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Layered graphene sandwich feeds hunger for designer materials
September 8 2014 Sandwiching layers of graphene with hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) could produce designer materials […]
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Tags: graphene, heterostructures, hexagonal boron nitride, Lancaster University, Laurence Eaves, Layered graphene, Nature Nanotechnology, Schools of Physics and Astronomy, Sir Kostya Novoselov, The University of Manchester, white graphene
Getting connected in the digital world
August 5 2014 Whether it be checking bank balances, catching up on world news, chatting with […]
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Tags: bandwidth, Dr Christian Greiffenhagen, Dr Murray Goulden, Dr Richard Mortier, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Horizon Digital Economy Research centre, Internet, PAWS project, Public Access Wi-Fi Service, University of Loughborough, virtual private networks, volunteering
Rosetta and Nottingham’s role in the history of space exploration
August 4 2014 On Wednesday 6 August, a spacecraft will make history as it goes into […]
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Tags: Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Comet 67P, Dr Barrie Mellor, Dr Norman Logan, European Space Agency, Liquid nitrogen oxides, N2O4, NASA, Professor Clifford Addison, propellant, rocket engines, rocket fuel, Rosetta, Royal Ordnance Company, School of Chemistry, spacecraft
Bacteria resistant materials – £2m to get the ‘inside’ story
July 29 2014 Researchers who discovered a group of new materials capable of repelling bacteria have […]
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Tags: Bacteria resistant materials, Camstent Ltd, indwelling medical devices, materials science, microbiology, Nature Biotechnology, polymers, Professor Morgan Alexander, Professor Paul Williams, School of Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award
Volunteers needed for depth perception study
July 25 2014 Researchers from a joint program with The University of Nottingham and Virginia Tech […]
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Tags: Augmented Reality Graphics, depth perception, driving, Human Factor, human factors study, Jaguar Land Rover, Nadejda Doutcheva, safety, Virginia Tech, Volunteer, windscreens
Breathing new life into the yoga experience
A unique new architectural environment for people who practice yoga and meditation is planning to take […]
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Tags: Adaptive architecture, architect, architectural environment, Dr Elvira Perez-Vallejos, Dr Holger Schnädelbach, Dr Stuart Moran, EPSRC Orchid project, ExoBuilding, Horizon Digital Economy Hub, Institute of Mental Health, Mixed Reality Lab, physiological data, servomotors, yoga experience
There’s a kind of Hush surrounding quantum systems
Has a persistent noise ever kept you awake at night? Well it isn’t just you. Scientists […]
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Tags: Dr Michael Hush, noise, Physical Review Letters, Quantum systems, quantum technologies, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Queensland
Major partnership for research into graphene — the ‘wonder material’
The University of Nottingham is joining one of the largest ever European research initiatives which aims […]
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Tags: Cambridge Graphene Centre, Chalmers University of Technology, Future and Emerging Technologies, graphene, Graphene Flagship, optoelectronics, School of Physics and Astronomy