Sentences with word «megascience»
«This groundbreaking and the massive underground excavation that will soon follow is a clear signal to the global science community that the U.S. is moving forward with its ambitious plan to host a global megascience project centered on elucidating the properties of neutrinos as a centerpiece of its high - energy physics program for the next two decades or more,» says David MacFarlane from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
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It will develop research policies involving all relevant stakeholders from science and policy with respect to the European Union and the Russian Federation and it will establish an effective exchange platform of findings and results within each respective Russian megascience project.
When a multibillion - dollar physics experiment is canceled, it's tempting to look for lessons that can be applied to future megascience projects.
Cremlin will enhance science cooperation between the six Russian megascience facilities and the European RI counterparts, including e-infrastructure and big data.
He also hopes that the bottom - up process the megascience center followed will set a precedent that will help future science projects avoid clashes.
To resolve the impasse, the megascience center had an international panel weigh the two alternatives.
In early 2016, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), responsible for funding large domestic projects, gave the megascience center approval to develop plans for what is now being called the Large Optical / Infrared Telescope (LOT), to be sited in western China.
In an unusual step, the megascience center set up meetings, working groups, and a science advisory committee to solicit input from the wider astronomical community — «a first for Chinese astronomy,» says Johannes Andersen, an astronomer at the University of Copenhagen.
With the panel's recommendation in hand, the megascience center board decided on 19 May to proceed with the HUST design.
But some astronomers are confident CAS will leave the matter in the hands of the megascience team.