Insights
From stratospheric antennas to implantable bio-sensors, from the thermodynamics of carbon capture to quantum technology and AI-designed biology, we use deep tech to challenge and change the status quo.
Read our latest research and insights to help you see beyond the innovation hype and find out how emerging technologies are solving important business problems.
The precision medicine industry must work together to transform rare disease treatment
Precision medicine is leading to transformative patient treatments – but industry collaboration is needed to make sure patients with rare diseases are not left behind ...
Metamorphosis: How converging deep tech will propel business in the new bioeconomy
Emerging deep tech like biotechnology and synthetic biology are shaping an exciting new bioeconomy. This CC Innovation Briefing offers a vision for its future, and explains how scalable, profitable and resilient bioprocesses will benefit businesses and sustainability ...
Drug delivery implant miniaturisation opens doors for disruptive innovation
What does the future of next generation implantable drug delivery devices look like? Harry Moorman believes a CC concept breakthrough in smart, miniaturised active implant innovation offers significant opportunity for a market that is ripe for development and commercial growth… ...
Towards 2040 – a vision for ophthalmology
A select group of thought leaders gathered at Cape Cod, by the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. They were there to collaborate, to challenge conventional thinking, and ultimately to shape a realistic vision for the future of ophthalmology ...
How technology is helping farmers grow more food with less chemicals – C&EN
Regulators, consumers, and farmers want to use less chemicals to grow food; chemical companies are changing their business models in response. Niall Mottram, discusses the technology challenges that the sector faces ...
Neural integration in prosthetics and orthotics
This article reveals how the field of prosthetic and orthotic devices is ready to take an extraordinary leap forward in patient control technology ...
Semi-supervised learning for R&D of AI-powered cancer pathology
What is semi-supervised machine learning? And what could it mean for the research and development of AI-powered digital medical systems? Andrew Goulter reports on state-of-the art deep learning research that promises huge savings in the time and expense of development ...
The future of ophthalmology needs bold and ambitious thinking
A rapidly growing global population is feeding a spiralling demand for precious energy and food resources. It also means that at the expected rate of growth, the world’s healthcare model is unsustainable. But I have a vision of a better ...
Digital twins for scaling up cultured protein
In bioprocessing engineering, companies developing cultured meat and other cultured ingredients face technical and financial challenges at each step up in scale. Here, we explain how digital twins that couple biology, heat transfer, mass transfer and fluid dynamics can help ...
