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Light pollution

1 Dec 2008

In the September column, I described my disappointment when I learned that my grandchildren and their contempories had never consciously viewed the Milky Way, and indeed had not fully appreciated...

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Magnesium for motoring

1 Nov 2008

Comparing the performance of magnesium to other metals in car components. The Jaguar XF's instrument panel and its associated components are carried by a magnesium cross car beam. Without this beam the instrument panel would not be possible in its current form.

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Comparing nuclear power in France and England

1 Nov 2008

My reaction on hearing that the state-owned French electricity company EDF had purchased UK nuclear company British Energy (BE) was a mixture of pleasure and pain. The former arose because...

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Containing carbon - carbon capture and storage

1 Oct 2008

A report on carbon capture and storage as part of the energy materials series from Materials UK. There are three main technologies available - post-combustion, oxy-combustion and pre-combustion - all of which are being considered for use in the UK.

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Turning the heat on - the Centre for Structural Ceramics

1 Oct 2008

The Departments of Materials and Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, UK, have been awarded roughly £5.5m by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to set up a national Centre for Structural Ceramics we discuss the plans.

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