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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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Tim Minshall

Cambridge appoints new professor of innovation

14 Sep 2017

Dr Tim Minshall has been appointed as the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, a new post that will...

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technology-1

Opinion: ̽»¨Ö±²¥UK's post-Brexit economy hinges on small businesses and innovation

18 Jul 2017

In this piece for ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation , Carlos López-Gómez from Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing, discusses the role that small and medium-sized...

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Cambridge start-up raises £40 million in funding to develop new cancer treatments

16 Jun 2017

Cambridge-based start-up company Bicycle Therapeutics has recently raised £40 million from a range of investors to bring its cancer drug candidates...

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Opinion: How an open approach to patents could help build a sustainable future

16 May 2017

Are strict IP policies harming the development of sustainable technologies? In this article for ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation , Frank Tietze from the Institute...

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Cambridge spin-out raises £7 million to develop treatments for lung disease

04 May 2017

A ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge spin-out company has raised £7 million in new funding, which will help in the development of treatments for liver and lung...

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Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences aims to create world-leading industry-academia collaborations

09 Mar 2017

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences (CATS), a new initiative that aims to establish a world-leading platform for collaboration between...

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High Mountain Agribusiness and Livelihood Improvement Project in Nepal

Study demonstrates how academia and business can ensure sustainability of resources

07 Oct 2016

Collaboration between business and academia can identify the most urgent research priorities to ensure the sustainability of food, energy, water and...

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Cambridge Enterprise joins largest early stage investment in a university spin-out

04 Oct 2016

Cambridge spin-out Carrick Therapeutics raises $95 million in funding, representing the largest-ever early stage investment in a UK university spin-...

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Community Eye Health

Study identifies different ways to help social businesses grow

21 Sep 2016

New study identifies four strategies and two key methods for scaling up social businesses in developing countries in order to meet the unmet needs of...

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Blueprint

Blueprint for success: what makes a city thrive?

07 Jun 2016

Why is Milton Keynes one of the most successful cities in the UK, and Dundee one of the least? What gives Leeds its economic edge over Liverpool? How...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥myth of quitting in anger

31 May 2016

Anger often decreases – rather than boosts – a person’s intention to quit a job when they identify strongly with their company, says a new study.

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