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Ethical sourcing of materials for modern technology

13-Nov-2017 - Researchers from the Camborne School of Mines have identified methods to predict the environmental and social cost of resourcing new deposits of rare earth minerals used in the production of mobile phones, wind turbines and electric vehicles. The team are pioneering techniques to develop the ...

chemistry geology mineralogy +5
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Nanoscale 'abacus' - Pulses of light instead of wooden beads to perform calculations

03-Nov-2017 - The quest to develop ever-faster and more powerful computers has led to one of the most rudimentary methods of counting being given a 21st century make-over. An international team of researchers, including Professor C. David Wright from the University of Exeter, have developed a nanoscale optical ...

engineering mathematics waveguides
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Pioneering chemists: Venetian physician had a key role in shaping early modern chemistry

30-May-2017 - Newly discovered notes show for the first time the Venetian doctor who invented the thermometer and helped lay the foundations for modern medical treatment also played a key role in shaping our understanding of chemistry. The physician Santorio Santori, who lived between 1561 and 1636, came up ...

atomic theory chemistry matter
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Mysteries of Father Christmas 'solved' by relativity theory

15-Dec-2016 - The mystery of how Father Christmas can deliver presents to 700 million children in one night, fit down the chimney and arrive without being seen or heard has been 'solved' by a physicist at the University of Exeter. Santa and his reindeer zoom around the world at such speed that - according to ...

physics quantum relativity

Exeter expert leads research to pioneer new type of gel for food and home care

01-Jun-2016 - Exeter engineering expert leads collaborative research to pioneer new type of gel for food and home care industries A materials scientist from the University of Exeter has been awarded a substantial research grant to pioneer a new type of gel that can be used in the food and home care ...

celluloses food additives gels +1
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Tiny ocean organism has big role in climate regulation

18-May-2016 - Scientists have discovered that a tiny, yet plentiful, ocean organism is playing an important role in the regulation of the Earth's climate. Research has found that the bacterial group Pelagibacterales, thought to be among the most abundant organisms on Earth, comprising up to half a million ...

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Pioneering research boosts graphene revolution

18-Nov-2015 - Pioneering new research by the University of Exeter could pave the way for miniaturised optical circuits and increased internet speeds, by helping accelerate the 'graphene revolution'. Physicists from the University of Exeter in collaboration with the ICFO Institute in Barcelona have used a ...

graphene quasiparticles surface plasmons

Butterfly wings help break the status quo in gas sensing

03-Sep-2015 - The unique properties found in the stunning iridescent wings of a tropical blue butterfly could hold the key to developing new highly selective gas detection sensors. New research by a team of international scientists, including researchers from the University of Exeter, has replicated the ...

biomimetic chemistry gas detection nanostructures +1

New method for measuring the temperature of nanoscale objects

06-May-2014 - Temperature measurements in our daily life are typically performed by bringing a thermometer in contact with the object to be measured. However, measuring the temperature of nanoscale objects is a much more tricky task due to their size - up to a thousand times smaller than the width of a human ...

aerosols nanoparticles pollen

New insight into improved wave energy testing

26-Mar-2014 - Pioneering research could provide a significant boost in the vital quest to harness wave power as a viable renewable energy source for the future. Scientists from the University of Exeter have studied how wave energy developers can more accurately measure, and predict the wave conditions within ...

renewable energy