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UK memory start-up Quinas wins WIPO award
14 July 2025 | phase2, ULTRARAM

UK memory start-up Quinas wins WIPO award

Lancaster University memory spinout company Quinas Technology has won a 2025 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Global Award. Selected from a pool of more than 780 applicants across 95 countries, Quinas was recognised for its patented ULTRARAM technology, which uses compound semiconductors (GaSb, InAs and AlSb) to combine the speed of DRAM and the non-volatility […]

CSEM develops a 3D printed thermal control system for satellites
23 June 2025 | AHEAD, phase2

CSEM develops a 3D printed thermal control system for satellites

CSEM, in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space and Lisi Aerospace Additive Manufacturing, has created an innovative 3D printed pipe segment for advanced thermal management systems in satellites. The part was displayed at the LISI Aerospace booth during the Paris Air Show.

IQE and Quinas Technology complete £1.1m ULTRARAM industrialisation project
19 June 2025 | phase2, ULTRARAM

IQE and Quinas Technology complete £1.1m ULTRARAM industrialisation project

IQE, a supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions, and Quinas Technology have successfully completed a project to develop scalable production of ULTRARAM, the world’s first quantum-powered universal memory.

IQE and Quinas complete £1.1m ULTRARAM scale-up project
17 June 2025 | phase2, ULTRARAM

IQE and Quinas complete £1.1m ULTRARAM scale-up project

Compound semiconductor wafer company IQE plc and Quinas Technology, a British semiconductor company, have completed a £1.1 million Innovate UK-funded joint project to develop a scalable production method for the world’s first quantum-powered universal memory ULTRARAM.

3D-printed pipe segment combines heating and sensor for satellites
30 January 2025 | AHEAD, phase2

3D-printed pipe segment combines heating and sensor for satellites

The Swiss Technology Innovation Center (CSEM), in collaboration with LISI Aerospace Additive Manufacturing and Thales Alenia Space France, has developed a 3D-printed tube segment that combines heating elements and temperature sensors. The component was designed as part of the EU project AHEAD (Advanced Heat Exchange Devices).

El investigador español que quiere darle un giro de 180 grados a las pantallas gracias a las membranas de grafeno (in Spanish)
25 November 2024 | MEGAMORPH, phase2

El investigador español que quiere darle un giro de 180 grados a las pantallas gracias a las membranas de grafeno (in Spanish)

Santiago Cartamil-Bueno es físico pero, tras su periplo académico, se decidió a emprender en una ‘deep tech’ con sede en Valencia y residencia en Estonia. Cartamil el coordinador del proyecto MEGAMORPGH.

ATTRACT: Using experimentation to boost University-Industry collaboration
14 November 2024 | NEXT, phase2

ATTRACT: Using experimentation to boost University-Industry collaboration

A study led by the NEXT project highlights how structured experimentation can help design more effective collaboration programs, providing data-driven insights to optimize the engagement of researchers and businesses.

A lab to grow tech entrepreneurs: what ‘big science’ can offer
16 October 2024 | ACISS, Base, CBI A3, CBI-FP, CBI.ATTRACT, CBI4AI, FTSF, phase2, SGI, SPOT, TeSI

A lab to grow tech entrepreneurs: what ‘big science’ can offer

A conversation with Michael Krisch, director of research at the Grenoble-based European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). The EU-funded ATTRACT Academy uses research infrastructures to train Europe’s next-generation tech entrepreneurs. Among the students, ‘you see the eyes starting to sparkle’.

On growing new Googles and Amazons in Europe – through better tech training
3 October 2024 | ACISS, Base, CBI A3, CBI-FP, CBI.ATTRACT, CBI4AI, FTSF, phase2, SGI, SPOT, TeSI

On growing new Googles and Amazons in Europe – through better tech training

A conversation with Cinzia Da Vià, Professor at Manchester University. The EU-funded ATTRACT project is giving students the broad, multi-disciplinary training they need if they are to succeed  as ‘deep tech’ entrepreneurs in global markets  

UKRI announces full list of 16 semiconductor projects getting government funding
1 October 2024 | phase2, ULTRARAM

UKRI announces full list of 16 semiconductor projects getting government funding

UKRI has announced the 16 semiconductor projects sharing £11.5 million to scale up semiconductor manufacturing, improve supply chain resilience, and establish innovations and new manufacturing techniques, among others. One of them is ULTRARAM computer memory.

