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CleanAir indoor climate chemical system saves energy

By Damir Beciri
4 October 2010
matthew-jonson-cleanairA new invention could cut energy use in buildings by 25 percent by creating a better indoor climate. The CleanAir invention was recently patented by a researcher in atmospheric chemistry at the University of Copenhagen. The inventor, Matthew Johnson, has shown his invention to the general public for the very first time at the conference… »

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Active packaging keeps food fresh for longer

By Damir Beciri
3 October 2010
lacquer-based-film-with-antimicrobial-agentSupermarkets have only been able to keep products on their meat counters for a few days, but a group of researchers from Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging is developing a technology to prolong that period. They have developed an antimicrobial active packaging film that destroys the microorganisms on the product surface, thereby increasing… »

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Nokia Research Centre in Cambridge reveals some of their research

By Damir Beciri
1 October 2010
nano-hair-cambridge-nokiaThe Nokia Research Center in Cambridge was set up in 2007 as a partnership with the University of Cambridge. Soon after it was established, the Morph Concept was unveiled, to help build a picture of where the research at the labs was heading. They recently demoed three different strands of their research and those are… »