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Streamlining State Securities Auctions: New Last-Minute System

The system used so far for state securities auctions is based on several computers (clients) that send their orders to a central server. Project manager Karl…

Life & Chemistry

Charity takes steps to increase whale & dolphin research ‘Marinelife’ extends its vital monitoring of …

‘Marinelife’ has extended its EU-recognised whale and dolphin research conducted in partnership with several well known commercial ferry and transport…

Awards Funding

‘Quantum Explorer’ awarded top neutron prize

The majority of Dr Coldea’s work uses the ISIS neutron source at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxford. ISIS…

Social Sciences

Navigating Simple Decisions: Insights from Lasse Gerrits’ Research

This is the assertion of Lasse Gerrits in his dissertation The Gentle Art of Coevolution, in which he investigated the decision-making concerning the expansion…

Information Technology

Exploring Virtual Walking: A Leap into Realistic Experiences

In April 2008, European researchers will demonstrate that walking through virtual environments is set to be a reality.“In the virtual environment you have…

Information Technology

Pocket Vehicle Communication Systems Transform Travel Experience

“Satellite navigation was a telematics killer application that the automotive industry couldn’t exploit,” says Dave Marples, chief scientist for systems…

Automotive Engineering

Uncrashable Cars: Innovations in Road Safety Technology

A truck exits suddenly from a side road, directly into your lane only dozens of metres ahead. Suddenly, your car issues a warning, starts applying the brakes…

Environmental Conservation

Temperature Data Reveals 20th Century Climate Change in Spain

The compilation of maximum and minimum temperature series of every month since the end of the 19th century until the beginning of the 21st century has not…

Hannover Messe

Testing Prototypes: Ensuring Durability for Automotive Parts

To make sure the tires, wheel rims and other parts will survive the many kilometers without breaking down, the manufacturers test prototypes in test rigs to…

Trade Fair News

Smart Cycling: Discover Innovative Piezo-Sensors in Pedals

There are two piezo-sensors integrated in one of the pedal cranks of this bicycle. One function of the sensors is to measure the forces that propel the rider…

Information Technology

Streamlined Pricing: Simplifying Price Updates for Retailers

The few sales staff in electrical shops, DIY stores and supermarkets are usually overworked, and have very little time for updating the price tags on the…

Environmental Conservation

UEA-Cefas Alliance: Strengthening Collaboration for Innovation

The alliance will strengthen existing collaboration between the two institutions and establish exciting new areas of joint research. The pressures of global…

Information Technology

Explore Tourist Info Anytime with Satellite Navigation Tech

This novel use of satellite technology, created by Ernst Pechtl and Hans Geiger, combines three of today's modern technologies: satellite navigation…

Health & Medicine

New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Enters Clinical Trials

Dr Laurence Harbige and Dr Mike Leach, from the Biomedical & Drug Discovery Research Group in the University of Greenwich School of Science, developed the new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enhanced Safety Features for Cell Phone Batteries Unveiled

The advantage of these power storage devices lies in their high energy density and voltage (up to four volts). In terms of safety, however, they have one…

Health & Medicine

New Animal Model Reveals Insights Into Machado Joseph Disease

Machado Joseph disease (MJD) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with deposits of an aberrant form of the protein ataxin-3 in the brain. The disease is…

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