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Keeping us charged- addressing energy storage related issues

By Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Science and Engineering Posted:

Last week, the Government announced that new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution. In light of this, it was also announced that the Government would invest £246m in battery technology. Here, Richard Fields, a Research Associate at the National Graphene […]

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Get rid of drivers to cut road deaths

Steve Furber By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

The development of driverless cars offers a wonderful opportunity to stem the number of road deaths and injuries, explains Professor Steve Furber. The announcement by Google that it is to manufacture driverless cars could herald the greatest improvement in road safety since the car was invented.  After all, it takes out of the equation the biggest […]

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