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Birmingham Launches STEM Education Centre

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The University of Birmingham is to establish a STEM Education Centre, a direct legacy of the National HE STEM programme, which Birmingham has hosted since 2009. The new Centre will build upon previous work and profile of the University in leading science, technology, engineering and maths education at a national level.
Date:
Wednesday 5th September 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Students, Teaching

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.
Date:
Tuesday 4th September 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research

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.
Date:
Tuesday 21st August 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research

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%.
Date:
Thursday 16th August 2012
Categories:
Arts and Law, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Vice Chancellor

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.
Date:
Thursday 26th July 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research

Do you know where you're going? Your smart phone soon will

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Your smart phone may soon be able to predict where you are going, according to research by University of Birmingham computer scientists.
Date:
Monday 16th July 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research

Higgs Update: It's a boson!

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Researchers from the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider in which University of Birmingham physicists play key roles, have today (4th July 2012) confirmed that they have observed a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson. These results mark a significant breakthrough in our understanding of the fundamental laws that govern the Universe.
Date:
Wednesday 4th July 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research

A long-term national commitment to nuclear power is needed by government, a University of Birmingham Policy Commission report warns

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A report out today (2 July) from the University of Birmingham's Policy Commission on nuclear power gives strong warnings to government about a 'sense of drift' in UK energy policy and suggests recommendations for a 'roadmap' which it says is critical to the future of the nuclear option.
Date:
Sunday 1st July 2012
Categories:
Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research
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