Tag: uk
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CAMBRIDGE INVESTE R$ 1 BI EM AI PARA PREVER MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS
Centro de pesquisa da universidade faz parte de megaprojeto com financiamento do governo britânico e apoio da iniciativa privada. A população mundial chegou a 7,63 bilhões de pessoas em 2018 e as projeções do Departamento de Assuntos Econômicos e Sociais das Nações Unidas (UN DESA) são de que esse número atinja impressionantes 11,2 bilhões em…
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Innovate UK funding early-stage user-centred design
UK businesses can apply for a share of £1 million to build in early-stage design processes that reflect and respond to customer needs and behaviours. Innovate UK has up to £1 million to help organisations put high-quality, human-centred design at the earliest stages of innovation. This competition will fund projects across a wide range of…
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Reducing plastic waste in the environment: apply for funding
Businesses can apply for a share of £4 million to support innovative ideas that reduce persistent plastic waste in the environment through new alternatives. There is up to £4 million for businesses to reduce the amount of plastic entering the environment. There is up to £4 million for innovative business projects that look at ways…
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Sky to build new innovation centre in London
UK-based pay TV operator Sky is to build a new dedicated innovation centre on its Osterley campus in West London. The new space will house technology engineers and software developers focusing on innovation across Sky’s broadcast and streaming platforms, consumer products and new areas such as virtual reality. The innovation centre will cover about 6,500…
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AI pharma start-up BenevolentAI now worth $2 billion after $115 million funding boost
British artificial intelligence start-up BenevolentAI has bagged $115 million from investors, lifting its pre-money valuation to $2 billion. The London-based firm, which is focused on the pharmaceutical industry, said the latest round of funding will help it scale drug development and its AI platform. The company currently has more than 20 drug programs. It said…
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Energy Storage is the Policy Epicenter of Energy Innovation
A darkened Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy. Photo courtesy of David Shankbone. Right now, the reliability and economics of the electric power grid is changing. A major player in this change might be energy storage. Utilities have always known that storing electricity is valuable, but other than building dams to hold water, it wasn’t a…
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UK’s industrial strategy requires more university funding
The UK is running out of ideas. We are getting low on breakthroughs. Far fewer cries of “eureka” are being heard throughout the country. And, for the future of our economy, this is a real problem. The government’s White Paper on the industrial strategy is aimed at firing innovation in the fields of science, technology,…
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NEW SUPPORT ANNOUNCED FOR WOMEN IN INNOVATION
Innovate UK is to run a second phase of its female-only competition, making funding and support available to entrants Innovate UK has announced that it is to run a second phase of its Women in Innovation competition. The programme, which will launch later this year, will consist of a funding competition and support package to…
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Brexit: fear and opportunity for European researchers
The impact of Brexit on the UK higher education sector has been hotly debated – but the country’s vote to leave the European Union will have far-reaching ramifications for universities across the continent. A new report from the Centre for Global Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education, edited by Aline Courtois and based…
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No one disagrees Europe needs to step up commitment to innovation, but . . . how much appetite is there for more disruption?
The years since the financial crisis have been miserable not only for growth in Europe but for dynamism and innovation — outstripped on all counts by Asia and the US. But as eurozone growth recovers, the continent is gaining a second chance. As the shock of the UK’s Brexit vote and the fragility of the banking system…
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