Insights

The changing regulatory and subsidy systems underpinning farming are undergoing radical change. Furthermore, issues such as soil health, net zero and farm nature value are increasingly in the public eye.

Real-time nitrate sensing holds the potential for significant yield increases, cost savings, and environmental impact reduction. 

Fresh from the Festival of Genomics and Biodata, our Head of Life Sciences Symon Cotton reflected on the future of the genomics ecosystem. Here he discusses how genomics – plus the emergence of panomics and long read sequencing – could inform clinical practice and patient care… 

The ability to count and track individual units of light can have an exciting range of applications across medtech and beyond, as a recent collaboration with Cambridge University has proved. Principal electronics engineer Oliver Hicks explains more…

There is no doubt that I’ve had a busy few months as head of our medtech division for the Asia Pacific region. As judge for the new MedTech Innovator APAC scheme, I’ve been on the hunt for the best and brightest medical technology start-ups in the region. This process has given me a remarkable insight into the challenges facing the region’s growing healthcare field...
 

Only two companies at the top of the Fortune 500 have survived from 20 years ago. The newcomers have risen by being fleet of foot or riding a financial or technological wave.

The figures are stark. To limit the climate to 1.5°C warming, yet still enable living standards in the developing world to continue to rise, the world must remove carbon emissions at a rate of around 10% every year.

Current gas detection techniques are incredibly advanced – can we really do anything better?

Investing in quantum technology isn't easy. Distinguishing the hype from the real potential is just as complicated as the technology itself – and that can be incredibly complex.

We are reaching a thrilling watershed. Breakthrough quantum technology is leaving academia and gaining commercial traction.

Quantum theory is about probability. Erwin Schrödinger illustrated this with his famous thought experiment: trap a cat in a box with a randomly fatal device and you would not know whether it is dead or alive. 

Monty Barlow, Head of Strategic Technology, describes how the quantum tech toolbox is improving all the time and lays out the specific areas in which the quantum revolution will first take hold.