How to train a tech entrepreneur
18 September 2024 | ACISS, Base, CBI A3, CBI-FP, CBI.ATTRACT, CBI4AI, FTSF, phase2, SGI, SPOT, TeSI

How to train a tech entrepreneur

A conversation with Jonathan Wareham, Professor at Esade Business School. ​​The EU-funded ATTRACT project is experimenting with some new ideas in teaching entrepreneurship, bringing students from across Europe together with ‘deep tech’ from research infrastructures.

Articles

Experimenting in University-Industry Collaboration: An Innovation Growth Lab Ideas Handbook

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Progress towards ultra-high-resolution displays via a graphene-based approach

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Scientific articles

Supporting Open Innovation Behaviors in Researchers: Developing a Training with Acceptance and Commitment Training

Dosi, C., Gorni, E., Vignoli, M., Cau, S., & Presti, G. (2025).

CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

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The Impact of Research Data Infrastructures: The Case of the AlphaFold Database

Romasanta, A. K., Wareham, J., & Pujol Priego, L. (2025).

CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

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Attracting Serendipity: the Impact of Investment at the Science/Technology Interface in Fundamental Physics Research Infrastructures

Gastrow, M., Utermann, S., Jungstand, A., & Schmoch, U. (2025).

CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

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Near-infrared germanium PIN-photodiodes with >1A/W responsivity

Hanchen Liu, Toni P. Pasanen, Tsun Hang Fung, Joonas Isometsä, Antti Haarahiltunen, Steven Hesse, Lutz Werner, Ville Vähänissi & Hele Savin

Light: Science & Applications

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Chromatic aberration compensation using thin, transparent, large aperture, wide focal range, adaptive liquid crystal lens

Pereiro-García, M. Caño-García, O. Blanco-Fernández, R. Ramos-Uña, X. Quintana, M.A. Geday

Optics & Laser Technology

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State Aid in Academia-Industry Cooperation: An Overview of the Existing Conditions and Challenges Through the ExSACT Project

Fric, U., Lutman, T., & Mlinar, T. (2024)

CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

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Using experimentation to boost university-industry collaboration

Arteagoitia, S. G., & Fuller, R. (2024).

CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

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METAPHOR: Metabolic Evaluation through Phasor-based Hyperspectral Imaging and Object Recognition for Mammalian Blastocysts and Oocytes.

Albert Parra, Denitza Denkova, Xavier P. Burgos-Artizzu, Ester Aroca, Marc Casals, Irene Oliver-Vila, Miguel Ares, Anna Ferrer-Vaquer, Enric Mestres, Mònica Acacio, Nuno Costa-Borges, Elena Rebollo, Hsiao Ju Chiang, Scott E. Fraser, Francesco Cutrale, Anna Seriola, and Samuel Ojosnegros.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

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Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy of Scientists: A qualitative study on ATTRACT Phase 2 R&D&I Ventures

Fisher, A., Blankesteijn, M. L., Harms, R., & van Muijlwijk-Koezen, J. (2024).

CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

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Are Open Innovation and Entrepreneurial Intentions complements or substitutes for the successful commercialization of academic Breakthrough Technologies?

Feenstra, M., Hopp, C., Pruschak, G., & Werker, C. (2024).

CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

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Colon cancer detection by using Poincaré sphere and 2Dpolarimetric mapping of ex vivo colon samples

Deyan Ivanov, Viktor Dremin, Alexander Bykov, Ekaterina Borisova, Tsanislava Genova, Alexey Popov, Razvigor Ossikovski, Tatiana Novikova, Igor Meglinski.

Journal of Biophotonics

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