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Funds lacking to encourage physics |
30/01/2009 |
| Despite the importance that the government says it places on improving engineering skills and advancing science and technology, it seems there are insufficient funds to find £16,000 to pay for future British student delegations to attend the International Physics Olympiad |
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Leading lights |
29/01/2009 |
| A man made semiconductor used to make leds could cut household lighting bills by up to 75%. |
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Bone inspired hybrid foams |
28/01/2009 |
| A group of Fraunhofer Institutes is engaged in a project to develop hybrid foams, that they say, could combine the flexibility of plastics with the resilience of metal to create a material with entirely new properties. |
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So far so good |
28/01/2009 |
| A government campaign has been launched to demystify science as an ‘elitist’ subject and encourage youngsters into the industry. |
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Switches use single atoms |
26/01/2009 |
| A researcher in the Netherlands has developed switches whose mechanical contacts consist of single atoms and whose working part consists of a single molecule. |
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Gripping stuff |
21/01/2009 |
| Microgrippers, 0.1mm across, can be moved into position using a magnet, and then actuated by warming or biological fluids so they can grab a sample of cells without damaging them, prior to being removed with the cells for biopsy |
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Offshore wave power gets support |
20/01/2009 |
| The wave to compressed air technology developed by Offshore Wave Energy and IT Power has been boosted by a grant from the South West Regional Development Agancy (SWRDA) together with contributions from existing shareholders |
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Brominated flame retardants to be banned after all |
19/01/2009 |
| Following the news that we revealed on December 23rd 2008 that TBBP-A (Tetrabromobisphenol A) flame retardants that were to be banned, were not going to be banned, we are pleased to report that these substances look very likely to be banned after all |
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Cloaking research advances |
16/01/2009 |
| Researchers are one step closer to creating cloaking technology that could make objects appear invisible. |
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CV Show cancelled |
14/01/2009 |
| The organisers have cancelled this year's CV Show, slated for 28 through 30 of April at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham |
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Composite conducts current |
12/01/2009 |
| The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM) has developed a conductive plastic composite which it believes will be of benefit to aerospace and automotive manufacturers. As such, it says the composite represents the best of both worlds. |
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First orders for kinetic energy storage |
09/01/2009 |
| The Flybrid-Xtrac-Torotrak Kinetic Energy Recovery System that has been in development for the last two decades, has finally started to received commercial orders. |
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GKN takes over at Filton |
07/01/2009 |
| GKN has officially taken ownership and operational control of Airbus’ wing manufacturing facility following European regulatory approval. The Filton site, near Bristol, produces the leading and trailing edges for the A330, A340 and A380 wings.
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Swarm robots made for £24 |
07/01/2009 |
| Robots based on mobile phone vibrators can be produced at a cost of as little as £24 each for use in swarms. |
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Pendulum eases pumping of water |
06/01/2009 |
| A Serbian inventor, Veljko Milkovic, has found that by attaching a rocking beam to a hand water pump, and attaching a pendulum to the other end, it is possible to greatly increase its efficiency and ease of use |
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Brunel launches research networks |
05/01/2009 |
| Brunel University has announced that it has launched its first four Collaborative Research Networks (CRNs) on: ageing, complexity, energy and environmental sustainability, security, and human rights and the media |
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