The UK's super-Web network, The Grid, is to be housed at
eight regional Universities in order to speed the development
of the next-generation Internet technologies - all co-ordinated
by a national centre at Edinburgh university
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Evidence of living bacterial cells entering the Earth's upper
atmosphere from space has been found by scientists at Cardiff's
Centre for Astrobiology, which combines research into astronomy
and molecular cell biology.
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A new generation of seven-axis robotic polishing machines
designed by the Optical Sciences Laboratory at University
College London has been commercialised into a spinout company,
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In 1971 the University opened the University of Leeds Innovations
Ltd as a consultancy and licensing vehicle. Recently, renamed
Leeds Innovations (LI), it now focuses on building businesses
with the aim of 'creating capital growth as well as income
generation'.
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Nigel Simpson is developing a unique birth alert, an ex-vitro
kit that tells pregnant mothers exactly when they are - and
are not - going to have their baby. He believes he has isolated
the electrical signals emitted by a woman when she is going
into labour.
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Ecertec Ltd specialises in the development of advanced, high
value, ultra-dense electroceramic materials, and their applications.
These active materials and 'smart' adaptive structures change
shape in response to applied electric fields, making them
applicable to medical imaging, micro-positioning, laser switching,
inkjet printing and applications in acoustics.
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Novel glass compositions that greatly enhance the performance
of optical amplifiers, lasers, and wave-guide devices for
application in advanced telecommunications are the primary
focus of Optiglass, perhaps Leeds University's most high potential
spinout.
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