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Aligning sequences

New system to improve DNA sequencing

03 Apr 2013

A sensing system developed at Cambridge is being commercialised in the UK for use in rapid, low-cost DNA sequencing, which would make the prediction...

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Differentiation of human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hIPSC) to functional liver hepatocyte cells

Cambridge Enterprise announces 2012 results

23 Jan 2013

More than £1 billion in funding has been raised by companies with roots in Cambridge research, according to year-end results from Cambridge...

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Cambridge Nanoscience Centre

£60 million boost for science innovation

15 Nov 2012

Cambridge has received new funding as part of a £60m investment in UK universities to help encourage the development of new industrial collaborations...

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Hauser Forum

Cambridge Enterprise announces 2011 results

20 Dec 2011

Income generated from the University of Cambridge’s commercialisation activities continued to rise in 2011, as did the number of intellectual...

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Ivory tower

Exploding the ivory tower myth

17 May 2011

Academia makes a considerable and valued contribution to society that goes far beyond commercialisation of applied research, as Professor Alan Hughes...

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Solar Mosaic

Bright future for British solar company

16 Sep 2010

Solar energy company to develop and manufacture high performance, lower cost plastic solar cells.

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3V-lithium

Scientists home in on lithium battery safety flaws

14 May 2010

Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of "seeing" chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery.

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My eye

Students give doctors a clear vision of invention potential

28 Sep 2009

A technique for testing the peripheral vision of young children could be given a boost – thanks to the inventors putting it into the hands of...

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Clean technology cleans up

28 Sep 2009

Despite the economic downturn, four University spin-out clean tech companies have received over £12 million in funding.

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Happy young business woman shaking hands with another female

What is knowledge transfer?

27 May 2009

Knowledge transfer (KT) is a term used to encompass a very broad range of activities to support mutually beneficial collaborations between...

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CAPE

Enhancing CAPE-abilities in photonics and electronics

01 Sep 2008

A unique model of industrial-academic partnership is demonstrating how UK R&D can stay ahead of the game in a rapidly moving electronics market...

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Mclaren F1 Lewis Hamilton

Secrets of the inerter revealed

19 Aug 2008

A Cambridge University invention which was kept a closely-guarded secret because of the hidden advantage it offered to a Formula 1 racing team is...

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