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Simply leaf

Promoting green innovation

01 Feb 2010

A regional knowledge transfer project is linking the region's top plant science research with businesses wanting to develop new products.

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Discovery Fund

A new model for industrial–academic partnership

01 Jan 2010

PneumaCare, the first company to receive funding from the University of Cambridge Discovery Fund, is a new model for utilising academic expertise.

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SatScan in operation

Innovative tool reveals the paintings hidden within

01 Jan 2010

The development of optics that "fly" over paintings could revolutionise art conservation.

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David Aldridge

BioBullets mussel in on water mains

01 Jan 2010

Pipes blocked by an invasion of freshwater mussels pose a severe problem to the water industry. A tiny, fat-coated capsule could provide the answer...

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Dublin Prison

A measure of prison performance

01 Jan 2010

Pioneering research by Cambridge criminologists is helping prison managers to understand what makes a good prison.

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Siloxane polymer waveguide spiral

Polymer interconnects

01 Sep 2009

The Department of Engineering and Dow Corning are working together to develop low-cost optical interconnects for high-speed data communications.

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Electronic Laboratory Notebooks help chemists optimise workflow and manage data

Electronic Laboratory Notebooks for academic research

01 Sep 2009

A pioneering commercial and R&D relationship between the Department of Chemistry and a leading provider of scientific software solutions brings...

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BAE

Increasing value generation from product-related services

01 Sep 2009

Cambridge will lead a consortium of universities awarded £2.2 million as part of an initiative to take an integrated approach to knowledge transfer...

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Tile vaulting gives the house strength and thermal mass

Zero-carbon houses

01 Sep 2009

A consultancy project with grand designs is informing the structure of energy-efficient homes of the future.

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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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Intensive care unit

A tool for monitoring neurological intensive care

27 May 2009

Clinical researchers have developed software for interpreting the enormous quantities of data generated by bedside monitors.

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Sphinx of Giza (2005-05-290)

Egyptology in prisons

08 Feb 2008

The project Accessing Virtual Egypt is breaking new ground in knowledge transfer between museums and prisons, with empowering results

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