Welsh Achievements - in science, technology and engineering (PDF
Welsh Achievements - in science, technology and engineering (PDF
Welsh Achievements - in science, technology and engineering (PDF
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DnA-based <strong>technology</strong><br />
for detect<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong><br />
identify<strong>in</strong>g pollution<br />
affect<strong>in</strong>g our waterways<br />
<strong>and</strong> beaches has been<br />
pioneered by Ystrad<br />
Mynach based<br />
EnviroGene Ltd.<br />
• <strong>Welsh</strong> scientists are mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
a major contribution to the<br />
fight aga<strong>in</strong>st climate change<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Sir John Houghton<br />
who was jo<strong>in</strong>tly awarded the<br />
nobel Peace Prize <strong>in</strong> 2007.<br />
• The application of<br />
computers to weather<br />
forecast<strong>in</strong>g was <strong>in</strong>troduced<br />
by Sir oliver Sutton<br />
of Cwmcarn dur<strong>in</strong>g his<br />
term as Director of the<br />
Meteorological office from<br />
1953 – 1965.<br />
• The st<strong>and</strong>ards for contam<strong>in</strong>ated l<strong>and</strong> reclamation were<br />
set by the Lower Swansea Valley Report published <strong>in</strong> 1966<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g the successful programme that reclaimed 450<br />
hectares of l<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Aberdare born Dr Lyn Evans is the project leader<br />
of the most significant attempt be<strong>in</strong>g made so far<br />
to unravel the mysteries of the universe, by the<br />
European nuclear Research organisation (CERn)<br />
<strong>in</strong> Geneva us<strong>in</strong>g the Large Hadron Collider.
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