Optare, a UK-based bus manufacturer, has launched a new double decker bus, MetroDecker, at Transport Museum in London. The new double decker bus is said to have a low unladen weight of about 9.8t, achieved with a combination of ...
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The Government has announced the latest regions to be included in the 2014-2020 Assisted Areas Map that will be eligible to bid for additional funding and benefits through such as Regional Growth Fund. The new Assisted Areas Map is ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
John Lewis Partnership plc published its annual report for 2014 today. Gross sales for John Lewis totalled £4.1b (+7.5%), with revenue of £3.3b (+7.4%) and an operating profit £226.1m (+4.3%). The online channel ...
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Researchers at Georgia State University, the University of Leeds and China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a way to use standard semiconductors to detect light over a much broader range of wavelengths, potentially opening up ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The Student Industrial Tour 2014 of the Furniture Company took place in early April, giving 34 Foundation, BA and MA students, of varying ages and drawn from many different colleges and universities, the chance to visit a number of our ...
New Balance announced the signing of their latest Team New Balance triathlete, reigning ITU World Champion Non Stanford. Together with fellow Team New Balance triathlete Lukas Verzbicas, they represent two of the top triathletes in the ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Sport brand
A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2°C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with reduced yields from the 2030s onwards. Professor Andy Challinor, from the School of ...
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John Lewis' gross sales have grown strongly throughout the past year, increasing by 7.5% in total and passing the £4b mark for the first time, and total like-for-like sales grew by 6.4%. Operating profit before restructuring costs was ...
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Pregnant women who drank more than two weekly units of alcohol were twice as likely to give birth to a small or premature baby, researchers in Britain say. Professor Janet Cade of the University of Leeds' School of Science and Food ...
The evolution of the first animals may have oxygenated the earth's oceans – contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development. New research led by the University of Exeter contests the long held ...
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The UK’s University of Leeds has fabricated what is claimed to be the world’s most powerful terahertz (THz) laser chip, exceeding 1 Watt output power from a quantum cascade laser (QCL) (Lianhe Li et al, ‘Terahertz quantum ...
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Volcanoes spewing Sun-reflecting particles into the atmosphere have partly offset the effects of Man's carbon emissions over a 15-year period that has become a global-warming battleground, researchers said Sunday. A so-called hiatus in ...
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University of Leeds researchers have taken the lead in the race to build the world's most powerful terahertz laser chip. A paper in the Institution of Engineering and Technology's (IET) journal Electronics Letters reports that the Leeds ...
When it comes to home improvement, people do not like to make any savings or compromises. Everyone has a wish to have a comfortable and calm house where they can live with their family without any worries. People employ various facilities ...
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Last November, the Telegraph reported that England will become the first country in the world to mandate computer programming in primary and secondary schools. This is set to happen this year. During my college days, I worked on a project ...
Tags: Does Technology, Volumetric Efficiency, pen-and-paper process