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Cancer Research UK partners with University of Edinburgh Venture Builder Incubator to drive innovation
A University of Edinburgh business-support programme has partnered with Cancer Research UK to help build…
AI’s future stars join Edinburgh accelerator
A body-sizing app to improve online shopping, 3D printed tumours to test cancer drugs, and…
National Robotarium appoints first CEO in major milestone for UK’s tech future
A major milestone in the development of the UK’s tech economy has been reached with…
Tourism and food & drink among Fife & Scottish Borders sectors pegged to benefit from data innovation
The potential of digital technology and innovation for organisations in Fife and the Scottish Borders…
Collaborative team supports UNICEF in creation of child-specific Climate Risk Index
Leveraging existing work carried out by UNICEF to build a Climate Change Vulnerability Index ,…
University of Edinburgh boosts online course offering
The University of Edinburgh has launched a new brochure of online learning, which presents a…
Leading authors Jamie Bartlett and Allison Shrager confirmed for DDI’s conference
Book now for our conference Doing Data Better, 30 September 2021 The Data-Driven Innovation (DDI)…
Smoke-free cars can cut child tobacco risk by a third, study finds
Banning in-car smoking when children are present can reduce their exposure to tobacco smoke by…
Genetic variations linked to severe Covid-19 risk identified
An international group of scientists have discovered 13 DNA sequences that are associated with people…