Scientists and computer engineers at the University of Southampton have developed an interactive climate app – CO2 Modeller – which can fit in your pocket and help you to gauge the future effects of carbon emissions around key sensitivities of the Earth’s climate. The new app, CO2 Modeller, provides an interactive tool to allow anyone – from members […]
22 Ancient Shipwrecks Discovered in Small Greek Archipelago
A joint Greek-American archaeological expedition, co-directed by a University of Southampton researcher, has recorded 22 shipwrecks over 13 days in what may be the ancient shipwreck capital of the world. The findings in the Fourni archipelago in the Greek Islands bring to light ancient trade networks that once connected the entire Mediterranean. “The concentration of […]
Technique Offers the Prospect of Silicon Detectors for Telecommunications
A team of researchers led by the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) has demonstrated a breakthrough technique that offers the first tantalizing possibility of silicon detectors for telecommunications. For decades silicon has been the workhorse of the microelectronics revolution and, owing to its excellent optical properties in the near- and mid-infrared range, is now promising to […]
New Material Challenges Graphene
A team of researchers from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) has developed a new way to fabricate a potential challenger to graphene. Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms in a honeycomb lattice, is increasingly being used in new electronic and mechanical applications, such as transistors, switches and light sources, thanks to […]
Scientists Develop New Hybrid Energy Transfer System
Scientists from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Universities of Sheffield and Crete, have developed a new hybrid energy transfer system, which mimics the processes responsible for photosynthesis. From photosynthesis to respiration, the processes of light absorption and its transfer into energy represent elementary and essential reactions that occur in any biological living […]