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

University of Cambridge breaks its early stage investment record for third consecutive year

27 Jan 2016

For the third consecutive year, the University of Cambridge has broken its early stage investment record, approving 13 seed fund investments for a...

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Innovation

Cambridge joins consortium to launch £40 million Apollo Therapeutics Fund

25 Jan 2016

Three global pharmaceutical companies and the technology transfer offices of three world-leading universities – Imperial College London, University...

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Bloom Energy Fuel Cell

Fuel cell electrolyte developed to offer cleaner, more efficient energy

20 Jan 2016

A new thin-film electrolyte material that helps solid oxide fuel cells operate more efficiently and cheaply than those composed of conventional...

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Raspberry Pi B+

Opinion: How frugal innovation can kickstart the global economy in 2016

04 Jan 2016

Jaideep Prabhu (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses the frugal innovation revolution that is taking the world by storm.

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Structure of the MMP8 protein. Based on PyMOL rendering of PDB 1a85

Moonlighting molecules: finding new uses for old enzymes

26 Nov 2015

A collaboration between the University of Cambridge and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, has led...

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Head-Up Display (HUD) projects key driving information onto a small area of the windscreen.

Heads up: Cambridge holographic technology adopted by Jaguar Land Rover

26 Nov 2015

A ‘head-up’ display for passenger vehicles developed at Cambridge, the first to incorporate holographic techniques, has been incorporated into Jaguar...

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£75 million investment for University's Cavendish Laboratory

25 Nov 2015

The Government has announced a £75 million investment in the University of Cambridge Cavendish Laboratory as part of Wednesday's Spending Review...

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GSK/Cambridge Strategic Partnership aims to develop next wave of ‘game-changing’ medicines

23 Nov 2015

GSK, the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust today announce their Strategic Partnership, with the long-...

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121.365 Innovation

Given in evidence

17 Nov 2015

How do we get better at taking the research knowledge from our science and engineering base and turning it into technologies, industries and economic...

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The Prime Minister holds a bilateral with the Indian PM

Opinion: Six deals to look out for as Indian PM Modi visits Britain

11 Nov 2015

Jaideep Prabhu (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses the business deals we can expect to be struck as a result of Narendra Modi's visit to the...

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Six world-changing ideas in 90 seconds

09 Nov 2015

Cambridge Enterprise (CE), the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, has launched a film that showcases some of the world-changing...

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Some of the products and prototypes on display at Cambridge Graphene Technology Day.

Graphene means business – two-dimensional material moves from the lab to the UK factory floor

06 Nov 2015

A major showcase of companies developing new technologies from graphene and other two-dimensional materials took place this week at the Cambridge...

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