The University of Southampton's work will build on existing research into biometrics.

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Prof James Scanlan, of Southampton University's department of engineering and environment, is developing larger UAVs containing low-cost nylon parts produced by a 3D printer.

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The next step, according to Nick Jennings of the University of Southampton, who is one of the project's leaders, is to examine more closely the interaction between people and agents.

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However, a study of Britain's New Deal policies by Duncan McVicar of Queen's University, Belfast, and Jan Podivinsky of the University of Southampton reaches the opposite conclusion.

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University of Southampton neuropathologist James Nicoll autopsied nine Alzheimer's patients who got Elan's vaccine in 2000.

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Another of the report's authors, information technology specialist Will Stewart from Southampton University, highlighted the total dependence of IT on a reliable electricity supply.

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King's College London and the University of Southampton both offer six-year degrees (a year longer than normal) to about one in ten of their medical students.

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The University of Southampton is in the process of setting up a company, tentatively called Liquid Electronics, to commercialise Dr Zheludev's invention.

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