Cardiff works for a safer and more reliable electrical supply

Scientists at Cardiff University have been called in to help improve the already high levels of safety and reliability on the nation’s electrical transmission system.
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Sheffield Bioincubator opens

With the opening of the Sheffield Bioincubator, a £6.9m research centre, Sheffield hopes to emulate York, which is due to receive a share of a £100m pot of funding to promote itself, after being recognised by Chancellor Gordon Brown as a ‘science city’ for the North.
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New campus for Napier

Napier University has completed the £30m redevelopment of its Craiglockhart Campus, now one of the best conference venues in Edinburgh, which has state-of-the-art facilities available for hire.
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Glasgow University-SE chips in £730,000 to university’s tech work

A grant of £730,000 from Scottish Enterprise will allow Glasgow University to develop advanced silicon chip technology. The Ultrafast Group at the institution’s Electronics and Electrical Engineering Department is recognised as a world leader in the development of new semiconductor materials.
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Imperial targets solar cell efficiency

Imperial College London is close to breaking the world single-junction solar cell efficiency record, says Prof Keith Barnham.
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