Posted in Medical Materials - Raw Materials by Chris Newmarker on November 26, 2013 Engineers concerned about global health think there’s room for improvement when it comes to condoms. They want to create condoms that more people ...
The UK's capacity in power electronics has received an £18m boost from the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with the opening of the first EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics. As ...
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The UK's University of Manchester has used band engineering on indium phosphide (InP) to create indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors (pHEMTs) with reduced gate current leakage and high breakdown ...
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The University of Salford is to conduct theoretical work on third-generation solar cells, which aim to use to semiconductor nanostructures to significantly increase the electricity produced by sunlight – from about 10% efficiency to ...
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The government's spy agency, GCHQ, has launched an Academic Research Institute to investigate new ways of automatically analysing software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats. It is the second institute focused on cyber security ...
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A £1.75m grant to fund textiles research at the University of Leeds will help to create new healthcare products which will benefit millions of people. The grant from the Clothworkers' Foundation has funded new research ...
Domainex Ltd, specialists in drug discovery solutions and translational research support, has announced that it is launching its Discovery STAR Award to support academic groups at the early stages of drug discovery. Domainex’s STAR ...
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Following six years of R&D, Raytheon has opened a silicon carbide fab in Glenrothes Scotland which will offer foundry services as well as its own line of high-temperature ICs. Its SiC process has been developed on-site, with Government ...
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A device developed by engineers at The University of Manchester and EPL Composite Solutions Ltd. promises to dramatically increase the capacity of the United Kingdom’s electricity network, while enabling rapid increases in renewable ...
Researchers are aiming to develop a new class of materials with remarkable properties using one atom-thick substances such as graphene in a new collaborative project. The proposal, which will involve researchers from the Universities of ...
Raspberry Pi interface board PiFace will be shipping to the public in the next few weeks. The board adds eight output and eight inputs to Raspberry Pi, as well as various LEDs, switches, and a couple of relays. Most ...
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IT professionals and teachers have expressed concerns over the government’s decision to remove ICT from the school curriculum for two years while a new computer science curriculum is devised. During the Reviewing the ICT Curriculum ...
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BP is to establish a $100 million international research center known as the BP International Centre for Advanced Materials, or BP-ICAM. This center will lead research aimed at advancing the fundamental understanding and use of materials ...
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Experts, including fashion designers, retailers and university professors, have requested the Government of UK to promote textile and apparel production in Britain. Speaking at a conference titled 'A New Dawn: Rebuilding UK Textile ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)has published a data protection code of practice on managing the risks related to anonymisation. It explains the issues surrounding the anonymisation of personal data and its disclosure,along with ...
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