Oxford University has revealed it suspended use of Google Docs on 14 February following a sustained influx of phishing attacks on the network. The attacks, designed to acquire login details for university systems in order to send spam ...
The Duke of York visited the Churchill Hospital in Oxford during December to commemorate the opening of a new building that includes an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre and provides a base for many NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research ...
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A self-drive system for cars which could be sold for as little as £100 has been developed by a team at Oxford University. The Oxford RobotCar UK Project is led by Professor Paul Newmanfrom the university's department of engineering ...
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Cleantech investment specialists MTI Partners has announced the completion of a £2 million investment round in Oxford Photovoltaics Limited (OPV), an Oxford University spin-out Materials/Cleantech company commercializing solid-state ...
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UK’s Oxford University researchers have tested a new robotic technology on Nissan Leaf electric car that allows the vehicle drive itself on long routes. The move is aimed at developing everyday vehicles that can offer 'auto drive' ...
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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Some very techie words have been very popular this year. And just to prove it, the Oxford American Dictionaries announced its Word of the Year, along with a techy-flavored list of runner-ups this week. So, drum roll, please. The Word of ...
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Oxford University researchers looking for more efficient and cheaper ways to manufacture solar panels have found a possible solution in lowly base metal zinc. For as long as photovoltaic panels have been in large-scale commercial ...
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The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), GlycoMimetics (GMI), and Glycosensors and Diagnostics (G&D) have collaborated to develop a vaccine against AIDS. The project being funded by IAVI's Innovation Fund will integrate the ...
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Lighting LEDs are a route to energy efficiency that also allow creative effects that were not possible with incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. But the output spectrum, like that of fluorescent tubes, is nothing like the sunlight ...
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