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Cabling solution reduces wind farm costs
The 66kV cable system from Prysmian Group has been type tested in accordance with CIGRE and IEC test protocols, as part of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme.
Are drone collision risks being exaggerated?
Despite recent reports of near misses involving drones and commercial aircraft, a new study from the George Mason University, based in Virginia, has claimed that the risk of a collision causing damage to an aircraft is minimal.
Drones are speeding-up HIV diagnosis
At a time when unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons – from high profile crashes to the devices being employed as a tool for terrorists – the emerging technology has been in need of a good news story. This has emerged from Malawi as the west African country is employing a custom made UAV to deliver HIV test results – significantly reducing waiting times and ensuring people r...
Cheaper microbial fuel cells turn urine into electricity
A new kind of fuel cell that can turn urine into electricity could revolutionise the way we produce bioenergy, particularly in developing countries. The research, published in Electrochimica Acta, describes a new design of microbial fuel cell that's smaller, cheaper and more powerful than traditional ones. The world's supply of fossil fuels is being depleted, and there is increasing pressure to develop new renewable sources of energy. Bioenergy i...
Recognising excellence and achievement in chemical engineering
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has published its medal and prize winners for 2015. Eighteen professionals have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the profession, in both research and industry.
IoT-connected bike lock enables real time monitoring
Utilising Dutch KPN’s LORA technology, Mobilock is the world’s first bike lock which is connected to the IoT. The bike sharing system uses a smartphone app to open the lock and can now monitor and localise all its bikes in real time, where-ever and whenever they are, without using GPS.
Windows could soon work as transparent solar panels
Merck, the German science and technology company, will collaborate with BIPV producer Polysolar, and innovation center CPI for a project in the UK. The Power Generating & Energy Saving Windows project aims to enable windows of the future to generate their own solar power as well as provide greater thermal control. The project addresses the construction industry’s need for so-called zero carbon buildings by developing a transparent BIPV ...
Cleanroom open in search towards the ultimate IC technologys
World-leading nanoelectronics research center imec has announced the opening of its 300mm cleanroom. With this 4000m2 new facility, imec’s state-of-the-art semiconductor research cleanrooms now totals 12,000m2, one of the most advanced research facilities in the world dedicated to scaling IC technology beyond 7nm.
Core-shell nanostructures helps production of fuel gases
Researchers at the University of Georgia have created a nanostructure that could provide a path toward using solar energy more efficiently in the production of fuel gases. Writing in the journal Catalysis Today, the scientists say nanostructures fabricated from a core of iron oxide and coated with a shell of titanium dioxide absorb more solar energy than single-layer nanostructures.
NXP named partner of U.S. Department of Transportation
NXP Semiconductors has announced it has joined the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge as a provider of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology. With this partnership, NXP, together with its partner Cohda Wireless, will provide the contest’s winning community with wireless technology that allows cars to securely exchange data, such as hazard warnings, over distances of more than a mile to...