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Small-scale Wind Energy: Policy insights and practical guidance 

£10 million investment in research and development of new materials technologies to help meet energy challenges 

back Thursday 7 August 2008 12:58 Technology Strategy Board (National) £10 million investment in research and development of new materials technologies ... to help meet energy challenges * Technology Strategy Board and Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council to invest in sixteen innovative research...   [More...] [Less...]

Poisoning the poor - electronic waste in Ghana 

Do you know what happens to your old telly once it conks out and you chuck it away? Well, it gets dumped onto developing countries in Asia and Africa as ... 'second hand goods' where unprotected workers (often kids) dismantle computers and TVs in search of metals that can be sold. The remaining plastic,...   [More...] [Less...]

‘Small’ research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics 

A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result ... in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment. The material – xGnP Exfoliated Graphite NanoPlatelets...   [More...] [Less...]

Buoyant H1 growth for semiconductor industry 

First half semiconductor industry rankings from IC Insights show a buoyant semiconductor industry with the top 20 companies growing by an average of 10 ... per cent compared to H107, even while some of the memory guys like Hynix (down 23 per cent), Toshiba (1 per cent growth) and Micron (0 per cent growth)...   [More...] [Less...]

Large Hadron Collider nearly ready 

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin ... its first particle beam tests. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is preparing for its first small tests in early August, leading...   [More...] [Less...]

NEC Announces World's First Single-Chip LSI for Blu-ray Disc Players 

NEC Electronics announced that it had developed the world's first single-chip LSI to integrate the main functions of Blu-ray Disc players. Sample shipments ... of the new LSI, named EMMATM 3PF, will begin in September 2008. The EMMATM 3PF has the following features. 1. All of the main functions required...   [More...] [Less...]

Giant kites to tap power of the high wind 

Link to this video A traditional childhood pastime could provide a breakthrough in renewable energy, after successful experiments in flying a giant kite ... at one of Europe's top research centres. Scientists from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands harnessed energy from the wind by flying...   [More...] [Less...]

DIGEST OF UNITED KINGDOM ENERGY STATISTICS 2008 

International comparative performance of the UK research base