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Chemical Lift-off of Full-Wafer Gallium Nitride with Zinc Oxide Interlayer
Aug 10, 2016Researchers based in UK, France, Australia and the USA have developed a chemical epitaxial lift-off (ELO) technique for full 2-inch-diameter gallium nitride (GaN) grown on sapphire and free-standing substrates [Akhil Rajan et al, J. Phys. ...
Tags: GaN, HVPE, free-standing wafers
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Imperial College London Wins GaN Systems Geoff Haynes Future Power Challenge
Jul 12, 2016At a ceremony at the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) National Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference 2016 in Nottingham, UK, a post-graduate team from Imperial College London received the £2000 ...
Tags: GaN Systems, power conversion
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10 UK Universities That Attract The Most Chinese Students
Oct 28, 2015The UK remains one of Chinese students' top three destinations for studying abroad, and the growing number going there in recent years has not gone unnoticed. In January, the UK's Higher Education Statistics Authority said more first-year ...
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University of Nottingham Opened a New Laboratory for Testing Materials for 3D Printing
Jun 19, 2015University of Nottingham's Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group (3DPRG) has opened a new laboratory for testing materials for 3D Printing and finding ways for application in daily lives. Floating a consulting firm Added ...
Tags: 3D Printing, 3D printing materials
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China's Engineering Sector Is Booming
Feb 4, 2015China is emerging as an engineering powerhouse and has great potential to produce top-notch engineering solutions that will make significant impact globally, said Lord John Browne, Chairman of the Trustees of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for ...
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The University of Nottingham Unveiled New Molecular Beam Epitaxy Machine
Jan 20, 2015The University of Nottingham unveiled its new Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) machine, capable of reaching the high temperatures required to grow grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of ...
Tags: Large-Area Graphene Sheets, crystal lattice, Electrical
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The Game Involves Players Answering Questions and Completing Tasks
Mar 1, 2014As well as giving gamers the chance to enter an online world as a double agent and infiltrate a corrupt government, new online alternate-reality game Apocalypse of MoP also uncovers players' perceptions of provenance and how this affects ...
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Detailed Structural and Functional 'maps' Are to Be Developed by Scientists
Feb 26, 2014Detailed structural and functional 'maps' of the human kidney made using advanced scanning technology are to be developed by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The research, funded with -107,623 from the Dr Hadwen Trust, a ...
Tags: Kidney Disease, GFR, vitamin D, kidney healthy
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Scientist Discovered a Natural Mechanism in Plants That Could Stimulate Their Growth
Jan 14, 2014Scientists led by experts at Durham University have discovered a natural mechanism in plants that could stimulate their growth even under stress and potentially lead to better crop yields. Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop ...
Tags: plants, better crop yields, plants growth, stimulate, Gibberellin
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A Condition That Causes Serious Inconvenience and Discomfort to Sufferers
Jan 10, 2014Scientists at The University of Nottingham are leading the world in exploiting MRI technology to assist in the treatment and diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes serious inconvenience and discomfort to ...
Tags: MRI technology, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, University of Nottingham
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a Group of University Students Are Enjoying a Specially Designed Fruit Smoothie
Jan 8, 2014A group of university students are enjoying a specially designed fruit smoothie a day to discover whether it can improve their appearance and make them feel healthier. Their efforts are part of a study to assess what effect a carotenoid ...
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NIHR HTA Is Being Co-Ordinated From The Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit
Jan 7, 2014Three hundred children are being recruited for a clinical trial to establish whether or not specialist silk clothing really does help in the treatment of eczema. The £1m CLOTHES trial — Clothing for the relief of Eczema ...
Tags: clinical trial, silk clothing, eczema, Kim Thomas
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New Insights May Lead to New Non-drug Treatments for The Disorder,a New Study Suggests
Dec 23, 2013New insight into what causes the uncontrolled movement and noises (tics) in people with Tourette syndrome may lead to new non-drug treatments for the disorder, a new study suggests. These tics appear to be caused by defective wiring in ...
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A Biological 3-D Printer Can Be Used to "Custom Print" a Replacement Body Part
Nov 8, 2013A biological 3-D printer can be used to "custom print" a replacement body part, according to University of Nottingham research recently recounted in Forbes. A patient's own cells, for example, can be used to print replacement material for ...
Tags: 3-D printer, Packaging, Printing
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GSK Has Reached an Agreement with FAPESP
Oct 29, 2013UK-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has reached an agreement with Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), the Brazilian funding agency for scientific research, to establish a new center of excellence ...
Tags: Sustainable Chemistry, Medicine