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LHC cooled to operational temperatures

News The Large Hadron Collider has now been completely recooled to its operating temperature, just two degrees above absolute zero [19 Oct 2009]

LHC on course for November restart

News The giant particle accelerator should restart in mid-November, and could commence high-energy experiments before the end of the year [05 Oct 2009]

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California utility to buy space-based solar energy

News The state's power provider will purchase electricity from Solaren, which plans to beam solar energy from space starting in 2016 [04 Dec 2009]

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Interactive wallpaper turns on the lights

Photo A team at MIT has created electronically enhanced wallpaper that can be used to activate lamps, music systems and other devices with the touch of a hand [04 Nov 2009]

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Baguette 'dropped by bird' causes LHC disruption

News The Large Hadron Collider was hit by crouton torpedo when a rogue piece of bread caused an electrical system failure [06 Nov 2009]

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LHC sets world record for particle acceleration

News Only 10 days after being restarted, the Large Hadron Collider has taken the world record for beam intensity from the Tevatron at Fermi Lab [30 Nov 2009]

Beams all round as LHC progress accelerates

News Flagship experiment is making rapid progress towards its first new science, says Cern [24 Nov 2009]

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Paving slabs harness energy of pedestrians

Photo The Pavegen system uses flexible paving slabs that convert the energy made by footsteps into electricity [03 Nov 2009]

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Geekender Gallery: IDF 2009

Photo Check out the technology that attracted our on-the-spot editor, Rupert Goodwins, at IDF in San Francisco [25 Sep 2009]

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Steorn shows revolving Orbo to the public

Photo Steorn has unveiled its over-unity Orbo device, which promises perpetual motion, to the public in a gallery in Dublin [15 Dec 2009]

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CA moves into eco software market

News Computer Associates plans to unveil an integrated sustainability suite designed to track carbon emissions [22 Oct 2009]

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Smart signs and digital slot machines at IDF

Video Executive vice president Sean Maloney demonstrates a new digital billboard and virtual slot machine that can be remotely managed and reprogrammed using vPro processor technology [24 Sep 2009]


Mandelson: UK needs entrepreneurs

News The gap between research funding and real products can be closed by entrepreneurs, according to business secretary Peter Mandelson [14 Oct 2009]

'Wimpy nodes' could cut datacentre power bloat

News An experimental computing cluster using embedded chips and small amounts of flash memory could help companies combat spiralling power costs in their datacentres [19 Oct 2009]

Intel aims to make fibre optics mainstream

Intel aims to make fibre optics mainstream

Analysis The chipmaker hopes its Light Peak project will bring fibre-optic speeds to ordinary computer users, and USB is the logical path to get there [29 Sep 2009]


IBM applies electronics to genetic sequencing

News IBM Research hopes its electronic automation technology will give people and their doctors individual genetic records for less than £600 [06 Oct 2009]

'Gordon' supercomputer uses flash to go faster

News The system, which will use flash memory, will model climate simulations and the effects of earthquakes [06 Nov 2009]

Europe signs sci-tech agreements with Japan, Jordan

News Europe will work with Japan and Jordan on research in areas such as energy, the environment and sustainable development [01 Dec 2009]

HP 'sensing technology' to connect objects, people

News The company has announced a new Mems accelerometer that is 1,000 times more sensitive than existing products on the market [06 Nov 2009]

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