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Find all of the latest science, technology and engineering news below including all updates from the North East Technology Park (NETPark), success stories for NETPark's tenant companies and market breakthroughs in new research in areas such as printable electronics, photonics, microelectronics and nanotechnology. 

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Invest your time at Access to Finance workshops

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

VENTURE capitalists from one of the region’s investment firms will be leading a series of workshops to help innovative businesses in the North-east become attractive to investors.

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Mass marine energy growth forecast

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Marine energy could soon supply a fifth of the UK’s power, a new report has predicted.

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‘Substantial opportunities’ to work on world’s most powerful telescope

Thursday, 09 February 2012

THE system engineer working on the world’s largest telescope told delegates at a national space conference today that there were ‘substantial opportunities’ for British companies to get involved in the project.

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Invitation to tender - organisation of the Brainwave@NETPark summer science festival

Monday, 06 February 2012

CDDC requires a suitably qualified partner to deliver a high profile summer event at NETPark. This project is part of the NETPark Innovation Connector Investment Plan and delivers an essential part of the Community Engagement strand of activity, called Project C.

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IP Group leads investment into Durham Uni spin-out

Monday, 06 February 2012

IP Group has led a financing round into a new spin-out company from Durham University. The developer of intellectual property-based businesses said it had committed capital from both its balance sheet and its managed fund, the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund.


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Nano-Oils Keep the Electronic Devices Really Cool

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat.


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New collaboration to encourage innovation links between industry and universities

New collaboration to encourage innovation links between industry and universities

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

A new collaboration between the N8 Northern Univerisites in the North of England is set to bring together senior individuals to encourage innovation links between industry and universities.


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Opportunities in a growing industry

Opportunities in a growing industry

Friday, 27 January 2012

Many companies might be forgiven for thinking that the opportunities that exist in the space sector are limited to high-tech companies, but they would be very much mistaken. The chance for more traditional companies, like those in metal fabrication or welding for instance, to capitalise on this sector are equally vast.


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Nanoparticles Refined for More Accurate Delivery of Cancer Drugs

Nanoparticles Refined for More Accurate Delivery of Cancer Drugs

Friday, 20 January 2012

A new class of nanoparticles, synthesized by a UC Davis research team to prevent premature drug release, holds promise for greater accuracy and effectiveness in delivering cancer drugs to tumors.


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Simple green production of high quality graphene nanosheets and quantum dots in bulk amounts

Simple green production of high quality graphene nanosheets and quantum dots in bulk amounts

Thursday, 19 January 2012

A University of Ulster laboratory has found a simple, low cost and environmentally friendly way to turn common graphite flakes into bulk amounts of either high quality graphene nanosheets or quantum dots. Such structures could lead to new nanoelectronics and energy conversion technologies.


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UK hydrogen cars project launched

UK hydrogen cars project launched

Wednesday, 18 January 2012
An initiative to try to make hydrogen-powered cars a commercial success has been launched by the UK government and 13 companies.

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Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics

Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics

Tuesday, 17 January 2012
University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates.

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Phobos-Grunt: Failed probe 'falls over Pacific'

Phobos-Grunt: Failed probe 'falls over Pacific'

Monday, 16 January 2012

Orbital tracking reports suggest Russia's failed Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, fell back to Earth on Sunday, to be destroyed over the Pacific.


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Nanotube bundles could make good solar cells

Nanotube bundles could make good solar cells

Monday, 16 January 2012
Bundles of carbon nanotubes could increase the efficiency of thin-film solar cells. So say researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US who have used high-speed spectroscopy to show that the bundles can not only generate electron-hole pairs when exposed to sunlight but can separate these pairs of charge carriers too. This is the first time that these two crucial functions have been demonstrated in a single thin-film photovoltaic material

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New form of graphene could prevent electronics from overheating and revolutionize thermal management

Friday, 13 January 2012
A new form of graphene created by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could prevent laptops and other electronics from overheating, ultimately, overcoming one of the largest hurdles to building smaller and more powerful electronic devices.

View of the outside of NETPark

View from the outside of PETEC at NETPark

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View of the outside of the Research Institute at NETPark