The Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) laboratory is a new infrastructure for environmental science, funded through a £3.9 million award from the Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF).

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Professor Tony Fallick, Director of SUERC, will be available for interview on 01355 223332 after 4.30pm on Tuesday 3 September.

First published: 3 September 2002