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Bill Gates explains the importance of livestock in helping the world's poorest people
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30/01/2018

Bill Gates explains the importance of livestock in helping the world's poorest people

“If you care about the poor, you should care about agriculture. And if you care about agriculture, you should care about livestock.”

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Biotechnological routes to multifunctional materials
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30/01/2018

Biotechnological routes to multifunctional materials

A BIOCATNET workshop on 28-29 March will look at how enzyme-based industrial biotechnology can provide routes to multifunctional materials.

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Can you meet the hackathon challenge of 48 hours to feed the world?
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30/01/2018

Can you meet the hackathon challenge of 48 hours to feed the world?

Agri-Tech East and Allia Serious Impact are hosting their first hackathon with the aim of accelerating innovation in the agri-food industry.

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Heathrow launches £20K Sustainable Innovation Prize in exchange for leading green ideas
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30/01/2018

Heathrow launches £20K Sustainable Innovation Prize in exchange for leading green ideas

Could your idea help Heathrow meet growing demand in a way that creates a positive impact on the community, environment and the UK economy?

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Second Meeting of Advanced Materials Leadership Council (AMLC)
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30/01/2018

Second Meeting of Advanced Materials Leadership Council (AMLC)

Minutes of meeting

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UK 5G Innovation Network – call for Advisory Board members
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30/01/2018

UK 5G Innovation Network – call for Advisory Board members

The UK 5G Innovation Network is seeking applications from individuals to join its Advisory Board prior to its launch in March 2018.

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Ceramics in Society: Demanding Environments
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29/01/2018

Ceramics in Society: Demanding Environments

Ceramic Innovation Network (CIN) Event aimed at bringing together academics and industrialists from all sub-sectors of the ceramic industry 

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Increased crop yield, quality and sustainability through collaborative innovation in hydroponics
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29/01/2018

Increased crop yield, quality and sustainability through collaborative innovation in hydroponics

Saturn Bioponics have developed a commercial 3D growing system for sustainable crop production with KTN support and Innovate UK funding.

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Innovate UK to invest up to £1 million for SMEs to evaluate innovative medical technologies
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29/01/2018

Innovate UK to invest up to £1 million for SMEs to evaluate innovative medical technologies

SMEs can apply for a share of £1 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, diagnostics and regulated digital health products.

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Innovative agri-food projects announced as winners of clean technology awards
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29/01/2018

Innovative agri-food projects announced as winners of clean technology awards

Airponix has been announced as overall winner of the Rushlight Award for its soilless smart agriculture system for staple food crop production.

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