Read article: Talking tech transfer at TRIUMF
Kathryn Hayashi, who leads the commercial arm of Canada’s national particle accelerator laboratory, discusses the challenges of developing spin-out companies based on research
Read article: A calculated risk
For neutron scientist Peter Böni, founding a company felt like a huge gamble – until a chance meeting persuaded him to take the plunge
Read article: How to build a super-magnet
Ziad Melhem outlines the thinking that went into the design and development of the world’s most powerful all-superconducting magnet
Read article: Creating chemical images, solving industrial problems
How time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is helping scientists understand commercial challenges in materials science
Read article: Tesla versus Edison: lessons from the AC/DC war
James McKenzie revisits the battle between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla over the best way to transmit electricity
Read article: Vertical launch spaceport planned for Scotland with first flights in early 2020s
Horizontal launch facility in Cornwall also gets a boost
Read article: Simulating fluid dynamics in the cloud
Zenotech CEO David Standingford describes how the rise of cloud computing has created opportunities, both for his business and for the wider fluid-dynamics community
Read article: Finding a niche within scientific computing
Tech-X co-founders John Cary and Svetlana Shasharina reflect on how the firm developed its specialism
Read article: Engineering eureka: how industry engages with basic research
Executives from Airbus, Bell Labs, IBM, ID Quantique and venture-capital firm Elaia Partners share their views on basic research
Read article: Fusion dreams
James McKenzie wonders if a commercial approach will bring a practical fusion reactor to market faster
