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Technology & science · 28 Jul 2026
What society is getting from drug innovation
For much of the past half century, the social contract underpinning pharmaceutical innovation was clear. New drugs delivered longer lives, fewer hospitalisations and, in some cases, cures. In return, societies accepted steadily rising healthcare spending. That contract held as long as innovation visibly transformed outcomes. It is now being renegotiated.
Technology & science · 27 Aug 2024
Exploring the role of AI in philanthropy
The reach of the artificial intelligence revolution is reshaping not only the way we conduct business, but also how we drive the positive change we wish to see in the world.
Technology & science · 22 Aug 2024
Harnessing wind power with rotor sails
With master mariner Kim Diederichsen at the helm, London-based Anemoi Marine Technologies is forging ahead developing its innovative rotor sails, which harness wind power and reduce fuel consumption – helping to cut fuel and emissions from the shipping industry and meet net-zero targets.
Technology & science · 04 Mar 2024
As Artificial Intelligence comes of age, it’s time to unearth its promise
With investment growing fast, AI’s commercial promise can now gain traction – with some areas particularly well placed.
Technology & science · 13 Oct 2023
Reinventing payday
Avinash Sukhwani, co-founder of the salary-on-demand company Payflow, is aiming to ease employee access to cash beyond the monthly pay run.
Technology & science · 20 Sep 2023
Technology’s ability to address the global healthcare challenge
The impact of new technologies on healthcare systems worldwide has only just begun. Key advantages include detecting diseases early, and greater personalised care. Both should result in better patient outcomes and could reduce the cost burden on providers.
Technology & science · 21 Feb 2023
Why businesses are integrating blockchain for supply-chain transparency
Two-thirds of customers are reducing their environmental footprint, according to NielsenIQ. This changing profile of consumer demand is transforming the way we do business and is spawning countless green innovations.
Technology & science · 07 Feb 2023
The untapped potential of preventive health care
Healthy people are the foundation for a healthy economy, reports the U.N. But just how proactive are we about health care?
Technology & science · 31 Jan 2023
Digitalising the world's supply chains
Covid-19, rising inflation, labour shortages and now war have disrupted the logistics that underpin global trade. To adapt, companies must turn to technology.
Technology & science · 05 Oct 2022
The metaverse: a mega opportunity
The metaverse offers a new world of investment opportunities across social media, e-commerce, remote learning and working.
Technology & science · 18 Aug 2022
How a scientist in Singapore is innovating with microRNA to tackle cancer
Dr Zou Ruiyang is co-founder and chief technology officer at MiRXES, which uses the power of RNA to deliver early personalized diagnoses that can be acted upon quickly to improve and save lives.
Technology & science · 20 Jul 2022
How NFTs are resetting conventions in the luxury goods industry
Technology & science · 28 Jun 2022
Changing the way the pharma industry and academia work together
Technology & science · 30 Mar 2022
Biotech – Where investors can access the value created by medical innovation
Biotechnology, or simply biotech, uses processes found in nature to develop technologies and products, not least within the area of improving human health. The biotech sector has revolutionised the treatment of disease since the 1982 development of injectable insulin used to treat diabetes.
Technology & science · 22 Mar 2022
The long-term outlook for health and care
Innovation within healthcare serves two key purposes: improving patient outcomes and reducing or controlling the aggregate related costs to society. Over the last decade, a significant number of new technologies and services have emerged and matured that are reshaping how the major healthcare stakeholders – namely patients, providers, payers and broader society – interact.
Technology & science · 09 Mar 2022
How people and location are at the heart of the new hospitality industry
Christoph Hoffmann, along with his business partners in the 25 hours hotel group, is changing the shape of the boutique city hotel. He says the keys to success lie in variety, storytelling and people, and in creating a pioneering corporate philosophy on all three.
Technology & science · 22 Feb 2022
Meet the international art collective pushing the boundaries of creativity and tech
Since it was founded two decades ago, teamLab has become a global cultural phenomenon – and today it’s on a mission to reunite the post-pandemic world.
Technology & science · 22 Feb 2022
Fuelling the green transition
An analysis of the patent literature pertaining to energy suggests we may be at the early stages of a new wave of clean energy innovation.
