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Chris Denison - March 6, 2023 Cheese without cows How Better Dairy are creating products that are molecularly identical to traditional dairy (without ...
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Rebecca Anderson-Smith - May 26, 2022 Plant-based brands: what does it take to break through? We investigate what it takes to stand out in an increasingly crowded retail space.
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Adam Gregory - March 31, 2022 Podcast with Guy Heathers: Singapore's innovation community — trends and technology Having previously spoken to Guy Heathers, Singapore biotech entrepreneur, about the development of ...
Andrew Fearnside - March 30, 2022 A trillion times more powerful: the race to produce the world's first quantum computer chip Meet the British startup on the brink of winning the race to produce the world's first ...
Matthew Smith - December 8, 2021 Podcast with James Baker: Graphene at the GEIC — the material creating a better, more sustainable future James Baker, CEO of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, joins Forward Editor Caitlin ...
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Sean Jauss - October 11, 2021 Podcast with Nick Hounsfield, Founder, The Wave: surf's up at The Wave We speak to Nick Hounsfield, Founder of The Wave — an inland surfing facility located in Bristol ...
Sam Bailey - October 1, 2021 Intercalation Station: bringing new energy to battery industry reporting This online news channel offers an insider’s viewpoint as it breaks battery industry news and ...
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Elizabeth Dale - June 28, 2021 Plastics recycling: can microwaves help us clean up our mess? Forward asks Martin Lamb, chairman of pioneering recycler Enval, about the potential of pyrolysis, ...
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Sarah Kostiuk-Smith - June 21, 2021 Podcast with Sarah Kostiuk-Smith: Validation strategies for pharmaceutical patents in Europe Sarah Kostiuk-Smith, Partner and Patent Attorney at Mewburn Ellis (UPDATE 30 SEPTEMBER 2022: Sarah ...
Jo Cripps - June 8, 2021 Need to Know: why your virome holds enormous value Our bodies play host to a complex network of viruses, many of which remain unclassified. Matt ...
Andrew Walkinshaw - May 25, 2021 Meet the material: PowerPaste A new hydrogen-based fuel packs quite a punch, writes Kerry Taylor-Smith.
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Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 22, 2021 Pharma brands: what's in a name? Pinning down a new drug name that will both catch attention and clear regulatory hurdles requires ...
Callum McGuinn - March 12, 2021 Energy storage: batteries and beyond Better storage is the key to a cleaner energy future, so what technologies are poised to bring the ...
Robert Watson - March 11, 2021 Defending D-Line From its first steps in North Shields to international stature, how has this company’s approach to ...
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Simon Kremer - January 7, 2021 Save our staples: Securing the future of food Rising global temperatures and rising populations threaten farmers’ ability to grow the crops we ...
Frances Salisbury - December 2, 2020 Go with the flow: the allure of the liquid biopsy Forward finds out how fresh technologies are providing a way to cut invasive procedures out of the ...
Richard Johnson - November 29, 2020 Deep trouble: what can happen when we can’t sleep? It has perhaps never been harder for us to get our heads down. But could new technology come to the ...
Paul Dunne - November 9, 2020 Single-use plastics: Is this the last straw? As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Paul Dunne explores how we can reshape ...
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Tom Furnival - October 6, 2020 Mixed reality: Is it the blend that will boost human wellbeing? From simulating the evaluation of cardiovascular patients to turning CT scans into 3D holograms, ...
Sam Bailey - October 2, 2020 Batteries: Power is nothing without control As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Sam Bailey explores some exciting ...
Kate O'Rourke - September 15, 2020 Facing facts: How the rise of face coverings has brought IP risks Forward: features discuss and celebrate the best of innovation and exploration from the scientific ...
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Paul Dunne - August 24, 2020 Meet the material: Robotic soft matter Inspired by muscles and activated by light, this lifelike and autonomous material could have ...
Adam Gregory - August 24, 2020 Is the future of meat animal-free? Compelling advancements in cellular science could soon see us choosing to abandon animal ...
Andrew Fearnside - August 17, 2020 Quantum computing: Why qubits have consequences for IP As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Senior Associate Andrew Fearnside explores ...
James Leach - August 10, 2020 Antimicrobial resistance: moving towards a targeted approach Spectromics is working to put our existing arsenal of antibiotics to best use in the fight against ...
Simon Kiddle - August 7, 2020 A shore thing: eco-friendly seaweed materials It may be a bother for sunbathers, but seaweed is a promising eco-friendly industrial material.
Eleanor Maciver - August 3, 2020 In conversation with an innovator: Daniel Solomita, CEO and Founder of Loop Industries The CEO and founder of Loop Industries lets us in on the revolutionary technology and development ...
Chris Denison - July 21, 2020 Are functional foods worth the fuss? Forward: features discuss and celebrate the best of innovation and exploration from the scientific ...
Sean Jauss - July 14, 2020 String theory: how bundling IP rights strengthens bioinformatics products As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Sean Jauss explores how bundling IP ...
Julie Carlisle - July 5, 2020 Medicine's most wanted Will the world's most dangerous microbes soon meet their match? Forward finds out what's in the ...
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Rachel Oxley - June 8, 2020 Ocean Energy - out of the blue Long considered the poor relation of solar and wind-based solutions, why is ocean energy now ...
Matthew Smith - June 8, 2020 Edge of discovery New research into graphitic carbon nitride has brought a solution to water scarcity a step closer ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - June 5, 2020 Branding in times of crisis: It’s time to make your mark meaningful David Benady explains why a brand based on solid values is now a business’s most powerful asset.
Camille Terfve - June 3, 2020 Have we entered the era of the DIY superhuman? Self-improvement products are everywhere around us, on our bookshelves and supermarket shelves ...
Julie Carlisle - June 1, 2020 Is faster drug development likely to become the “new normal?” As part of our Thought Leaders series, Sarah Kostiuk-Smith explores whether faster drug development ...
Richard Clegg - May 14, 2020 Singapore's biotech breakthrough From the far east to the east coast of America, the world is taking note of a new energy surging ...
Paul Dunne - April 15, 2020 Circular economy: the solution to plastic pollution? The ascent of plastic from its Bakelite beginnings to the workhorse material of the modern day has ...
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Camille Terfve - March 18, 2020 Bioinformatics - science's big secret Now deeply woven into the fabric of biological research, bioinformatics has become the secret sauce ...
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Sarah Kostiuk-Smith - March 6, 2020 Why 'innoversity' is an imperative Andrea Brewster, lead executive officer at IP Inclusive, writes for Forward magazine. She discusses ...
Katherine Green - February 24, 2020 EPO streamlining: the opposition timeline tightens Our analysis of patent oppositions has revealed that early action has become imperative for ...
Anna Mudge - February 19, 2020 What makes Massachusetts small but mighty? Deirdre Sanders, president of the Boston Patent Law Association and a principle at Hamilton Brook ...
Richard Johnson - September 6, 2019 When AI met EQ Affective computing may be a multi-billion -dollar business, but much of how it works remains ...
Simon Parry - August 20, 2019 Fast times at TBRe: the future of autonomous vehicles In Forward magazine edition 2, we met up with Team Bath Racing Electric (TBRe) who are driving the ...
Graeme Moore - May 29, 2019 The journey of rLoop - a new technology innovation network disrupting the world of transport and IP As a child growing up in Blackburn, near Manchester, UK, Ilyas Vali dreamed of owning a dog. He ...
Frances Salisbury - April 15, 2019 Pioneers of precision medicine Breakthroughs in healthcare promise a future in which the individual sits at the centre of medical ...
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