Case Studies

Cancer is the second largest cause of death in Europe. In the last few decades several new treatment modalities have emerged to help reduce the burden of this disease in the population, including, Magnetic Resonance (MR) guided radiotherapy (MRgRT). Magnetic resonance imaging provides detailed images of a patients soft tissues ...

Methane has a global warming potential 28 times more than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time scale. Since 2008, levels of methane have risen in the atmosphere and identifying the origins of these emissions is vital for reducing this. Methane emissions come from natural sources, such as geological processes or decomposition of...

To prevent electrical failures in the grid, such as short circuits and breakdowns and resulting blackouts, it is essential that components of the electricity grid, including cabling, insulators, switchgears, and transformers, are tested to ensure suitability for their operating environments. As well as the high voltage alterna...

Advanced industrial manufacturing is considered by the EU to be a Key Enabling Technology as this sector is an important driver for European employment and prosperity. One factor limiting the miniaturisation of electronics is battery size. An emerging area that could address this is piezoelectric nanowires. These are sub-micron...

Reducing the production of greenhouse gases is essential to keep global temperatures less than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. However, atmospheric aerosols also have a significant impact, contributing the largest uncertainty to estimates of climate change. Particles from manmade sources, such as waste incineration, tend to ...

Waste incineration, steel production, chemical and cement plants all emit hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas which combines with water to produce hydrochloric acid, contributing to photochemical smog that damages health, buildings and ecosystems. The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) limits maximum permissible HCl emissions from w...