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Tuesday 4th September 2012

University researchers uncover the full scale and weaknesses of the monitoring of illegal file sharers

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Research by computer scientists at the University of Birmingham has found that the monitoring of online file sharing is more prevalent than previously thought. They also conclude that in many cases, the evidence gathered through monitoring is not admissible in court. This research will be presented tomorrow (Tuesday 4th September 2012) at the SecureComm Conference in Padua.
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Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research
Tuesday 21st August 2012

Engineering students build UK's first hydrogen powered locomotive

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Engineering students and staff at the University of Birmingham have designed and built a prototype hydrogen powered locomotive, the first of its kind to operate in the UK.
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Tuesday 21st August 2012
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Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research
Thursday 16th August 2012

Research grants success at Birmingham: Awards up by 55%

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The University of Birmingham's research awards have risen from £93 million in 2010/11 to £145 million this year, a jump of over 55%.
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Thursday 16th August 2012
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Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Vice Chancellor
Thursday 26th July 2012

A cluster of twenty atoms of gold is visualised for the first time by Birmingham physicists

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Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a method to visualise gold on the nanoscale by using a special probe beam to image 20 atoms of gold bound together to make a cluster. The research is published today (26 July 2012) in the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal Nanoscale.
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Thursday 26th July 2012
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Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research
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