Neil Bruce

Jul 1, 2024 | spencerbruce.com | Neil Bruce

In the age of hypermodernity, the very fabric of our daily existence is woven tightly by systems supposedly designed to eliminate uncertainty, variability and angst, whilst giving us a market of free choice (all through the lens of extracting as much money from us as possible). Transport, once a medium of potential and discovery, has become one of the biggest arena of oppressive extractive-captial control and regulation.

Feb 8, 2024 | nature.com | Neil Bruce

AbstractRealising a fully circular bioeconomy requires the valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass. Cellulose is the most attractive component of lignocellulose but depolymerisation is inefficient, expensive and resource intensive requiring substantial volumes of potable water. Seawater is an attractive prospective replacement, however seawater tolerant enzymes are required for the development of seawater-based biorefineries.

Jan 9, 2024 | opg.optica.org | Angel Lizana |Juan Campos |Ivan Montes-González |Neil Bruce

We present an optimal configuration for Stokes polarimeters based on liquid crystal variable retarders, with the minimum number of measurements. Due to the inherent variations of the director orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, we propose a configuration that minimizes the sensibility of the polarimeter to fast-axis variations.

Oct 25, 2023 | opg.optica.org | Neil Bruce

Jun 3, 2023 | inkl.com | Neil Bruce

Noise is an issue that can’t be dismissed as rows between curtain-twitchers – it’s a matter of public health. “It has been shown very clearly and unequivocally that noise has a terrible effect on human health and wellbeing,” says Dr Finnur Pind, acoustics engineer and co-founder of Treble, an Icelandic company that develops sound-simulation technology. “The World Health Organisation says that noise is the second most harmful environmental factor affecting human health, after bad air quality”.