Posts Tagged ‘science’

Radar Opens up New Air Traffic and Border Control Opportunities

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

One of the world’s top minds on radar research will outline how his work is helping to improve our air traffic control and border monitoring systems.

Professor Hugh Griffiths, the winner of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) A F Harvey Prize, will outline his research at a special lecture on Thursday 23 May in central London. (more…)

Fibre to the cabinet service provides the next innovative step to enhance business connectivity

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

Direct and private connections to datacentres offer a solution that will make internet gridlock and blackouts a thing of the past

The modern requirements of business mean that being without the internet for a morning, or even an hour or two, can have disastrous effects on business plans, client relationships and profits. (more…)

The scientific way to diet

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Scientists are now developing a new anti-hunger additive for all those cold goodies like yoghurts, shakes and smoothies. (more…)

Male obesity, the testosterone connection

Monday, July 9th, 2012

Recent research indicates that middle aged men can lose inches from their waistlines after receiving testosterone injections. (more…)

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Nominations have opened today to be considered for the £1 million Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. (more…)

Right wing people are less intelligent

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

A recent Canadian study claims that people with right wing tendencies are less intelligent than those on the left wing.

Remember the findings that those on the right are more likely to a larger amygdala and those on the left a larger anterior cingulated cortex? (more…)

Silver gets a new market

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

A team from the University of Illinois have come up with an easily made and applied silver ink that has a conductivity equal to that of bulk silver. (more…)

Spaced based solar power stations of the future

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

The science fiction of man-made space stations orbiting the planet, collecting the sun’s energy then beaming it down for use on Earth looks set to move from the realms of science fiction into the pages of science reality. (more…)

Study fails to rule out vaccine side effects

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

America’s Institute of Medicine (IOM) has found that it cannot dismiss links between major vaccines and number of serious health problems. (more…)

CERN scratching head over speed of light

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) are rather puzzled after they found subatomic particles called neutrinos, travelling faster than the speed of light.

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NASA: Images Reveal Signs of Flowing Water in Mars

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

A string of clear and striking images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show many gloomy “tendrils” emerging from the rocky Martian outcrop. (more…)

Time travel is impossible say scientists

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

A team of physicists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have squashed every schoolboy’s dream and declared that time travel is impossible. (more…)