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A unique facility based at the University of Bradford has received a prestigious award for innovation after working with a Cardiff based manufacturer to demonstrate the energy saving benefits of their product.

A high-tech villa designed to resist earthquakes by ‘self-healing’ cracks in its own walls and monitoring vibrations through an intelligent sensor network will be built on a Greek mountainside.

Rescuing the rescuer will be committed to history as fire and rescue squads join forces with teams of 'canary test' robots, which reduce on-the-job dangers and search times - ultimately saving lives.

Oil and water are not miscible. However, it is possible to combine both into an emulsion in which they act as a unit; for example, in creams, body lotion, milk, or mayonnaise.

Leading engineering companies are improving the accuracy of their key machine tools with the help of a revolutionary new software product developed in Huddersfield.

The first public display of four major exhibits arising from the Wonderland project took place at Sheffield in January 2007.

The University of York has taken a significant step into new fields of Angstrom level materials research with the opening of the York JEOL Nanocentre.

A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer’s disease.