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John Siberch: Cambridge’s first printer (and record debtor?)

17 Nov 2021

2021 is the 500th anniversary of the first works printed in Cambridge

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Drying droplets

Coffee stains inspire optimal printing technique for electronics

12 Aug 2020

Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented...

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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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How artisans used colour printing to add another dimension to woodcuts

21 Jan 2016

An exhibition of early colour printing in Germany shines a light on the ways in which technology jump-started a revolution in image making. The...

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Roll-to-roll printing of graphene ink

New graphene based inks for high-speed manufacturing of printed electronics

19 Oct 2015

A low-cost, high-speed method for printing electronics using graphene and other conductive materials could open up a wide range of commercial...

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A crumpled paper ball

University spin-out wins green award

27 Aug 2014

University of Cambridge spin-out Reduse, which has developed a technology to remove print from paper allowing it to be reused several times before...

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Father of the Eye - HDR

Cells from the eye are inkjet-printed for the first time

18 Dec 2013

A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye for the very first time.

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Text and the message: Russia's early 'information age'

25 Sep 2013

It may be a modern term, but information technology is as old as civilisation itself, and its impact on past societies was often just as profound. An...

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Sledging Party Returning from the Pole

Paul Coldwell Exhibition at The Polar Museum

30 May 2013

To celebrate his year-long research project at the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), internationally renowned artist Paul Coldwell will launch...

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'Detail of Hans Baldung Grien (attr.), Title Border with Wrestling Putti, colour woodcut from two blocks (red and black). Title page of Juan López, De libertate ecclesiastica (Strasbourg: Johann Schott, 1511).

Black, white and red all over

29 Apr 2013

The latest research into the emergence of printmaking technology in early modern Europe is challenging accepted thinking about the development of...

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Plastic electronics

The next generation of plastic electronics

15 Jan 2013

A new generation of cheap lightweight plastic electronic technology that does not require silicon, but which is optically transparent and can be...

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Pictures of inkjet-printed LC laser droplets on to a PVA film.

Researchers develop printable lasers

19 Sep 2012

A way of printing lasers using everyday inkjet technology has been created by scientists. The development has a wide range of possible applications...

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