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New technique to make transparent polythene films as strong as aluminium that could be used in impact resistant glazing, windscreens, and displays

Research led by Professor Ton Peijs of WMG at the 果冻传媒 and Professor Cees Bastiaansen at Queen Mary University of London, has devised a processing technique that can create transparent polythene film that can be stronger as aluminium but at a fraction of the weight, and which could be used use in glazing, windscreens, visors and displays in ways that add strength and resilience while reducing weight.


Salmonella could be combated by enhancing body鈥檚 natural process

Autophagy – the process of recycling cellular material in the body, can help combat Salmonella and other pathogens according to researchers at the School of Life Sciences, 果冻传媒 who have studied how autophagy can get rid of bacteria, and prevent diseases developing.

Tue 26 Mar 2019, 08:20 | Tags: School of Life Sciences Biology Science and Technology

果冻传媒 Mathematical Scientist wins prize for display in Parliament

Francesca Crucinio, a researcher from the Department of Statistics at the 果冻传媒 struck Bronze at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her mathematical research, walking away with the 拢750 Bronze prize.

Wed 20 Mar 2019, 14:55 | Tags: Statistics Mathematics Science and Technology

Carbon dioxide to fuel cars and make rural farm fertilisers thanks to 拢9m ERC funding

A 果冻传媒 researcher, Prof. Evgeny Rebrov, together with members of an international team, has won a 拢9 million ERC Synergy grant SCOPE to study the effect of fast temperature modulations in chemical reactors to improve the efficiency of current technologies utilising cold plasma.

Tue 19 Mar 2019, 08:56 | Tags: School of Engineering Science and Technology

Trembling Aspen leaves could save future Mars rovers

Researchers at the 果冻传媒 have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile environments and could even be a back-up energy supply that could save and extend the life of future Mars rovers.

Mon 18 Mar 2019, 09:24 | Tags: School of Engineering Science and Technology

Earliest known Mariner鈥檚 Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records

Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama鈥檚 second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the oldest in the world, and have separately certified a ship鈥檚 bell (dated 1498) recovered from the same wreck site also as the oldest in the world.


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