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Software Jul 15, 2016

Pokemon Go: only for the brave in Lagos

It's safe to say Nintendo's hit mobile game Pokemon Go is more suited for playing in the clean, well-lit streets of San Francisco or the impeccably-maintained parks of New York.

Engineering Jul 15, 2016

Smart illumative polymeric optical fibre (POF) textiles

Smart illuminative POF textiles integrated with sensors and remote controls enable users to constantly change the appearance of the textiles according to the ever-changing needs. These textiles are pliable and offer the familiar ...

Archaeology Jul 14, 2016

Latest archaeological finds at Must Farm provide a vivid picture of everyday life in the Bronze Age

Excavation of a site in the Cambridgeshire fens reveals a Bronze Age settlement with connections far beyond its watery location. Over the past ten months, Must Farm has yielded Britain's largest collections of Bronze Age ...

Nanomaterials Jul 12, 2016

A signal boost for molecular microscopy

Carbon nanotubes can be produced with a variety of shapes and properties and are therefore of much interest for widespread applications in fields as diverse as electronics, photonics, nanomechanics, and quantum optics. Hence ...

Engineering Jul 7, 2016

Energy saving filters for wastewater treatment

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have invented a new type of nanofilter that could reduce the energy needed to treat wastewater by up to five times.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jul 7, 2016

Quantum processor for single photons

"Nothing is impossible!" In line with this motto, physicists from the Quantum Dynamics Division of Professor Gerhard Rempe (director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics) managed to realise a quantum logic gate in ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 10, 2016

Researchers demonstrate a 100x increase in the amount of information that can be 'packed into light'

The rise of big data and advances in information technology has serious implications for our ability to deliver sufficient bandwidth to meet the growing demand.

Materials Science Jun 9, 2016

New understanding of cellulose could lead to tailored biofuels

In the search for low emission plant-based fuels, new research may help avoid having to choose between growing crops for food or fuel.

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jun 2, 2016

Quantum satellite device tests technology for global quantum network

You can't sign up for the quantum internet just yet, but researchers have reported a major experimental milestone towards building a global quantum network - and it's happening in space.

Cell & Microbiology Jun 2, 2016

How to organize a cell: Novel insight from a fungus

University of Exeter researchers have found novel insight into the ways cells organise themselves. Their work, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and published this week in Nature ...

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