University Electronics

The University of Southampton is to lead a new collaborative organisation set up to train environmental scientists and engineers to use smart technology to make scientific observations. Funding of £2.5m has been provided by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the Centre of Doctoral Training in ‘The use of Smart ...

It’s not often you get the chance to name a supercomputer. But the opportunity arose with a competition at Imperial College to christen their recently expanded supercomputer, part of the College’s High Performance Computing Service.

Magnetised gold is at the heart of new research into superconductivity for electronics, led by St Andrews. The scientists apparently investigated what happens in a device where a very thin layer of a superconductor – carrying electrical current but without generating any heat – is sandwiched between a layer of a magnetic material and a layer of gold. Under certain ...

Bath University has unveiled its new Centre for Low Emission Vehicle Research (CLEVeR). And what timing – automated vehicle testing has never been so newsworthy. And yes, it will help measure vehicle emissions (both diesel and petrol engines) while taking into account different driver behaviours. The aim is to bridge the gap between the lab and the real world by ...

Techniques that will allow memory chips to capture light are being worked on by researchers, from Exeter, Oxford, and Münster.

Keysight Technologies is highlighting its collaboration with the University of Bristol on 5G millimeter-wave research. Already involved in 5G research in Europe and the US, they will now be working together on multiple 5G millimeter-wave technologies, says Keysight.

OpenDreamKit, an open source software project “to extend the capacity of computational mathematics and interactive computing environments”, has received a funding boost. The University of St Andrews is part of the international project led by the Université Paris Sud, which overall has received 7.6 million euros in EU funding. For its part of the research, St Andrew has been awarded ...

Dr Rahul Nair, a graphene membrane specialist at the University of Manchester, has been awarded a major Physics prize for the quality of his research. He is the recipient of the 2015 Moseley medal and prize from the Institute of Physics, the university announces. The award is for his “outstanding contributions to our understanding of the electrical, optical and structural ...

The University of Southampton is highlighting its EPSRC-backed role in boosting the UK’s ability to develop robotics and autonomous systems. It is one of the founding partners of the EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Network – the UK-RAS Network – which aims to bring together key academic capabilities in robotics innovation under national coordination for the first time. The ...

To further reinforce the idea that Manchester is the city of graphene, a huge graphite wall drawing has been unveiled at the University of Manchester’s new National Graphene Institute. Apparently, spanning the three upper floors of the recently opened £61m Institute, the permanent artwork “depicts the story of graphite and graphene – its geography, geology and development in the North ...