumer data through a three-tier data service. CDRC’s key objectives are to procure and make available consumer-related data for social science research for the benefit of society and to serve as a centre of expertise in data analytics...