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Driverless Car Trial Set to Go Live on UK Roads in 2019

Apr 25, 2017

Driverless cars are set to hit UK roads in 2019 after a consortium of British companies unveiled plans to test the vehicles between London and Oxford. Driven, led by driverless software group Oxbotica, received a £8.6 million grant ...

Tags: Driverless Car, autonomous vehicle

Clays Renews Pod Solution with Investment in Ricoh's Digital Book Printing

Nov 30, 2016

Leading European book printer Clays is the first major industry player in Europe to sign up for Ricoh’s latest print on demand book production solution. This implementation of Ricoh’s new Digital Book Printing Solution, first ...

Tags: Digital Book Printing, Printing

Self-Driving Car Tested for First Time in UK

Oct 13, 2016

A self-driving vehicle has been tested in public for the first time in the UK. The demonstration in Milton Keynes was coordinated by the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) and marked the completion of the LUTZ Pathfinder project, which has ...

Tags: self-driving vehicle, TSC, test

Perovskite Solar Cells to See Commercialization in 2019-2021

Apr 15, 2016

Hailed as the next generation of photovoltaic material, it is hoped that perovskite solar cells will drive adoption in new applications. While there are challenges to be overcome, perovskites offer several new opportunities for partnerships ...

Tags: Thin-film PV

New Research Shows Cooking with Vegetable Oil Releases Cancer-Causing Chemical

Nov 11, 2015

A study by researchers at De Montfort University in Leicester found that cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic chemicals which are linked to cancer and other diseases. The scientists recommend food to be fried in olive oil, ...

Tags: Cooking, Vegetable Oil, olive oil, coconut oil

Iconic Board Games Found The Works of Shakespeare

Apr 2, 2015

References to Boggle, Cards Against Humanity and even Hungry, Hungry Hippos all discovered in some of The Bard's most popular work. Popular industry gaming evening, Board Game Club is to change its name in honour of new research that ...

Tags: Shakespeare, HungryHungry Hippos, Toys

UK Government Has Commenced a Trial of Self Driving Cars in Bristol

Feb 13, 2015

The UK Government has commenced a trial of self driving cars in Bristol and Greenwich and it will be tested on the public roads of Milton Keynes and Coventry. The testing comes after a UK Government review, which allowed the automakers ...

Tags: Driverless Cars, Auto Parts

An Apple a Day Really Does Keep The Doctor Away, Research Shows

Feb 27, 2014

February 17, 2014 Sophie Langley An apple a day really does keep the doctor away, research shows Prescribing an apple a day to all adults aged 50 and over would prevent or delay around 8,500 vascular deaths such as heart attacks and ...

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The Discovery of Seven New Regions of DNA Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Feb 26, 2014

The discovery of seven new regions of DNA linked to type 2 diabetes could lead to new ways of thinking about diabetes and new treatments for the disease, researchers suggest. The findings were among the results of the largest study to ...

Tags: genetic effects, compiled genetic information, biology of the disease

A UK-Based Company Is Developing Solar-Cell Technology

Feb 20, 2014

A UK-based company is developing solar-cell technology that could help advance the market for integrating solar energy-harvesting glass into commercial buildings. Oxford Photovoltaics (PV) -- co-founded by Oxford University physicist ...

Tags: Solar Research, Energy-Harvesting Glass

It Would Seem That When Graphene and Perskovite Are a Winning Combination in Photovoltaics

Jan 22, 2014

When it comes to graphene and photovoltaics, for the most part it's only been a story about replacing the indium tin oxide (ITO) used as the transparent electrodes of organic solar cells. But last year Spanish researchers in collaboration ...

Tags: Graphene, Perskovite, organic solar cells, Electrical, Electronics

Flies Living with Their Brothers Cause Less Harm to Females

Jan 22, 2014

Flies living with their brothers cause less harm to females during courting than those living with unrelated flies, say Oxford University scientists. The study, published this week in Nature, found that unrelated male flies compete more ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Oxford Instruments Is Offering an Upgrade Option for Its ALD Equipment

Jan 21, 2014

Oxford Instruments is offering an upgrade option for its ALD equipment to apply a bias voltage to the substrate, adding further control of the energy at the wafer surface in order to tune the properties of the deposited film. While scaling ...

Tags: Lights, Lighting, LED

Researchers Said Friday They May Have Discovered Remains of King Alfred The Great

Jan 20, 2014

Researchers said Friday they may have discovered remains of King Alfred the Great, the 9th-century royal remembered for protecting England from the Vikings and educating a largely illiterate nation. The University of Winchester said in a ...

Tags: King Alfred's Pelvis, Health&Medicine News

Those at Higher Risk for Type 2 Diabetes May Reduce Their Risk of Heart Attack

Dec 23, 2013

A British researcher says an international team found those at higher risk for type 2 diabetes may reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke by walking. Dr. Thomas Yates of the University of Leicester and colleagues at Duke University ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

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