Science and Engineering Research Council

body (SERC) Formerly the largest of the five research

councils funded by the British Government through the Office

of Science and Technology. SERC funded higher education

research in science and engineering, including computing and

was responsible for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near

Oxford; the Daresbury Laboratory, near Warrington; the Royal

Greenwich Observatory at Cambridge and the Royal Observatory,

Edinburgh.

In April 1994 SERC was split into the Engineering and Physical

Sciences Research Council and the Particle Physics and

Astronomy Research Council. SERC's remote sensing efforts

have been transferred to the Natural Environment RC and its

biotechnology efforts merged with the Agriculture and Food RC

to make the new Biotechnology and Biological Sciences RC. The

two major SERC laboratories - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

and Daresbury Laboratory are now independent.

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(1994-12-15)