Registration is now open for the 39th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), a technical gathering for PV scientists, engineers and stakeholders. The 2013 event will take place ...
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Scientists at Imperial College London are set to receive over £4.5 million of public funding to investigate how the 'super material' graphene can drive improvements in high-tech industries, such as aerospace design and medical ...
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The LED lighting industry is continuing to adapt at a rapid rate with more and more individuals becoming aware of the energy and monetary savings that can be made from installing such ceiling spotlights in the home. An increasing number ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 1/16/2013 4:02:05 PM U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and university cooperators have developed a biodegradable plastic that could be used in disposable food ...
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The Jamaican government has announced the discovery of an abundance of rare earth minerals in its soil by a team of Japanese scientists. AP reports that Philip Paulwell, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, has informed ...
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UK charity Action for Children has chosen cloud provider Rackspace to tackle its big data challenges and scale up its IT infrastructure on demand. SAS launches academy to tackle demand for "52,000 a year" big data specialists Analysis: ...
A new cancer research and treatment facility is aiming to improve outcomes for thousands of people with cancer in the UK. The integrated laboratory is the first of its kind in Britain and Ireland and is based at Queen's University ...
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UK physicists are among the recipients of two $3M special prizes awarded by the Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation. One of the prizes has been awarded to Professor Stephen Hawking (University of Cambridge) for his discovery of Hawking ...
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LED light bulbs are increasingly being used by people all over the world as they are an energy-efficient way of illuminating the home. However, a company in Cambridge claims to have found a new way of cutting heat even further in LED ...
In collaboration with Imperial College London in the UK and MicroLink Devices Inc of Niles, IL, USA, researchers in the US Naval Research Laboratory’s Electronics Technology and Science have proposed a novel triple-junction solar ...
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 ...
Swansea University has welcomed the news that it will receive over half a million pounds from the UK government to take forward its innovative research, collaboration and entrepreneurship programme. The funding, which comes from the ...
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DNA from cervical screening samples could be used to identify ovarian and womb cancers, a study has suggested. The Press Association has reported that scientists from John Hopkins Medical Institutes extended the screening programme's DNA ...
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The night time twinkling of fireflies has inspired scientists to modify an LED light bulb so that it is more than one and a half times as efficient as the original. Researchers from Belgium, France and Canada carried out extensive ...
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Photuris firefly scales Researchers from Belgium, France and Canada have drawn inspiration from nature by mimicking the design of the bioluminescent firefly, which they say can help maximise the glow on LEDs by up to 55 per cent. A ...
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