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Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 19.12.2011
Landmark find has magnetic appeal
A fundamental problem that has long puzzled scientists has been solved after more than 70 years. An international team of researchers has discovered a subtle electronic effect in magnetite, the most magnetic of all naturally occurring minerals.

Electroengineering/Microtechnics - Physics/Astronomy - 5.09.2011
Research gives crystal clear temperature readings from toughest environments
Researchers have developed a form of crystal that can deliver highly accurate temperature readings, down to individual milli-kelvins, over a very broad range of temperatures: -120to +680 degrees centigrade.

Physics/Astronomy - Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 31.08.2011
Graphene’s shining light could lead to super-fast internet
Internet connection speeds could be tens of times faster than they currently are, thanks to research by University of Manchester scientists using wonder material graphene. A collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge, which includes scientists Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, has discovered a crucial recipe for improving characteristics of graphene devices for use as photodetectors in future high-speed optical.

Electroengineering/Microtechnics - Physics/Astronomy - 25.07.2011
A “quantum leap” can make graphene devices even faster
Researchers have taken another step forward towards the understanding of wonder material graphene. Research institutes and universities around the world are already looking at ways to build devices such as touch-screen phones, ultrafast transistors and photodetectors.

Physics/Astronomy - Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 15.04.2011
New spin on graphene
University of Manchester scientists have found a way to make wonder material graphene magnetic, opening up a new range of opportunities for the world's thinnest material in the area of spintronics. A team led by Professor Andre Geim, a recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize for graphene, can now show that electric current – a flow of electrons – can magnetise graphene.

Computer Science/Telecom - Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 15.11.2010
‘Space-time cloak’ to conceal events revealed in new study
‘Space-time cloak' to conceal events revealed in new study Cloak allows objects to move undetected, according to a paper in the Journal of Optics - News release Scientists have developed a recipe for manipulating the speed of light as it passes over an object, making it theoretically possible to ‘cloak‘ the object's movement so that an observer doesn't notice, according to a paper in the Journal of Optics .

Electroengineering/Microtechnics - Computer Science/Telecom - 26.05.2010
New technology will make election voting more efficient
Time-consuming manual vote-counts and ballot boxes could soon be consigned to the history books, thanks to innovative new secure voting technology. The system is being developed by computer scientists at the Universities of Surrey and Birmingham, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg.

Electroengineering/Microtechnics - Physics/Astronomy - 9.01
Graphene reveals its magnetic personality
Can organic matter behave like a fridge magnet? Scientists from The University of Manchester have now shown that it can. In a report published , they used graphene, the world's thinnest and strongest material, and made it magnetic.

Physics/Astronomy - Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 19.05.2011
Plans Shape Up for a Revolutionary New Observatory to Explore Black Holes and the Big Bang
University of Birmingham physicists, with scientists from all over the world, present their design for the Einstein Telescope – Europe's next-generation detector that will ‘see' the Universe in gravitational waves.

Physics/Astronomy - Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 22.11.2010
Early universe was a liquid: The ALICE experiment announces first results from lead nuclei collisions at the LHC
In an experiment to collide lead nuclei together at CERN's Large Hadron Collider physicists from the ALICE detector team including researchers from the University of Birmingham have discovered that the very early Universe was not only very hot and dense but behaved like a hot liquid.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Electroengineering/Microtechnics - 14.12.2009
Electronic patient records are more than just data
A UCL review of electronic patient record (EPR) programmes has revealed that while such programmes promise much, sometimes they deliver little. The major literature review, published in the US journal The Milbank Quarterly this week, identifies fundamental and often overlooked tensions in the design and implementation of EPR programmes.