Commercial exploitation of research
Universities are helping their researchers take products to market. We hear about swimming pool covers which heat the water and inhibit algae, apps for use in art galleries and space machines.
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Solar power: The burning answer?
We’ve got to beat global warming within 50 years, and we can do it with renewable energy, says Prof Barnham. But despite important advances, governments and the scientific establishment need to invest more to make it happen.
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Every day the sun throws 165,000 terra watts of energy at the earth. But the energy required by the world’s 7bn people is just 10-15 terra watts per day. A new generation of solar power promises a sustainable future.
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