Cambridge Society for the Application of Research

27/04/2024

Next lecture: Monday April 29th 7.30pm
'What to do about plastics?'
Professor Jonathan Cullen, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Plastics are ubiquitous in modern society. The attractiveness and popularity of plastics stems from their range of properties, their cost-effectiveness and the utility they deliver in society. Plastic production grew rapidly from the 1950s, driven by an ever-increasing range of new polymer materials...

27/02/2024

Next lecture. Monday 4th March 1930
Picking raspberries with robots.
The road from blue-skies robotics research to contract manufacturing.
Professor Martin Fodstad Stølen
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences/Fieldwork Robotics Ltd.

Horticulture, and in particular the production of soft fruit for fresh consumption, is heavily reliant on imported manual labour. This drives up costs and uncertainty for the growers. Fieldwork Robotics Ltd has developed a modular and autonomous raspberry harvesting robot, and is now planning commer...

19/02/2024

Important. The lectures this evening, 19th Feb have been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances .

19/02/2024

It's tonight, 7.30pm. lecture: 'Graphene, Two Dimensional Materials & Delivering the Future of Electronic Devices.'
Graphene has shown great promise for next-gen electronics. Difficult to manufacture until Paragraf.
Dr. Simon Thomas,
Details and booking: https://buff.ly/3Os4v5n

08/02/2024

People with cancer have bits of tumour DNA in their blood. This can be used to help diagnosis and monitor the effectiveness of treatment.

Liquid biopsies promise to detect cancer earlier, identify recurrences and tell us how to treat patients – but is this all just too good to be true?Professor...

07/02/2024

Our next lecture: 'Graphene, Two Dimensional Materials & Delivering the Future of Electronic Devices.'
Monday 19th Feb 19:30
Graphene has shown great promise for next-gen electronics. Difficult to manufacture until Paragraf.
Dr. Simon Thomas,

Graphene has shown great promise for next-gen electronics. Product manufacture however has been immensely difficult, until Paragraf.

07/02/2024

If you combine a detailed online questionnaire with biomarkers in the blood you get much better diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder.

Improving and accelerating the correct diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder using a two-stage diagnostic approach. Professor Sabine Bahn and colleagues, University ...

06/02/2024

Graphene, Two Dimensional Materials & Delivering the Future of Electronic Devices
Dr. Simon Thomas, Paragraf Ltd.

Graphene has shown great promise for next-gen electronics. Product manufacture however has been immensely difficult, until Paragraf.

LECTURE Mon 19th Feb 2024

Graphene has shown great promise for next-gen electronics. Product manufacture however has been immensely difficult, until Paragraf.

02/02/2024

How are circulating tumour DNA tests going to change cancer care?
Professor Mark Middleton, University of Oxford Department of Oncology; Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre

LECTURE Mon 5th Feb 2024

Liquid biopsies promise to detect cancer earlier, identify recurrences and tell us how to treat patients – but is this all just too good to be true?

27/01/2024

Great talk here. More and more bugs are getting resistant to antibiotics etc. Here's one hopeful route.

New Approaches and Therapeutics for Antimicrobial Resistant Klebsiella.Caroline Zellmer,Deaths from Antimicrobial Resistant pathogens are rising. Caroline Ze...