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Cool, supergreen, ALICE computes
The University of Leicester’s new ‘green’ supercomputer, has gone into operation and the £2.2m facility aims to be the the most energy efficient in the sector.Ten times more powerful than the system it replaces, ALICE is expected to help lure high quality researchers to a processing 'wonderland,' as well as attract in millions of pounds in research grants to Leicester.
West Highland College (UHI) debuts
West Highland College, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), formed by the merger of Lochaber College and Skye and Wester Ross College, is launched in Gairloch, Wester Ross, creating benefits for students across the region. Its board of directors has also announced the appointment of Principal Donald Leitch whol will lead the college through merger implementation and prepare for fundable body status.
Simulation's gold standard for microelectronics
Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) the long promised spin-out company that will enable microchip manufacturers to develop the next generation of chip circuits has now been launched by the University of Glasgow.
Livewires for IP Digital Sparks
The Digital Spark conference, held this week September 1-2 has never been lacking an audience, since Abertay University raised the wow! factor of its speakers, but a late reminder points out what you will miss by not attending and offers a registration point.
Forensics hunts corkscrew killer
Information generated on stranded beach shore animals can provide a picture of what species are found in UK waters and in many cases a broad assessment can be made on likely cause of death. Strandings that undergo post-mortem examination can also provide unique insight into causes of death, diseases, environmental contaminant levels, reproductive patterns, diet and other aspects of the general health of cetacean populations in the seas around our coasts that are largely unavailable by other methods. The deaths of five seals who all suffered from a corkscrew-shaped wounds originating on the left hand side of the mouth and spiraling in a single, clean-cut continuous wound around the head and neck to end midway down the body. In every case, the wound spiraled clockwise when viewed head-on is now a Blog topic looking for expertise and forensic contributions.
Germanium underground detector growth
The University of South Dakota Department of Physics was awarded a $3 million grant to pursue high purity germanium crystal growth and develop detectors underground used in experiments seeking a deeper understanding of energy and matter.
Multiview Video Encoding on show
Multiview Video Coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression, reducing the data significantly and simultaneously provides full, high-resolution quality. At the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam from 10-14 September, researchers will showcase how 3-D movies can be transmitted via Internet and digital television channels such as via satellite.
Solar cells: improving InGaN and glass
Hot on the heels of better gallium and nanowire solar cells in Germany, Texas Tech University scientists have developed an indium gallium nitride (InGaN) solar cell with characteristics ‘significantly higher’ than previously reported values for devices with similar indium content in the QWs. But in Spain,research has focused on photoactive compounds to improve the solar cell glass.
£7.5m Dunstaffnage new science park
About to go to tender on the Inverness Highland University campus, a multimillion pound marine science park in Argyll has been give the go-ahead by Highlands and Island Enterprise (HIE) which has approved £7.5m for first phase of the Park at a site next to the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) laboratories Dunstaffnage, near Oban.
Inverness Campus site goes to tender
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) board gives the go-ahead for the tendering of work which will prepare 89-acres of the Inverness Campus site for its future as a north of Scotland world class facility.
List-it, lost-it, ghost-it
Gaberlunzie is in one seriously horrible pickle and could be skinned by his editor for having downloaded some wonderfully interesting experimental software two years back called List-it, played with it quite a bit as it sat on the Mozilla browser, then in one or other Mozilla update, lost it. Only to discover now that he is severely ghost-it by the pop-up window!
Rapid interface: chemistry & seismology
Rapid at Edinburgh University is a cost-effective and efficient way of designing and delivering portal interfaces to tasks that require remote compute resources. Already a screencast has been created where Rapid was used to develop a portal for HECToR showing how to setup an advanced computer job involving computational chemistry. Now the focus is on a better understanding of seismology research using Rapid.
Relaxing magnetic fields
Researchers at the University of Dundee have made a breakthrough in the study of magnetic fields when a team from the magnetohydrodynamics research group in the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics used computer simulations of evolving plasmas in the Sun’s atmosphere.
Fully reversible smart materials
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany have devised a tool which allows fully reversible binding of metal oxides to inorganic chalcogenide nanotubes.
Museums: powered down and panoramic
Britain’s oldest public museum, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, has used Power Down technology from lthe Qubic Group to reduce the costs of running its 200 workstations needed to meet the increasing number of public-facing ICT initiatives (eg gallery touch screens), needs of staff and academic researchers. And if you ever had a soft spot for the marvellous Pitt Rivers, just see what panoramic vision has done for the viewing. All you missing is to reach out and open (remember?) those amazing drawers!
iPad platform in D2BD 2010 winners
The three winning teams Angry Mango (University of Wales, Newport), Team Tickle (Abertay University), and That Game Studio (4 students from University of Skovde and 1 from Abertay University) are also the sole nominees for the BAFTA Ones to Watch award, chosen by a panel of gaming industry experts during the three day event. The platforms include the iPad, Xbox360 and a 2D platform using Windows Phone 7 inputs.
Biodiesel from micro-algae
Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of three, while at the same time reducing production costs by 90%.
An extra antenna approach
The recent furor over the iPhone 4's antenna has focused awareness on the constraints designers face when trying to build sleek, compact gadgets that also get a good connection.
Something that Wolfson Microelectronics, the sound component maestro is always focused on. Now researchers at Rice University have come up with a design to make signal worries a thing of the past, as well as extending battery life in a design that uses two antennas that focus their power in different directions.
Silence of the logic boxes: exam revolution
transtec has installed a learning centre, laboratory and examination rooms at the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) at Darmstadt with Pano Logic Zero Clients technology being used for exams.
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