Academia & Research news

Deepsea don makes waves with scuba school

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:16:28 GMT

Essex University faculty and students have pioneered a new wave of education in an initiative that owed more to grampus than campus.

Genetic scientists honoured by Royal Society

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:40:39 GMT

Two scientists from the John Innes Centre in Norwich have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society, the premier scientific accolade in the UK.

Koreans in Cambridge technology masterclass

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:55:12 GMT

Cambridge University’s impressive strike rate in converting Intellectual Property into technology licences has piqued the interest of Korea – one of the world’s most prolific patent factories.

Ex-Kodak ace reveals fresh startup joy

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:30:04 GMT

A new wave of exciting startups is set to roll out of the world-renowned Cambridge Innovation and Knowledge Centre (CIKC) at Cambridge University.

NASA hands unique grant to Cranfield

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:50:48 GMT

In a unique move, NASA has placed a three-year research grant to a non-US institution – Cranfield University – to enable research into future propulsion systems.

Mobile app turns iPhone into hearing aid

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:00:39 GMT

Researchers at the University of Essex have developed a free mobile app that turns an iPhone or iPod into a hearing aid that could revolutionise the future for people with hearing loss.

Babraham in €6m brain ageing initiative

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:15:01 GMT

The Babraham Institute in the Cambridge UK technology cluster has joined forces with a consortium of leading European academic laboratories and industrial scientists from SMEs to study human brain ageing and age-related diseases.

US cancer research role for TeraView

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:22:04 GMT

Cambridge technology business TeraView has supplied a state-of-the-art terahertz imaging system to the University of Arkansas to advance key medical research.

Tapeworm DNA contains drug weak spots

newsdesk@businessweekly.co.uk (Kate Sweeney) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:11:37 GMT

For the first time, researchers have mapped the genomes of tapeworms to reveal potential drug targets on which existing drugs could act.

£1.5m boost for Cambridge Uni spin-outs

tquested@businessweekly.co.uk (Tony Quested) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:18:19 GMT

Generous tax incentives are being offered to alumni and friends of Cambridge University to invest in spin-outs from the UK innovation hothouse via a new £1.5 million seed & enterprise fund.