The draft Brexit Withdrawal Agreement – business community’s perspective
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Cabinet has backed the draft Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. Dr. Adam Marshal, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce,...
Million-processor SpiNNaker machine switched on for the first time
The million-processor SpiNNaker machine, the 'human brain supercomputer,' the world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer, has been switched on for the first time. Engineers have designed...
Rooftop device makes solar energy and cools building simultaneously
Researchers are developing a new rooftop device that can make solar energy and cool a building at the same time. It cools buildings by...
Finding investment advice when growing your business
There are two moments in the life of a business when it is truly vulnerable. The first is when it has just started out....
Smart homes and the ‘Internet of Ears’
For the past couple of decades, homes have been getting steadily smarter. The next generation of smart homes may offer what researchers are calling...
Carbon emissions will begin hammering stock prices, new study
Carbon emissions will begin dictating stock prices, say researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Businesses that fail to reduce or restrict their...
New ultra-thin silver films may improve solar cell efficiency
Ultra-thin transparent silver films may boost solar cell efficiency as well as light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Scientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Wuppertal...
Feeding 9 billion people in future will be harder than previously thought
Feeding 9 billion people in the future will be more difficult than we had previously thought. In the future, people will be heavier, larger,...
Fuel types for new cars in the European Union
In Q3 2018, nearly 58% of all new passenger cars that consumers bought in the EU ran on gasoline (UK: petrol). Approximately one-third of...
Q3 GDP growth rate won’t continue, says British Chambers of Commerce economist
Head of Economics at the British Chambers of Commerce, Suren Thiru, says that the UK's third quarter GDP growth rate is not likely to...