• Implications of Rachel Reeves’s Mais Lecture for Science & Innovation Policy

    Updated: 2024-03-28 11:24:57
    There will be a general election in the UK this year, and it is not impossible (to say the least) that the Labour opposition will form the next government. What might such a government’s policies imply for science and innovation policy? There are some important clues in a recent, lengthy speech – the 2024 Mais … Continue reading "Implications of Rachel Reeves’s Mais Lecture for Science & Innovation Policy"

  • Optical fibres and the paradox of innovation

    Updated: 2024-03-27 21:38:54
    Here is one of the foundational papers for the modern world – in effect, reporting the invention of optical fibres. Without optical fibres, there would be no internet, no on-demand video – and no globalisation, in the form we know it, with the highly dispersed supply chains that cheap and reliable information transmission between nations … Continue reading "Optical fibres and the paradox of innovation"

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