The STFC was formed as a new research council in April 2007 through a merger of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PParc).

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The STFC was formed as a new research council on 1 April 2007 through a merger of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PParc).

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On Monday, Mr Darling published a Cliffe birdstrike report commissioned by the Central Science Laboratory and the British Trust for Ornithology.

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The Central Teaching Laboratories (CTL) includes a radiation laboratory, mechanics laboratory and an optics and electronics laboratory.

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Two or three of them would be selected to analyse the samples, together with a set of controls, which would be prepared by the OPCW Central Laboratory, to ensure the quality and dependability of the results.

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As a mobile laboratory, Curiosity will focus first on Gale Crater's 14, 700-foot-high central peak.

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