Telecom satellites are set to enter a new age, as ESA, Eutelsat and Airbus Defence & Space begin designing the most flexible payload ever.
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2015
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Coronal mass ejections (CME), billion-tonne solar plasma eruptions moving towards the Earth at up to 2500 kilometres per second, can cause extensive and expensive disruption by damaging power, satellite and communication ...
Space Exploration
Jul 6, 2015
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An ambitious policy package is essential for the UK to transform its energy system to achieve the deep reductions in carbon emissions required to avoid dangerous climate change, according to research led by UCL scientists. ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2015
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Researchers have updated a map of the UK that pinpoints tornado hotspots for the first time in two decades.
Environment
Jun 15, 2015
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Returned to government with a majority and free of their coalition partners, the UK Conservative Party presses on with its signature policies, including curbs on immigration and banning legal highs – and a renewed effort ...
Security
May 29, 2015
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A group of leading British scientists including Nobel-winning geneticist Paul Nurse warned leaving the European Union could threaten research funding, in a letter published in The Times newspaper on Friday.
Other
May 22, 2015
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The introduction of a lethal fungus infection that could threaten the UK's amphibian populations has not been caused by exposure to infected colonies of African clawed frogs, according to new research from the Universities ...
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2015
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Read the catchy one-line statistics that circulate in the headlines and on social media and you'd be forgiven for thinking that public understanding of science is in a sorry state. A few months back, we heard that 80% of ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2015
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A new study shows that discrimination of gay and lesbian job seekers is commonplace within both private firms and the public sector in the UK.
Social Sciences
Apr 8, 2015
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Imagine a scenario where tens of thousands of drones are routinely flown across UK airspace. Some of these are very large, more than 100kg – and some are equipped with jet engines that can reach speeds beyond 100mph. If ...
Engineering
Mar 31, 2015
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