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Some of The Fastest-Moving Tides in The World Could Meet Half of Scotland's Power Needs
Jan 21, 2014Some of the fastest-moving tides in the world could meet half of Scotland's power needs. A new study finds that an island channel called the Pentland Firth has the potential to realistically generate 1.9 gigawatts of power—nearly ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Exposing Skin to Sunlight May Help to Thus Cut The Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Jan 20, 2014Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure and thus cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests. Research carried out at the Universities of Southampton ...
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New Findings Could Aid Our Understanding of Health Disorders, Including Cancer
Jan 15, 2014New findings on how the cells in our bodies are able to renew themselves could aid our understanding of health disorders, including cancer. Scientists have explained a key part of the process of cell division, by which cells are able to ...
Tags: cells, renew, health disorders, cell division, organs functioning
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University of Edinburgh Offers Free Online Equine Nutrition Course Through Coursera.org
Jan 14, 2014The University of Edinburgh is offering a free online equine nutrition course through coursera.org. The five-week long course, which will begin in late January, will be instructed by Jo-Anne Murray, PhD, PgDip, PgCert, BSc(Hons), BHSII, ...
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First Lego League Competition Arrived at Birmingham Yesterday
Jan 9, 2014National technology competition sees students build and test a robot through different missions The First LEGO League competition arrived at Birmingham yesterday, as the latest regional event of the technology competition took place at ...
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OLEDs Could Lead to Faster Links Between The Internet and Mobile Devices
Jan 7, 2014Getting better control of the light emitted from organic LEDs (OLEDs) could lead to faster links between the Internet and mobile devices, according to a Scottish researcher. Anyone who's tried to use the Wi-Fi on a crowded airplane or a ...
Tags: OLEDs, Li-Fi, radio frequency bandwidth, WiFi
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Climate Change Has Not Been Strongly Influenced by Variations in Heat From The Sun
Dec 30, 2013Climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun, a new scientific study shows. The findings overturn a widely held scientific view that lengthy periods of warm and cold weather in the past might have ...
Tags: climate change, solar activity, periodic changes in climate
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Speaking More Than One Language Tends to Slow Memory Loss by as Much as Five Years
Nov 12, 2013For people who develop dementia, speaking more than one language tends to slow memory loss by as much as five years, compared to those who speak one language. Thomas Bak, of the University of Edinburgh and colleagues at the Nizam's ...
Tags: Alzheimer, second language, memory loss
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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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Scottish Ministers Have Issued a Tender for The Provision of It Staff in Scotland
Oct 15, 2013Scottish ministers have issued a tender for the provision of IT staff for public sector organisations in Scotland. The tender, found on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), states that the framework agreement is available ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Abbott Has Unveiled Preliminary Results of High Sensitive Troponin-I (hsTnI) Test
Sep 5, 2013Abbott has unveiled preliminary results from a study that is being carried out by the University of Edinburgh researchers on the company’s Architect Stat High Sensitive Troponin-I (hsTnI) test, at ESC (European Society of Cardiology) ...
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GCHQ Has Launched a Institute to Investigate New Ways of Automatically Analysing Software
Mar 22, 2013The government's spy agency, GCHQ, has launched an Academic Research Institute to investigate new ways of automatically analysing software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats. It is the second institute focused on cyber security ...
Tags: GCHQ, economy, Cyber Research
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The Opening Day of PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013 Will Finish with a Keynote Address
Mar 18, 2013UK - The opening day of PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013 will finish with a keynote address from Harald Haas, Professor of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the World Technology Network. Professor Harold Haas is ...
Tags: optical wireless, spatial modulation, LEDs
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Medical Brain Cooling System Is Being Tested in Phase One Clinical Trial
Mar 7, 2013Swedish medical device company Dignitana's subsidiary Brain Cool has announced that its medical brain cooling system is being tested in a Phase One clinical trial at the University of Edinburgh. The Brain Cool system, which uses a ...
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Experts Claimed Human Disorders Are Instigated by The Food Instead of Plastic Wrapping
Feb 27, 2013The results were based on a study on more than 30,000 people. It found that the general population’s exposure to the chemical was too low to have any toxic effects. Experts have claimed that range of human disorders including ...