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The application of new ideas, discoveries and inventions contributes to society and the economy nationally and globally.

My eye

New test may lead to early diagnosis of devastating eye condition

24 Jul 2008

A test to show whether a person may be genetically predisposed to suffer one of the most prevalent forms of blindness in the elderly - before...

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Firefly

Lumora: how a firefly sparked a solution to food safety

01 Apr 2007

Food safety is a growing problem. The number of reported food poisoning cases in the UK has increased in the past 25 years from 23,000 to 80,000...

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