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FACTORIES
OF THE FUTURE
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| Rapid prototyper. An advanced fabrication technology that can copy
itself with far reaching implications for capitalism and climate
change. 29m
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| Adrian Bowyer
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SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY
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| Spacecraft
engineering. Radiation environment & effects. Space weather. Atmospheric
radiation. Planetary exploration. 23m
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| Craig
Underwood
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PHYSICS
OF MAGNETISM
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| Research aimed at producing a
unified
approach to characterisation of energy efficient soft magnetic materials. 15m
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| Stan Zurek
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NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE
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| Selenium and human
health. Selenium status and disease risk. Selenium functional foods. Nutrition
and arthritis. 39m
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| Margaret Rayman
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NANOTECHNOLOGY
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| Nanotechnology and the
structure, transport and electronic properties of carbon based nanomaterials.
20m
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| David Carey
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ION QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
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| New quantum technologies such as the quantum computer. Developments
in ion trapping technology. Ion trap arrays. 26m
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| Winfried Hensinger
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MATERIALS RESEARCH
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| Materials surfaces and
structural systems. Royal Society research. 13m
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| Marie-Laure Abel
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MATHEMATICS
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| Mathematics
as a study or career choice. Research in combinatorics and combinatorial
structures. Algebraic & projective geometry. 16m
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| James Hirschfeld
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MATHS
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| Maths,
popular science and combining research with writing. 25m
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| Ian
Stewart
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FUTURE
DENTISTRY
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| Research
into bone biology & tissue engineering to find if it is possible to make decayed teeth
repair and regenerate themselves. 31m
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| Alastair Sloan
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HUMAN
GENOME
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| Half
of what makes us human is written in our genome the other half is the result
of how genes interact with the environment. 38m
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| Araxi
Urrutia
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ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
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| Electrical
materials & polymers. Improving education. 19m
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| John
Fothergill
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EXPLORING
THE ATMOSPHERE
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| Understanding
the dynamics of the Earth’s Middle Atmosphere. Investigating
the role of gravity waves, tides and planetary waves. 34m
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| Nick Mitchell
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DIGITAL BUSINESS
ECOSYSTEM
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| Distributed computing
& database systems. Transactional modelling. Algorithm complexity. Peer to
Peer networks. 20m
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| Amir Razavi
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DIGITAL
MAPPING
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| Digital mapping and the
challenges posed by new innovations. 36m
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| W
Mackaness
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DNA
DAMAGE AND REPAIR
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| DNA is
damaged by radiation,
chemicals and its metabolism. A human daily has one trillion DNA damage
events. 13m
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| Raymond Waters
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COMPUTER VISION
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Computer Vision.
Creating cartoons from video and art from photographs. Non linear cameras. Classifying objects. 32m
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| Peter Hall
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BANK
SECURITY
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| Protecting
bank
security systems fraud and external attack. 21m
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| Graham
Steel
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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| Instrumentation for
ophthalmology. Colour vision deficit as a diagnostic tool for diabetic
retinopathy and optic neuritis. Orthopaedics. 17m
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| Lionel Ripley
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BIOMIMETICS
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| Application of concepts from biology within engineering. Mechanical properties
of biological materials. Biology as a tool for innovation. 43m
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| Julian Vincent
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ANALYSING
EXPERTISE
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| The
nature and sociology of scientific knowledge. Public understanding and science
education.
The nature of skills, expertise and experience. 43m
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| Harry Collins & Rob Evans
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ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
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| A.I.
techniques and their use in emergency response
centres. 27m
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| Austin
Tate
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ASTROPHYSICS |
| Astrophysics,
art and emerging technologies. 35m
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| Sandra
Chapman
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AUTISM
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| Cognitive
psychology, autism, asperger syndrome and gender differences. 17m
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| John
Lawson
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CANCER
RESEARCH
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| Medical
oncology, renal and prostate cancer, experimental cancer therapies. 11m
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| Hardev
Pandha
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CANCER
RESEARCH
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| Pathology,
histopathology and oncological pathology. Biomarker analysis in breast cancer & colorectal cancer.
Cancer vaccines. 23m
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| Bharat Jasani
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CO-INFECTION
BIOLOGY
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| Parasites are a major source of production loss and animal welfare issues
worldwide. Mathematical and statistical modelling techniques. 24m
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| Joanne Lello
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COMPUTER VISION
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| Technology transfer.
Vision, speech and signal processing. Cognitive vision. Pattern recognition.
Audio processing. 18m
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| Bill Christmas
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CONSERVATION
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| Conservation
work on corrosion of iron, wood, glass and fibres. The restoration of the SS
Great Britain. 41m
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| David Watkinson
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CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
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| Construction
materials. Experimental and numerical modelling of masonry structures,
including arch structures and dry-stone walls. 20m
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| Pete
Walker
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EARTH
SCIENCES
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| Earth
sciences & academic life in the UK and US. 42m
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| Jon
Davidson
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ENTERPRISE
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| Software,
commodity trading and venture capital. 30m
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Robert
Brady
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ENTERPRISE
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| Enterprise,
innovation and the Cambridge Science Park. 42m
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| Dominic
Mikulin
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ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN
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| Thermal
performance and sustainability in buildings.
18m
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| Mary
Hancock
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FISH
PARASITES
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| Fish
parasites devastated the Norwegian salmon industry. Now a study is examining a
similar issue affecting ornamental fish. 13m
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| Tracey King
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GEOPHYSICS
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| Geophysics
& exploring the ocean floor. 61m
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| Roger
Searle
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INCLUSIONAL RESEARCH
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| Awareness that space is a vital, dynamic inclusion
within, around and permeating natural form. Academic freedoms. 24m
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| Alan
Rayner
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NETWORKING
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| Networks
and their use in online games and security systems.
29m
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| Madjid
Merabti
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NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE
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| Selenium and human
health. Selenium status and disease risk. Selenium functional foods. Nutrition
and arthritis. 39m
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| Margaret Rayman
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OCEANOGRAPHY
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| Seafloor mapping and
acoustical oceanography using remote sensing in underwater environments.
Habitat mapping. 35m
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| Philippe Blondel
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PLANT
CELL CYCLE
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| Regulation
of the plant cell cycle. Interdisciplinary research with mathematics and
computing.
DNA
replication in plants.
24m
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| Dennis Francis
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
MEDICINE
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| Psychiatric
genetics research involving schizophrenia and alzheimer’s disease and
developmental dyslexia. 19m
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| Julie Williams
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SPORT
SCIENCE
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| Sport
& exercise science, psychology and performance. Momentum. 19m
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| A
Redwood-Brown
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TUBERCULOSIS
RESEARCH
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| Tuberculosis
is responsible for 2 to 3 million deaths worldwide each year. Collaborative research programme to devise vaccines.
19m
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| Douglas Lowrie
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