Technology Horizons

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Train-based internet

Researchers in York University's department of electronics have overcome two of the major technological challenges that severely limit the internet services currently provided on trains.

Cancer killer

Researchers at Warwick University are hoping to use compounds of a precious metal, which has never before been used in a clinical setting, as an anti-cancer agent.

Wiped clean

A highly-effective decontamination wipe has been developed by researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University.

X-ray replacement

Dentists and physicists from Dundee and Strathclyde universities have won a hat-trick of awards for developing a system that has the potential to replace X-rays in dentistry.

Wind powered sewage plant

Plans for the first-ever wind turbine to help power a major British sewage treatment works with its own green energy have been given the go-ahead.

Nanofibres reduce fires

Researchers have discovered that adding carbon nanofibres to the polyurethane foams used in some upholstered furniture can reduce flammability.

Training rights

Thanks to a new Bill in the Queen's Speech, employees are set to benefit from a new right to request time at work to undertake training.

Fibre optics testing

Engineers at Aston University have won an award for jointly developing a device which tests the capabilities of optical fibre communication systems.

Cancer detector

Engineers at Deakin University in Australia have developed an automated system to improve the early detection of lung cancer.