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Is there still room for innovation for breast implants?

Dr Karine Anselme and Professor Maxence Bigerelle’s groups are continuing to collaborate with clinicians and companies in the development of more biocompatible and safe...

Mighty enzymes: biocatalysis in chemical processing

Rita Craveiro, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, discusses how using enzymes as biocatalysts can allow for a greener chemistry industry. Chemicals or...

CUTISS on the challenges and opportunities in regenerative therapy

CUTISS’ CEO Dr Daniela Marino explains the current challenges and opportunities in regenerative therapy for burn victims and patients with skin defects. Skin is the...

MIP2Sensors: detecting and quantifying pesticides in olive oil

Evora University present their latest research which encompasses the design and development of new functional selective sorbents for the isolation/preconcentration of pesticide in olive...

Medical electrospinning: it’s time to become more engaged

‘It's not the sky that is the limit, it's your imagination’: Managing Director of IME Medical Electrospinning speaks about the possibilities of medical electrospinning. Electrospinning...

Decision sciences: tools to foster value-based health care

Did you know that at the Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, decision sciences are used to develop tools to promote...

Using biochar to increase biodiversity in soil

Standard Bio uses char based products to enhance soil, animal feed supplements and filtering systems to help promote a sustainable carbon capturing future. There are...

Stem cell production: boosting applications in cellular and gene therapy

The Stem Cell Engineering Research Group, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, focuses on the development of cell production systems for the ex-vivo expansion on...

The Haven: letting the sunshine into animal agriculture

The Haven provides over four cubic feet of space for piglets; saving energy while keeping them safe, warm, and healthy. Born without temperature regulation abilities...

Offshore floating platforms: providing industrial-scale aquaculture

The Pneumatically Stabilised Platform (PSP) system permits the design and construction of very large floating platforms of unlimited size. Today, aquaculture has its problems –...

Turning scrap metal into powder

MolyWorks converts metal scraps directly into powder in a single step with an inherently superior process to industry standard powder production methods. Often, more than...

Will 2020 be the decade of hydrogen and the fuel cell?

In a discussion with Innovation News Platform, David Hart, Director of Fuel Cells at E4tech, proposed five reasons to be optimistic for the future...

Fighting environmental challenges through knowledge-based actions

The Institute for Atmospheric Earth System Research (INAR) offers research which can facilitate the knowledge-based actions that may solve the world’s environmental challenges. It is...

The sustainable electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide

For a society that thrives on renewable energy, it is essential that excess renewable energy is converted into chemical fuels. Hydrogen peroxide (HP) is an...

The García-Sastre laboratory: conquering the diseases of the 21st century 

The García-Sastre laboratory focuses on viral host-pathogen interactions, vaccines, anti-viral drug development and cancer viroimmunotherapy to address global health threats. In 1918 when WW1 was...

Preventing hip fractures in Hong Kong’s older population

For almost a decade, the MrMs. Os Hong Kong cohort study has been examining the risk factors of fragility fractures in 4,000 men and...

Aquaculture 4.0 with Smalle Technologies

Smalle Technologies plan to contribute to the sustainability effort to ensure the security of food supplies, energy and natural resources, as part of their...

Inhaled chemotherapy: changing the face of lung cancer treatment

InhaTarget Therapeutics speaks to The Innovation Platform about their promising preclinical efficacy data on CIS-DPI product combined with ICIs. In December 2018, we presented our...

Space technology could help us fight climate change

Margrethe Vestager, European Commission’s Executive Vice-President presents a special address at the 12th European Space Conference discussing how space technology can fight climate change. On...

Rethinking the European food system of the next decade

Modern aquaponics systems allow for a very high level and control of food safety, optimal resource rationalisation and maintenance of desirable levels of environmental...

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