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Author
Date
Pilot Podcasts at DurhamNE Branch13-05-08
Zero Emission Vans NE Branch13-05-08
Planet SciCast 2009NE Branch09-05-08
Science Learning CentresNE Branch09-05-08

£5m park boosting high-tech industry
Work has begun on the £5m expansion of a science and technology park which is expected to help nurture the growth of the region’s high-tech firms.

NE Branch11-12-07

X-ray product to take lead in terrorism fight
The fight against international terrorism is being boosted by a North-East company which says its ground-breaking X-ray product may eventually be used by every airport in the world.

NE Branch11-12-07

High-tech firm wins grant to develop specialist x-ray mirrors
A north-east firm has been awarded a grant to help scientists worldwide gain a greater understanding of the microscopic world.

NE Branch11-12-07
Let there be light – it’s a fuel cells world first!

A North-East business has scored a real world first by designing a fuel cell to power a lighthouse.

NE Branch11-12-07
BA Crest North East Science and Technology Fair
The Great Hall at Durham Castle was filled with school students displaying their project work. The Institute awarded prizes to the two projects which best demonstrated aspects of physics.
NE Branch06-07-07
Paperclip Physics Report
With university physics departments shutting down all over the country as a result of waning youth interest in the pursuit of physics, competitions like Paperclip Physics are exactly what is needed to enthuse new generations home-grown physicists.

NE Branch25-05-2007
A plea to elderly scientists from another one

Colin Hempstead19-02-2007

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