Articles for June 2012
Our articles for June 2012 are shown below.
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Professor Florin Udrea wins Royal Academy of Engineering award for outstanding commercial success
Professor Florin Udrea has won a Silver Medal award from the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his outstanding commercial success. He received his medal at the Academy's annual awards dinner at London's Royal Opera House earlier this week.
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Two Cambridge spin-outs named top sustainable solutions at Rio+20
University of Cambridge spin-outs Eight19 and Breathing Buildings were named to the Sustainia100 list of solutions for building sustainable societies. The announcement was made at the Rio+20 Earth summit earlier this week.
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University of Cambridge launches Open Innovation drug discovery initiative with GSK
The University of Cambridge is embarking on a programme of scientific open collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that will involve working alongside GSK scientists and other partner organisations, to advance drug discovery and the development of new medicines.
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A safer route to a nuclear future?
By using thorium instead of uranium as fuel, nuclear power could be safer and more sustainable, according to new research.
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PneumaCare launches new product to monitor lung function
The company’s latest technology provides clinicians with a non-contact and in-depth assessment of pulmonary function just hours after surgery.