Polymers are promising tools for gene therapy
New methods are being developed to cure illnesses with the aid of gene therapy. Polymer technology provides new and versatile possibilities for administering gene doses. "Polymers are used to pack the gene to be transferred into particles of the size of a ten thousandth of a millimetre. These polymers effectively transport the transferable... view more... (2002-04-24)
Space technology keeps Nuna II ahead of the pack
The Nuon Solar Team look set to beat their own world record for driving a sun-powered car across Australia in the World Solar Challenge. At the end of day 3 Nuna II, despite two flat tires, finished half an hour ahead of its closest competitors. Nuna II, raced by the Nuon Solar Team, and aided by ESA space technology, reached Cadney Homestead,... view more... (2003-10-21)
Kingston University Launches Courses To Counter Technology Skills' Shortage
Kingston University today launched a cutting-edge training programme set to combat the skills' shortage in information technology. The New Technology Institute at Kingston University (NTI) is being set up to provide training to support companies in the region that are increasingly relying on the latest computer technologies, such as the internet,... view more... (2003-07-07)
Adjuvantix announces follow on finance to undertake influenza vaccination initiative
Adjuvantix Limited, the Sheffield based vaccine adjuvant company, today announced the completion of a further investment from the White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund (WRTSF), bringing its total funding to £400,000. This funding will allow Adjuvantix to extend its work on the development of its proprietary adjuvant systems to influenza... view more... (2003-06-09)
Rolls-Royce To Open First Swedish University Technology Centre
Rolls-Royce plc announced today that it is to open its first University Technology Centre (UTC) outside of the UK. The new centre at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be first to focus on the company`s growing Marine business and will be devoted to research into hydrodynamics. Scandinavia is the headquarters of the... view more... (2002-02-20)
GM Foods: The Splice of Life?
Many hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe have eaten, knowingly or unknowingly, foods that have been genetically modified (GM) or contained ingredients from genetically modified sources with no reports of illness resulting from such consumption. Nevertheless, from a European perspective, GM technology applied to food is not trusted... view more... (2000-02-08)
OSGi Communication Platform now in Automation
OSGi solutions (Open Gateway Services Initiative) are known as intelligent gateways within the areas of telecommunication, home networking and the automotive industry. Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS now offers this standardized platform technology for control tasks in the field of automation technology. view more (2004-03-05)
From Green Luddite to Techspressive: The ideology of consumer technology
When people line up to buy a new iPhone, what is it that they are really buying? A fascinating new paper in the April issue of the Journal of Consumer Research outlines the four main ideologies governing our consumption of technology, revealing that conceptions of technological use introduced hundreds of years ago still influence our adoption of... view more... (2008-03-18)
NESTA awards show wealth of UK innovators
A new device that could reduce the environmental impact from oil-spill disasters, an online psychology service, a more sophisticated sister for the most intelligent robot in the world and the world's first 3D film of the aurora borealis, are among the projects unveiled today by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts).... view more... (2002-11-19)
Space technology for McLaren at the British Grand Prix
At the British Grand Prix next weekend, the McLaren team will have a special boost from space technology: their mechanics` suits will feature a cooling system, specially developed from the astronauts` suits by the Technology Transfer Programme of the European Space Agency. The McLaren mechanics` suits are the unique product of a team grouping... view more... (2002-07-05)
New technology developed at Barrow Neurological Institute enhances MRI capabilities
Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix have developed a new method that allows technicians to obtain clearer Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans with less sensitivity to patient motion. view more (2006-01-05)
New approach removes sulfur from military-grade fuel; Syngas powers the process
The military needs to get the sulfur out of its fuel, in order to use the fuel to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use in the field. view more (2006-03-29)
University of Leicester First for New Technology
A research team at the University of Leicester has won funding for projects examining 60,000 gene interactions simultaneously. Announcing two awards Professor Joe Lunec, Head of the Division of Chemical Pathology, said that an award of £300,000 from the Food Standards Agency will establish a gene microarray facility at the University making... view more... (2000-08-04)
Pursuing the future of personal genomics
Giving Nobel Laureate James Watson his personal genome was just the beginning. In a future that promises similar information to much of the population, ethicists, scientists and physicians are only beginning to understand and consider the possibilities. view more (2007-09-21)
A Colorful Approach to Solar Energy
Revisiting a once-abandoned technique, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully created a sophisticated, yet affordable, method to turn ordinary glass into a high-tech solar concentrator. view more (2008-07-11)
Karlstad University and Ericsson in new global collaboration
At the same time as the Third World is expected to be the next huge market for western IT giants, it is also becoming more and more evident that information technology can help ameliorate the situation for the poorest of the poor. If it is adapted to their needs. Efficient communication has long been seen as a fundamental source of change and... view more... (2003-02-28)
From Darwin to Adelaide, the length of Australia, 3010 kilometres, without fuel!
On 19 October 30 cars will be jostling for position at the start of the 7th World Solar Challenge in Darwin, Australia. After winning in 2001 with Nuna I, the Nuon Solar Team, from the Netherlands, will be bidding to retain their title. The strong team of twelve from Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam are determined... view more... (2003-10-17)
3D Circuits - Changing The Shape Of Things To Come
A 3-D framework of copper interconnection patterns is constructed and then plated in a cheap metal foil. The framework is then placed in the mould cavity of an injection moulding machine and molten thermoplastic resin is forced into the cavity against the plated pattern. After cooling, the foil is chemically removed from the moulding, revealing... view more... (1999-09-29)
Lords Call For Evidence On New Computer Technologies
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has invited evidence for its new Inquiry into innovations in microprocessing. Lord Wade of Chorlton, chairman of the Sub-Committee undertaking the Inquiry, said: "There are few aspects of manufacturing, business or leisure untouched by computers in one way or another. We have come to rely on... view more... (2002-02-12)
Berners-Lee Wins Inaugural Millennium Technology Prize
World Wide Web Inventor Receives One Million Euros Prize from Finnish Technology Award Foundation World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee was today named recipient of the first-ever Millennium Technology Prize. The honour, which is accompanied by one million euros, is bestowed by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation as international... view more... (2004-04-15)
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