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New material can mix matter with light

A team of researchers at Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Hamburg, and Universidade Federaldo Ceará have developed a new material, demonstrating that they can mix matter with light. The newly developed material shows the strongest coupling to light reported so far....
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Inspirational Women in STEM: gender equality in physics

Part one of Innovation News Network’s Inspirational Women in STEM series discusses Dr Laura Harkness-Brennan's experience as a female physicist, addressing gender equality in physics. Dr Laura Harkness-Brennan, a reader in nuclear physics at the University of Liverpool, is an...
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ARCHIVER – the future of scientific data storage in Europe

Dr Matthew Addis, Co-founder and CTO of Arkivum, discusses their most recent Horizon 2020 project, ARCHIVER, and its role securing and protecting valuable scientific data. Last month a multinational scientific buyer group led by CERN – home of the Large...
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EU project aims to develop new types of sustainable energy storage

The EU funded BIG-MAP project aims to significantly shorten the time it takes to develop new types of batteries, with a focus of sustainable energy storage. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Ulm University are working to develop sustainable...
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Scientists create a new biodegradable glue from synthetic spider silk

An innovative research team, based at the University of Manchester, have successfully created a biodegradable glue from synthetic spider silk. In a recent paper published in the journal Materials Today Bio, the Manchester-based team outline how their homemade synthetic spider...
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Why gender stereotypes can disempower female STEM students

A team of research fellows at National Research University Higher School of Economics have conducted a study to examine why gender stereotypes can disempower female STEM students. The study by Natalia Maloshonok and Irina Shcheglova, research fellows at National Research...
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Teaching evolution in schools and colleges – a clash with religious beliefs?

Michael J Reiss, Professor of Science Education at UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK, discusses some of the challenges of teaching evolution in schools and colleges to students who may have seemingly conflicting religious beliefs, and how...
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Scientific theories and the power of enquiry

Professor Lawrence C Scharmann, from the University of Nebraska, discusses the power of theory in scientific enquiry and how, through understanding the drivers behind and applications of theory, science and theology do not have to be at odds. Science –...
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Scientists develop tiny plastic robot for capturing contaminants

Scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, have developed a tiny plastic robot that is powered by magnetism and light. The new plastic robot is made of responsive polymers, which moves under the influence of light and magnetism. The team...
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Chemistry paves the way for improved electronic materials

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new molecule, indium triazenide, that can be used to create high-quality indium nitride for use in high-frequency electronics. The bandwidth we currently use for wireless data transfer will soon be full. If...
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