Lighting for the 21st century
01 August 2009A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.
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A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.
Coal – affordable and still abundant – but also the worst offender when it comes to fuel-associated carbon emissions. How well can coal be cleaned...
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A consortium led by Dr Julian Allwood aims to drive a step-change in the manufacturing of steel and aluminium to meet 2050 carbon targets.
A multidisciplinary initiative is focusing on the complex energy requirements of cities and how they can be reshaped.
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Renaissance scholar Dr Abigail Brundin, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, has been awarded an ‘I Tatti’ Fellowship from Harvard University, enabling her to...
The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the 30-year journey behind the development of a drug now being...
A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called...
A groundbreaking new study, supported by The Bonita Trust*, that will look at Charles Darwin's impact on attitudes to gender and sexuality, has been announced...