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Cleaner diesels thanks to laser light
Measuring soot formation in a diesel engine is far from easy. Due to the turbulent environment in the combustion cylinder, no two combustion cycles are the same.   view more (2007-12-10)

National Showcase of Science Engineering and Technology
Researchers from University, Government and Industrial laboratories will be taking science to the heart of government in the first national showcase of science, engineering and technology, to be held at the House of Commons. On Monday 15 March, over 300 younger researchers from institutions... view more (1999-03-05)

JCB back new hi-tech learning centre
Schoolchildren are now so sophisticated in the field of design and technology that Staffordshire University, in partnership with engineering giants JCB, is to open a pioneering new centre which will give youngsters access to state-of-the-art learning technology. The Staffordshire University and... view more (2000-03-28)

An Evening of Images of Science for Tomorrow's Europe
Press invitation This evening (7th November) the Musées royaux d'Arts et d'Histoires in Brussels will be the venue for a presentation of the results of the EuroPAWS competition. Guests will be able to see excerpts of the winning TV dramas from the EuroPAWS Awards and see live renditions of... view more (2001-10-31)

IFST Honorary Fellowship conferred on Professor Arnold Bender
At the IFST Council Meeting on 6 October, Council unanimously elected Professor Arnold Bender an Honorary Fellow of the Institute. Professor Bender, a Fellow of the Institute since 1963, has for many years been recognised worldwide as a leading authority in food and nutrition, and has received many... view more (1998-10-07)

From wireless to wearable technology
Technology has moved beyond wireless and pocketable to wearable. Clothes and accessories can serve a wider range of purposes than we're currently accustomed to. Wearable technology produced by a Finnish smart clothing R&D center and its partners is selling well. The smart clothing and wearable... view more (2003-04-23)

Sir Peter Williams to be First Engineering and Technology Board Chairman
The first chairman of the UK's new Engineering and Technology Board is to be Sir Peter Williams, currently Master of St Catherine's College Oxford, Chairman of The National Museum of Science and Industry, and director of GKN plc, President of the Institute of Physics, and former Chairman of Oxford... view more (2001-11-01)

Junior award for bronze structures
The German Society of Electroplating and Surface Technology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Galvano- und Oberfl'¤chentechnik e.V., DGO,) has honoured Dipl.-Ing. Gabriele Goet with the DGO-Award 2002. The prize is awarded once a year for valuable scientific contributions in the fields of... view more (2002-11-28)

Sir Hans Krebs Prize 2002 awarded to IBA Collaborator
This year's Sir Hans Krebs Prize is going to be awarded to PD Dr. med. Dirk H. Busch, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University Munich. The prize of Euro 10,000 is awarded by the Hannoversche Lebensversicherung a. G. for the advancement of medical basic... view more (2002-12-08)

metaGen and RNAx Announce Target Validation Agreement
metaGen Pharmaceuticals and RNAx announced today the signing of a target validation agreement. Under the terms of the agreement RNAx provides metaGen with access to RNA interference validation technology (RNAi). metaGen will employ this technology to validate proprietary gene targets relevant for... view more (2003-03-25)

Taking Marconi`s Atlantic leap into the virtual zone
December 12th 2001 marks the centenary of Guglielmo Marconi's transmission of the first wireless signal across the Atlantic. Today, a hundred years later, the world of communications technology has advanced way beyond anything Marconi himself could have imagined. There are examples of... view more (2001-12-11)

Imperial College London and Singapore's Exploit Technologies strikes technology transfer business deal
Imperial College London and Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd of Singapore have signed the first international collaboration agreement on technology transfer. The agreement allows for both organisations to access information on potential licensees, strategic partners for spin-out companies, investor... view more (2002-06-12)

Familiarity Breeds Content
New technology and constant organisational changes may seem a headache but new research suggests that, given time and appropriate conditions, employees may accept change and even be happier after it than they were before. Research by Carolyn Axtell and colleagues from the ESRC Centre for... view more (2002-06-10)

Acaris announces development and licensing agreement with City Technology Limited
Cambridge, UK, 14 October 2002: Acaris Healthcare Solutions plc ("Acaris" or "the Company") today announced that it has entered into a product development and technology licensing agreement with City Technology Limited (Portsmouth, UK: "City") to develop a new range of... view more (2002-10-14)

Big differences in technological maturity in Sweden
Sweden has a large proportion of explorers, people who are eager adopt new technology. At the same time there also many who lag behind, people who are slow and unwilling to try new technology. This is shown in a national study carried out by the Service Research Center at Karlstad University. The... view more (2003-01-20)

Business says 'yes' to Engineering and Technology Board
An overwhelming response from business and industry to engage fully in the creation of the new Engineering and Technology Board was proof of the urgent and strong demand for change across the engineering and technology sector, Dr Robert Hawley, Chairman of the Engineering Council in the UK, told... view more (2001-03-14)

Alstom And Rolls-Royce Sign Long-term Technology Agreement
ALSTOM and Rolls-Royce announced today (13 February 2002) that they have signed a long-term technology agreement which will enable ALSTOM to use Rolls-Royce aero engine technology in the development of its heavy duty gas turbine product range. This agreement is in line with ALSTOM's long-term... view more (2002-02-13)

£350K Boost for University`s Diamond Technology
Heart operations could soon be safer - thanks to new diamond-like coating technology in development at the University of Ulster. A research team headed by Professor Jim McLaughlin, Dr Paul Maguire and Dr Stephen Morley of the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University have... view more (2002-02-20)

June Issue
Lasform - building aircraft parts from powder A new process for producing high-tech titanium components for the aerospace industry, using laser forming technology and powdered titanium, could help to reduce production costs for prototype parts. p.328   view more (1999-06-01)

Government's Direct Funding of Research May Threaten Academic Freedom
The Cambridge University - Massachusetts Institute of Technology project involves direct Government funding, and therefore direction of academic research for the first time in the UK. Dr Gillian Evans, Public Policy Secretary, Council for Academic Freedom and Standards, argues that this represents... view more (2000-04-10)

Devgen and Monsanto announce collaboration to discover new insect control methods
Today, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Devgen N.V. announced a research and development collaboration to develop varieties of crop plants with improved resistance against insect pests.   view more (2004-09-14)

GeneBalls: barcoding DNA
Millions of genetic tests using just one drop of blood.   view more (2004-09-10)

Progress report on Homogeneous Assay project
International medical diagnostics company Panbio Limited today announced that it has achieved some encouraging results in the development of its Homogeneous Assay Technology.   view more (2006-07-24)

Breakthrough for the computer of tomorrow?
For the first time a material now exists that is not only a semiconductor but also exhibits exploitable magnetic properties at room temperature. Researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, have taken the lead in an international race to find the technology of... view more (2003-09-25)

Lule'å University of Technology technique helps salvage DC3 shot down in 1950s
Technology developed by Susanne Rostmark, a doctoral student at Lule'å University of Technology, will be used in salvaging a Swedish DC3 that was shot down and crashed in the Baltic Sea in the 1950s. The technology involves freezing the floor sediment and then lifting chunk after chunk to the... view more (2004-02-25)

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