Tessella and Physics World are holding a free webinar on the current state of scientific research software. In the 60 years since the invention of the digital computer, millions of lines of code have been developed to support scientific research. Although an increasingly important part of almost all research projects, most research software is barely [...]

Air Marshal Sir Peter Norriss to provide guidance to R&D technology and consulting company’s defence business Oxford, UK | 4 February 2010. Tessella, the information technology and consulting services company selected by R&D, science and engineering leaders for business-critical assignments is pleased to announce the appointment of Air Marshal Sir Peter Norriss as its Military [...]

A new executive agency will be created to take the UK’s recession-busting space and satellite sector into a new space age, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said today. more…

Stephen Mounsey finds out about the computing power behind some of the world’s most ambitious scientific projects…read more

The balmy south of France has always been a magnet for sun worshippers. So it is perhaps fitting that here, not far from the Côte d’Azur, an international team of researchers is building a machine to recreate the sun…read more

The first images from the Herschel Space Observatory have demonstrated the high resolution that will be obtained. Herschel was launched on 14 May, and is currently nearing the end of its commissioning phase. The images shown below, of the M74 spiral galaxy, show the first test astronomical observations of Herschel’s Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver [...]

Tessella proudly sponsored the IAEA technical meeting which took place at the Centre des Congrès, in Aix en Provence, France.  Richard Layne of Tessella will spoke on behalf of UKAEA, about ‘The JET Intershot Analysis: Current Infrastructure and Future Plans’.

Congratulations ESA for the successful launch of Herschel and Planck.  To find out more information on Tessella’s involvement in the project click here

As reported in Physics World (October 2008) Tessella is providing software services to the next-generation ITER fusion reactor being built in France.  Richard Layne, Tessellas’ Fusion Project Manager explains how the company is building on its extensive experience supporting fusion research at the Joint European Torus.