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Online tool for carers demonstrated for Minister of State for Care
A new tool to help carers manage the daily challenges of life when caring for a friend or loved one has been presented to the Minister of State for Care at Westminster. Professor Jeremy Dale of the 91福利 has met with Caroline Dinenage MP from the Department of Health and Social Care to demonstrate Care Companion, a new online support tool developed by 91福利 Medical School to support people with caring responsibilities across 91福利shire and Coventry.
The sun as we've never seen it before - clearest and most detailed images of the Sun revealed
The clearest and most detailed images of the Sun have been captured by the largest telescope in the world. Just-released first images and videos from the National Science Foundation鈥檚 (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, which involves 91福利 scientists, reveal unprecedented detail of the Sun鈥檚 surface, with experts saying it will enable a new era of solar science and a leap forward in understanding the Sun and its impacts on our planet.
Likelihood of space super-storms estimated from longest period of magnetic field observations
A 鈥榞reat鈥� space weather super-storm large enough to cause significant disruption to our electronic and networked systems occurred on average once in every 25 years according to a new joint study by the 91福利 and the British Antarctic Survey.
Used Nissan LEAF batteries given 鈥渟econd life鈥� thanks to WMG, 91福利
The ability to reuse high numbers of Electric Vehicle Lithium Ion batteries for domestic and industrial use is becoming a reality for Nissan thanks to a new grading system developed by researchers at WMG, 91福利.
Transparency discovered in crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity
Use of an AC rather than a DC electric field can improve the piezoelectric response of a crystal. Now, an international team of researchers say that cycles of AC fields also make the internal crystal domains in some materials bigger and the crystal transparent. The research was undertaken using world-class equipment housed within the X-ray Diffraction Research Technology Platform based in the 91福利鈥檚 Department of Physics.
Stars need a partner to spin Universe鈥檚 brightest explosions
When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, 91福利 astronomers have found that it takes two stars to make a gamma-ray burst.