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' ...
An EU-funded research project has created a system for higher broadband speeds that could be able to connect to many different devices in the home. Researchers on the HOME Gigabit Access (OMEGA) project have managed to develop a network ...
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OBERTSHAUSEN, Germany — December 5, 2012 — Carbon fibre heavy tows (CFHT) are opening up more and more applications for textile reinforcing materials in the building sector. Carbon fibre heavy tows consist of 50,000 individual ...
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Professor Martin Dawson of the University of Strathclyde leads LED research Tiny LEDs are being developed by academics to deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications As well as lighting buildings and outdoor spaces, LEDs are being used ...
HP announced last week that it plans to use its recently unveiled SDN controller to distribute its TippingPoint intrusion prevention system across networks. This will help to overcome the scale limitations of dedicated appliances, the firm ...
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Nanomedicine company MagForce has commenced a research project with the University of Bremen, Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology, for the development of magnetic iron oxide particles. The collaboration, which ...
Should the appearance of an insulated facade reflect its function? Those involved in the research project on EWIS modulation say ´yes´! At BAU 2013, the World´s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems, in ...
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LEDs are getting more than a cursory glance from retailers with some big-name chains opting to fit them in their stores. Angeline Albert asks some major retailers if they are now ready to fully embrace the technology. Much has been ...
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Hewlett-Packard plans to use its recently announced SDN controller to distribute its TippingPoint intrusion prevention system across networks, overcoming the scale limitations of dedicated appliances. The research project, called ...
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Australian businesses estimate the carbon tax has increased their energy costs by an average of 14.5 per cent, industry research has found. An Australian Industry Group analysis of the first six months of the carbon tax and its impact on ...
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Versalis, owned by Italian energy group Eni, said Monday it has teamed up with US-based Yulex for a biorubber production project in Europe. The project will cover the entire manufacturing chain from crop science to biorubber ...
The federal government will launching a new $40 million-a-year research project to try and make the digital economy the key driver of the nation's wealth in post-mining boom Australia. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and the ...
The hotel sector, health care system and food industry generate huge amounts of linen every day which is becoming increasingly expensive to treat and care for due rising energy costs. Therefore manufacturers of commercial washing machines ...
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Qlucore, a leader in the development of bioinformatics software, has announced an agency agreement with Novo Newton Scientific Ltd, covering Qlucore's Omics Explorer software in Ireland, Spain, Italy and South Africa. The company, which ...
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University of East Anglia scientists have undertaken an £800,000 research project to artificially replicate photosynthesis - the process by which plants transform sunlight into energy to help them grow. The energy created will be ...
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