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

In tech we trust?

23 Feb 2018

Fairness, trust and transparency are qualities we usually associate with organisations or individuals. Today, these attributes might also apply to...

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Cambridge Cluster

Cambridge and AI: what makes this city a good place to start a business?

13 Feb 2018

What makes a city as small as Cambridge a hotbed for AI and machine learning start-ups? A critical mass of clever people obviously helps. But there’s...

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Preparing for the future: artificial intelligence and us

02 Feb 2018

Today we begin a month-long focus on research related to artificial intelligence. Here, four researchers reflect on the power of a technology to...

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Harnessing the power of algae: new, greener fuel cells move step closer to reality

10 Jan 2018

A new design of algae-powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more...

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Kate Gross

“All this cancer talk is new to me, but I do know there isn’t a stage five”

08 Dec 2017

Kate Gross was just 36 years old when she died of cancer. Researchers at Cambridge – including her husband – are trying to ensure that others receive...

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Report highlights opportunities and risks associated with synthetic biology and bioengineering

21 Nov 2017

Human genome editing, 3D-printed replacement organs and artificial photosynthesis – the field of bioengineering offers great promise for tackling the...

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Hauser Forum

Opinion: What makes the Cambridge cluster special?

13 Nov 2017

Andy Neely is Cambridge’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations, a role which oversees the University’s activities in innovation...

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Sample circuit printed on fabric

Fully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric

08 Nov 2017

Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new possibilities for...

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The social enterprise greenhouse that helps businesses bloom

30 Oct 2017

When it comes to starting social enterprises, Paul Tracey and Neil Stott would love "to see a thousand flowers bloom". But doing good for society isn...

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Light trapped by a tiny droplet on a photonic crystal surface.

Scientists write ‘traps’ for light with tiny ink droplets

24 Oct 2017

A microscopic ‘pen’ that is able to write structures small enough to trap and harness light using a commercially available printing technique could...

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Synthetic organs, nanobots and DNA ‘scissors’: the future of medicine

12 Oct 2017

Nanobots that patrol our bodies, killer immune cells hunting and destroying cancer cells, biological scissors that cut out defective genes: these are...

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Zambia

'Last mile’ fingerprints

20 Sep 2017

Cambridge start-up Simprints, awarded $2.45 million in new grant money, targets the developing world with fingerprinting technology to help deliver...

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