The SRC carries out a very broad programme of research into:

• Planetary science
• X-ray, optical, and IR sensors
• X-ray optics and polarimeters
• Life marker experiments
• Gamma-ray instrumentation
• Thermal and fast neutron detection

In keeping with a tradition stretching back nearly five decades, we combine an understanding of the basic device physics with first rate engineering design in order to produce instruments which are competitive on the world stage. This work is supported by a number of test facilities, dedicated laboratories and computational systems:

• Bioimaging Unit
• Cryogenics Laboratory
• Planetary Laboratory
• Mission Modelling Unit
• Solid-State Laboratory
• Microchannel Plate Laboratory
• Long Beam Optics Laboratory