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Quantum LED heralds computing advance

October 26, 2016
Ultra-thin quantum LEDs have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge that can produce single photons – making them important in building quantum network on compact chips.

Martian water loss documented

October 25, 2016
The amount of hydrogen – and therefore water - ejected from Mars is dependent on the proximity of the Red Planet to the Sun as it orbits, scientists have discovered.

Accidental greenhouse gas to fuel process discovered

October 21, 2016
Scientists have accidentally discovered a way to convert carbon dioxide solution to ethanol.

ESA accept probe landing failure

October 20, 2016
ESA scientists have announced that the ExoMars Schiaparelli did not survive its landing onto the Red Planet.

Luminous light ‘created’ by researchers

October 20, 2016
Scientists at the University of Vermont in the US have discovered a method to artificially create luminescence that could have a range of potential applications such as medical dyes and...

Mechanisms of nearby star uncovered

October 17, 2016
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian centre have discovered our neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri, has more in common with our Sun than previously thought. A small red dwarf, it is orbited by...

Nanoscale device powers synthetic brain

October 13, 2016
University of Southampton scientists have demonstrated that a nanoscale device could power artificial systems to mimic a human brain.

It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it…

October 13, 2016
After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE on the strange world of quantum biology

Climbing Everest

October 8, 2016
Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the UK’s leading event dedicated to laboratory professionals, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC on...

Industrial Fellowships for promising researchers

October 5, 2016
The Royal Commission of the Exhibition of 1851 has awarded 10 early-career engineers and scientists £80,000 each to fund potential profitable technologies.

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