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OXIS Energy to develop proof-of-concept advanced, lightweight lithium sulfur cells
OXIS Energy and Bye Aerospace launch phase 1 of a collaboration programme to develop ‘proof-of-concept’ of the OXIS Energy Lithium-Sulfur battery cell. The OXIS Energy Lithium-Sulfur battery cell technology offers significant benefits to aviation and as a result, it is collaborating with Bye Aerospace of Denver, Colorado to produce a common Li-S advanced battery cell ...
Culham Science Centre unveils new facility to support driverless car technology
Culham Science Centre announces the completion of a new £5.8 million facility, built to support the development of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) a sector estimated to be worth £907bn by 2035. The CAV facility named ‘Pit Lane’ due to its resemblance of a Formula 1 garage, has been developed at Culham Science Centre by ...
Record Breaking Cyclists at Culham Science Centre
On the day that Oxfordshire hosted the OVO Energy Women’s Tour professional cycle race, 200 cyclists representing 22 companies based at Culham Science Centre braved the British weather to rack-up 2,500 miles for Bike to Work Day (Wednesday 12 June 2019) an annual event organised by the centre to encourage sustainable travel in support of ...
Lapd Architects Involved with Grand Designs: The Street
lapd Architects (a company based at Culham Science Centre) are involved with the self-build development Graven Hill, as seen on Grand Designs: The Street. You may have caught the new Grand Designs show ‘The Street’ on Channel 4 that follows the first ten self-builders to build their dream homes at Graven Hill. Graven Hill is ...
Philip Hammond – Chancellor of the Exchequer – Visits Culham Science Centre
Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, visited the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Science Centre – to see up close their ground-breaking research in fusion energy – a transformative, abundant, clean and safe new source of electricity for future decades. After first visiting the site’s largest tenant, Reaction Engines Ltd., the ...
Future of JET Secured with New European Contract
Image supplied by EUROfusion A contract extension for the world’s largest fusion research facility, Joint European Torus, has been signed by the UK and the European Commission The contract extension will secure at least €100m in additional inward investment from the EU over the next two years. The news brings reassurance for the more than ...
Oxfordshire Advances Skills Career Event on 7 February 2019
Thursday, 7 February, Culham’s apprentice training centre OAS is holding a recruitment event in the E3 Foyer. The event will launch the start of the 2019 recruitment campaign for engineering and technology apprenticeships. Exhibiting at the event will be many of Oxfordshire’s top engineering companies who have already endorsed the OAS and who are seeking apprentices ...
Santa Run 2018
Multiple Santas from across the site neglected a traditional sleigh and instead ran or jogged a route which started and finished on Farm Way. Around 50 employees from UKAEA as well as tenant companies completed the course to raise money for The Oxford Foodbank. Reaching the finish line in first place in was Nicolas Fil ...
New OAS Training Facility Advancing at Culham Science Centre
Construction of the new Oxfordshire Advanced Skills (OAS) apprentice training facility is advancing rapidly with structural steelwork and the roof of the 3,800 square metre training workshops already up. The new building will be able to accommodate up to 350 apprentices, with industry-standard equipment covering a wide range of engineering and technology disciplines. Steve Hall ...
