Mars Bioimaging, a spin-out from Canterbury University, is aiming for public funding to build a 3D scanner at the university. Canterbury, which has a share in the company, currently has a bid with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to build a scanner at Otago University to use on patients.
The spin-out’s scanner would be able to look inside the body to examine molecular structures and tissues, thereby diagnosing common illnesses such as the build-up of plaque in heart…
The University of Kentucky has formed an industry-university partnership to advance aspects such as sustainable agriculture in the whiskey distilling industry.
The £40m recently allocated by the UK government to proving university research is commercially viable shouldn't just benefit Oxford, Cambridge and London say sector pundits.
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