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A large international research team, led by Dr Roman Gorbachev from The University of Manchester, have found that when graphene is placed on top of insulating boron nitride – or ‘white graphene’ – the electronic properties of graphene change dramatically, revealing a pattern resembling a butterfly. The pattern is referred to as the elusive Hofstadter butterfly that has been known ...

ARM, Imagination, Altera, Microsoft Research and Freescale are the companies collaborating with a group of UK universities to work on next generation computing systems. The group of universities comprises Southampton, Manchester and Newcastle and Imperial College London. PRiME is the name for the project that is looking at the use of “many-core processing” – computer systems with 100s of microprocessors. ...

According to data compiled by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the University of Sheffield has overtaken the University of Cambridge for engineering research income. The figures shows that for 2011/12 the University of Sheffield’s engineering research income of £46M exceeded that of Cambridge by almost 10 percent. “Research income is an important measure of excellence as it shows the ...

The University of Surrey has revealed the design for its 5G mobile technology research centre. The architects Scott Tallon Walker won the competition to create the 5G Innovation Centre, which will be focussed on 5G networking. The university states: It will mean that the university campus becomes the first place in the world to test 5G technology by using lampposts ...

Being locked in a cell with three companions can be a good thing if you are a component of a quantum computer. So begins an article on the Oxford University website, on its Science blog. These components, called quantum bits, are fragile and susceptible to outside interference, making them easier to control when isolated in cells of four. Pete Wilton ...

Caltest Instruments of Guildford is sponsoring the University of Surrey’s Formula Student team. Called Team Surtes (Surrey University racing technology and engineering solutions), the team will get...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have taken another step towards bio-fuel cells. The research shows that it is possible for bacteria to...

Nine teams of science, maths and engineering students from the University of Cambridge took part last week in a Student Robot Challenge hosted by MathWorks. This is another example of an industry-backed initiative to encourage more science, maths and engineering students to learn hands-on programming skills.

University of Surrey is in the process of creating a national research centre for the devlopment 5th generation mobile phone technology as part of a £35m project funded by the UK government and industry partners.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has revealed the winners of £200m allocated to the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) last month. The fund, set up with £100m from the government in Budget 2012, aims to support long-term university capital projects, and is managed by HEFCE and counterparts in the devolved administrations. Universities bid for between £10m ...