UltraCharge develops the next generation in battery technology

With worldwide expertise in renewable energy solutions, the Israel-based battery technology developers at UltraCharge Ltd have produced breakthrough high-performance lithium battery technology for safer, longer lasting, cost-effective energy production and storage. Both the private and the public sectors are more and more gearing toward electric battery technology to meet their...

The Institute for Applied Materials employs calorimeters to advance the safety of batteries

The Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, is home to Europe’s largest battery calorimeter laboratory. With six Accelerating Rate Calorimeters (ARCs) of different sizes used in combination with cyclers, the team led by Dr Carlos Ziebert evaluates the thermodynamics,...

Mimicking real-life antimicrobial scenarios

Perfectus Biomed Limited, a UKAS accredited testing laboratory, represents the new wave of scientific businesses. Perfectus Biomed has extensive experience of developing ‘fit for purpose’ experiments that truly mimic ‘real-life’ antimicrobial scenarios. An example of this is in the area of biofilms, where they ensure that their approach adequately reflects...

A fuel management solution by European logistics experts

In a world that is increasingly connected through technology, the role of logistics and freight in connecting businesses and people in the real world has also grown. However, environmental concerns mean that logistics providers and fleet operators are under ever greater pressure to transition to cleaner, renewable fuels, and take...

Dedicated short-range communications for electronic tolling

NORBIT is an international, knowledge-based group that continuously designs, develops and manufactures high technology products, systems and solutions to meet its customers’ changing needs. Its expertise ranges from specialised surface and subsea systems to dedicated short-range communications products. Based in Trondheim, Norway, NORBIT employs short-range communications design and manufacturing expertise...

mBryonics Ltd drives satellite communications innovation

Finnish atmospheric science: basic research and industrial spin-offs

The Centre of Excellence in Atmospheric Science originates from the early 1980s, when scientists from the Department of Physics and the Department of Forest Ecology at the University of Helsinki created a multidisciplinary team and started to unravel questions related to biosphere-atmosphere interactions. Since then, the members of the atmospheric science...

Fighting single-use plastics with an innovative bottle recycling scheme

Each year, 12.7 million tonnes of plastic end up in oceans around the world, largely comprising waste from single-use plastics. Single-use plastics can have a devastating impact on ocean ecosystems, habitats and marine wildlife, and the issue has been highlighted by both the European Commission and member state governments as...

Mental health support for explosive ordnance disposal personnel

The UK’s explosive ordnance disposal community comprises personnel from the British Army, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, as well as SO15 (Metropolitan Police Counter Terror Unit), and forms a crucial branch of the country’s defence capabilities. In light of growing threats from terror and jihadist groups both...

The Wickleder Group: The impact of chemical synthesis

The Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Cologne, Germany, combines the disciplines of molecular chemistry, co-ordination chemistry and solid state chemistry with aspects of material sciences. The strength of the institute is that requirements for material development can be investigated extensively using a plethora of different methods. Additionally,...