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UK Researchers Apply for GM Wheat Field Trials
Nov 11, 2016Rothamsted Research has submitted an application on 3 November 2016 to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for permission to carry out GM field trials. The trials will be conducted on the Rothamsted Farm in 2017 and ...
Tags: Wheat Field, Rothamsted Research
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UK Researchers Develop Interactive Screens for Information Display on Paper Packages
Apr 12, 2016Researchers from the University of Sheffield have partnered with technology company Novalia to develop electronic screens and then attaching it to paper-based packaging to display information. The move is claimed to revolutionize the ...
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The Current Measures Used by GM and Non-GM Crops in The EU Are Practically Feasible
Mar 19, 2015The current measures being implemented to ensure coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in the EU are practically feasible, both at farm level and along the supply chain, a new study by UK researchers has revealed. The new study, conducted ...
Tags: Coexistence Measures, GM crops, non-GM crops, Agriculture
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Graphene Is Capable of Absorbing 90 % of Electromagnetic Energy Across a High Bandwidth
Feb 27, 2014What people who are increasingly demanding graphene commercialization avenues often miss is that a good portion of the research into the “wonder material” remains just figuring out what it can do. In the continuing research to ...
Tags: Graphene Films, Wireless Networks, Security
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Cardiovascular Comorbidities May Be Going Under-Recognized and Undertreated in Patients
Jan 13, 2014Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. This is despite the UK having a healthcare system that is free at the point of access, they note. "This ...
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Micro-LEDs Can Transmit Large Amounts of Data
Oct 31, 2013After Chinese researchers successfully connected four computers to the internet through the use of a LED bulb with broadband speeds of 150Mbps, UK researchers have gone a step further, saying they have achieved high data transferring speeds ...
Tags: Li-Fi Data, Lighting
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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
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UK Study Shows There Is No Link Between Phone Use and Collisions
Aug 15, 2013UK researchers have found no link between the number of American drivers making phone calls while driving, and the number of collisions on US roads. The research team examined over eight million car crashes, and all road fatalities, that ...
Tags: Car Crash
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UK Researchers Developed Intelligent Surgical Knife in Turn Enabling an Accurate Surgery
Jul 18, 2013Researchers have developed an intelligent surgical knife that can help doctors identify if a tissue being cut is of cancerous nature or not, in turn enabling an accurate surgery. The knife, created by London's Imperial College ...
Tags: UK Researchers, Surgical Knife
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Researchers Developed a New Control Material to Help Labs Identify False Positives
Jun 13, 2013A team of researchers from the Government Chemist Programme, in LGC, have developed a new control material to help labs identify false positives when monitoring imports for genetically modified (GM) rice in food products originating from ...
Tags: Control Material, GM Rice
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Researchers Are Working to Develop a Flexible Computer System
Mar 21, 2013c at the University of Lincoln are working to develop a flexible computer system that can be used to identify the defects in food products and packaging on the production line. The new multi-purpose imaging technology will be created by ...
Tags: food packaging, food, food products
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Scientists at The University of Glasgow Developed a New Prototype Plasma Technology
Feb 17, 2013Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed a new prototype plasma technology that can generate ozone to kill pathogens in packaged food, while extending the shelf life of products. The researchers, Declan Diver and Hugh Potts, ...
Tags: University of Glasgow, Scientists, prototype plasma technology
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UK Researchers's Innovations on LED Lighting
Feb 4, 2013Scientists from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland (United Kingdom) have begun to develop a new Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) technology that will use special micron-sized LED lights, such as those that could be used as part of home ...
Tags: LED lights, Light Fidelity technology, wireless communications network
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UK Researchers Found Natural Method Which Could Help Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia
Feb 1, 2013Researchers at Nottingham Trent University, UK, have identified a novel and natural method which uses 'nano-rust' particles to fortify potatoes with iron, a move which could help prevent iron deficiency anemia. Anemia affects nearly a ...
Tags: UK, potatoes, nano-rust particles
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The US Department of Energy Is Planning to Install 100+ Petaflop Supercomputers
Jan 22, 2013The US Department of Energy is planning to install 100+ petaflop supercomputers within the next four years as the famous national laboratories at Oak Ridge, Argonne and Lawrence Livermore upgrade to more powerful machines. The labs, which ...
Tags: supercomputers, powerful machines, US Department of Energy