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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 ...

Bath University’s Powertrain & Vehicle Research Centre (PVRC), based in its Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received three grants totalling £650,000 from Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board). These are for the university to work with partners in the automotive industry to improve engine efficiency and emissions. One two-year project, Mechanically Decoupled Electric Turbocharger for Optimal IC Engines Efficiency, will be ...

Edinburgh Research and Innovation, which is described as the commercialisation arm of The University of Edinburgh, has announced a new AIMday for companies looking to innovate around the use of sensors and signal processing. What is an “AIMday”? AIM stands for Academic Industry Meeting, and the Sensors & Signal Processing event is the fifth in a series. It will be held ...

‘Graphene Week’ will run from 22-26 June at Manchester’s £61m National Graphene Institute, to help business leaders discover how graphene could boost their businesses. The workshops, taking place across the week, will bring together world-leading scientists from the University of Manchester, as well as businesses already benefitting from the use of graphene, to share knowledge and encourage greater collaboration, the ...

The University of Southampton is highlighting its research into autonomous systems and artificial intelligence. A special event in London today at the Royal Academy of Engineering showcases its work and marks the inaugural lecture of Professor Nick Jennings who has been awarded a Regius Professorship in Computer Science. Examples from EPSRC and EU-funded projects include: Advanced design and methodology tools that help build ...

The University of Southampton has been selected to help operate a new National Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (COE UAS) in the United States. It will be the only UK partner. The Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) has been chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to run the centre, which is intended ...

The Antarctic continent is covered by an ice sheet up to three miles thick. The ice flows towards the sea under its own weight, finally going afloat to create large ice shelves that extend out over the continental shelf. At an ice shelf’s seaward edge, tabular icebergs regularly calve off and drift out into the Southern Ocean, where they fragment ...