This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment. Thirteen new industrial clusters from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, …
Children under five years of age should not be admitted into schools as it may lead to behavioural changes that are harmful in the long term. A team of researchers led by Michael Weitzman at the Rochester University, UK, examined 1,000 children aged eight months to four years. By the …
The uk government will appeal against a ruling by the High Court in London that entitles Spanish fisherfolk to claim millions of pounds in compensation for being barred from using the UK's fishing quotas in the '80s. It plans to seek permission from Spain to carry out spot checks on …
genes play a more important role than the environment in determining mental abilities of humans, even at a mature age, say researchers from the us , the uk and Sweden. Most behavioural scientists are surprised with the findings since it had generally been accepted that an individual's experience in different …
an electronic nose fitted with air-conditioning of a car would prevent toxic gases from entering the cabin. A team of researchers led by Julian Gardner of the engineering department at Warwick University in the English Midlands, uk, has developed the sensitive device that may also be fitted to exhausts of …
Researchers have discovered a group of genes that lead to some of the most common birth defects in humans. The defects range from heart problems to cleft palates (the roof of the mouth that also forms the floor of the nasal cavity). John Burn, professor of clinical genetics at the …
the uk government has agreed to phase out the dumping of toxic waste at sea. Michael Meacher, the environment minister said that the uk would give up an "opt-out clause' from an international treaty drawn up by Ospar
Gene therapy would help children get rid of Hurler's syndrome, an unusual disease that normally leads to death before age 10. Such patients lack an enzyme that clears out the molecular waste in cells. The increased waste results in mental retardation and visible deformities. A team of researchers led by …
an old man of 92 just died in Bromsgrove in the English midlands. His death made frontpage news and his obituaries were long and fulsome, the way they should have been. Godfrey Baseley founded the British Broadcasting Corporation's ( bbc' s ) national radio serial called "The Archers", 45 years …
The UK government has been making efforts to get the European Union to ban a self-cooling drink can that uses HFC134a, one of the most powerful human-made greenhouse gases. The aerosol can be packed inside a drinks can. The liquid inside is released into the air when a button at …
indians and Chinese immigrants are among the healthiest people in the uk while those from Bangladesh and Pakistan are in the poorest of health. A report, The Health of Britain's Ethnic Minorities , brought out by the Policy Studies Institute and based on a survey of about 9,000 people belonging …
if the weather is a favourite topic of discussion in England, the English have a lot to talk about. The climate is heating up and is adding unprecedented characteristics to the country's flora and fauna. Vineyards are being planted all over the uk , including the colder counties in the …
researchers in England are attempting to herd a flock of ducks with a robot. Researchers from the Silsoe Research Institute and Oxford University Computing Laboratory have chosen ducks in the test because they feel that ducks react quite like sheep, but move very slowly. This means that robots can keep …
nutrition plays a vital role in the development of a baby's immune system, even in the womb. A team of researchers led by Andrew Prentice of the Medical Research Council's Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, uk, has confirmed the relationship after analysing the births and deaths of nearly 1,000 people in …
British researchers have developed a technique that would enable computers to recognise the voice of users and work accordingly. Andrew Bangham of the School of Information Systems at the University of East Anglia says the system focuses on a specific area of interest and thus maintains the high resolution of …
british researchers have developed floating devices that would help prevent helicopters from capsizing. The floating devices are fitted at the top of the cabin of the aircraft and are less likely to be damaged by the impact generated after it crashes into the sea ( New Scientist , Vol 155, …
A pepper spray will be used to deter wild elephants from raiding farms. The spray can is being developed by Loki Osborn, a zoologist at the University of Cambridge, UK and Jack Birochak, an inventor based at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Osborn says that elephants destroy thousands of dollars' worth of …
The British government has launched a project to recycle nearly 40 per cent of its old newspapers and magazines into high-quality news-print by the year 2000. The project will also help reduce the use of virgin pulp. Other environmental benefits include a new, highly efficient water and effluent treatment plant. …
british immunologists have developed artificial antibodies that help in setting the body's immune system into action. Antibodies are y -shaped watchmen of the immune system that identify harmful cells and infectious organisms. They simultaneously get hold of diseased cells and immune system proteins to initiate a full-scale attack on invading …
genetic tinkering can produce plants that can be made to bloom as and when required. Doused with the correct chemical trigger, they spring into bloom within days. George Coupland and his colleagues at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, say that if plants could be persuaded to flower as and when …
a breathing apparatus has been developed that would be safer to use and could revolutionise firefighting, skin diving and other activities where people must wear breathing equipments. Researchers at Britain's Defence Evaluation Research Agency ( dera), F arnborough, Hampshire, have developed the device. It stores air in a ring-shaped
