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From a set of formulas to visible changes in liver cancer

Systems Biology is a young field with the overall aim of creating a holistic picture of dynamic life processes with regard to all levels – from the genome via…

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Turning conventional video coding wisdom on its head

An alternative put forward by European researchers turns the traditional video coding paradigm on its head.Since digital television services began, there has…

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Exploring Broadband Use in Daily Life: New Research Insights

Dr Jyoti Choudrie and Dr Susan Grey from the University's Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Research Institute are conducting a widespread, international…

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Fuzzy Logic Enhances Investment Decisions in Finnish Software

In his dissertation Relander examines the estimation of the success potential of Finnish software product companies using fuzzy logic. The dissertation is…

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Unlocking Cavity Solitons for Faster, Efficient Data Networks

Using light rather than electronic or magnetic devices to store and move data is quicker, more energy efficient and cost-effective, and cavity solitons could…

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New Add-Ons for ImageJ Enhance Satellite Image Processing

To ease the use of these techniques, the Remote Sensing Group has built add-ons for ImageJ. ImageJ is public domain Java image processing software. These…

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Emergency Links: Researchers Identify ‘Sweet Spot’ for Radios in Tunnels

As part of a project to improve wireless communications for emergency responders, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have…

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Laser-Powered Satellite Communications: A New Frontier

The data whizzed back and forth at the speed of light between German satellite TerraSAR-X and US satellite NFIRE, covering more than 5000 kilometers in space…

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£900k helps Queen’s lead the way in next generation computing

The revolutionary software work of the centre could change the face of industry, commerce and academic research in the next few years. Established in 2002,…

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Innovative antennas may signal a ‘new wave’ in healthcare provision

The use of biosensors attached to the body for health monitoring is not new. However, antennas that enable such devices to be linked together efficiently on a…

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Enhancing IT for Professional Learning: The PROLEARN Initiative

The EU-funded PROLEARN project was set up four years ago to bridge the currently existing gap between research and education at universities and similar…

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Global Collaboration for Secure E-Science Infrastructure

The aim of this workshop was to discuss and explore open issues and questions for enabling an easy and cost-effective shared use of distributed electronic…

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M2M Communication Growth: VTT’s Innovative Service Concept

A universally applicable service concept based on M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communication is currently being developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of…

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Designing Bug Perception for Smarter Robots in Industry

The research furthers the development of more intelligent robots, which can then be used by industry, and by emergency and security services, among others….

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TXTING COSTS R $£&+%$*&!

Dr Nigel Bannister’s calculations were used for the Channel 4 Dispatches programme “The Mobile Phone Rip-Off”.He worked out the cost of obtaining a megabyte of…

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GIOVE-B Transmits First Signals for Enhanced Accuracy

These GIOVE-B signals, locked on-board to a highly stable Passive Hydrogen Maser clock, will provide higher accuracy in challenging environments where…

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