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The science behind Cardiff’s space-age scanner

The science behind Cardiff’s space-age scanner

Posted on 20 December 2018 by Laura Kendrick

A super-sensitive passenger scanner that reveals hidden security threats has been trialled at Cardiff Airport. The walk-through device applies space technology to image human body heat. The result of a […]

The Effects of Concussion in Sport

The Effects of Concussion in Sport

Posted on 13 December 2018 by Peter Theobald

Head injury in sport is becoming an increasingly prominent societal challenge. The effect of concussion, or ‘mild traumatic brain injury’ (MTBI), is now frequently reported in sports including rugby and […]

Innovation…

Innovation…

Posted on 28 November 2018 by Damian Walford Davies

Words have histories, like places and people. Consider ‘innovation’. You’ll say the word has become a cliché, a cant word in the media, a piece of management speak or glib […]

Event: Yīn and Yáng: Investing in Today for a Better Tomorrow – Lord John Bird MBE

Event: Yīn and Yáng: Investing in Today for a Better Tomorrow – Lord John Bird MBE

Posted on 22 November 2018 by Laura Kendrick

Thursday 6 December 2018 18:30 – 20:15 Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, is pleased to welcome The Big Issue founder and crossbench peer, Lord Bird MBE, to deliver the inaugural […]

Trump, trade wars and China – an interview with Mike Wilson, Panalpina

Trump, trade wars and China – an interview with Mike Wilson, Panalpina

Posted on 20 November 2018 by Laura Kendrick

Mike Wilson, pictured, Global Head of Logistics and Manufacturing at Panalpina, is a newly chaired Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff Business School. Here, he talks to Professor Aris Syntetos, from […]

Guest post: Linda Hazzard – Living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL)

Guest post: Linda Hazzard – Living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL)

Posted on 8 November 2018 by Laura Kendrick

Linda Hazzard won the ‘People’s Choice’ Social Media Competition at Cardiff’s 20th Innovation and Impact Awards earlier this year. A former local government employee from Weston-Super-Mare, Linda voted for Cardiff […]

Chinese delegates visit Institute for Compound Semiconductors

Chinese delegates visit Institute for Compound Semiconductors

Posted on 5 November 2018 by Heath Jeffries

Cardiff’s Institute for Compound Semiconductors (ICS) has played host to officials from Chongqing Municipal Government in south western China. The party of ten delegates visited the University to get to […]

Innovation breeds innovation: from violence prevention to the UK What Works Council

Innovation breeds innovation: from violence prevention to the UK What Works Council

Posted on 26 October 2018 by Laura Kendrick

Author: Professor Jonathan Shepherd In July 1997 I took the plunge. My research had told me years previously that hospital A&Es are sources of unique data about violence which could […]

Peter Williams Memorial Symposium

Peter Williams Memorial Symposium

Posted on 17 October 2018 by Nishtha Agarwal

We are all very excited to hear the news that ground has been broken for the new building for Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI). Many of the team are involved in […]

Case Study – Qioptiq

Case Study – Qioptiq

Posted on 11 October 2018 by Laura Kendrick

Cardiff University expertise helped the North Wales company Qioptiq win an £82m defence contract, creating and safeguarding jobs. Experts from Cardiff Business School spent two years developing a toolset to improve Denbighshire-based Qioptiq’s inventory forecasting […]