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Project Number 4218: Improving the Designs of Turbines
Oxford University’s Engineering Department has developed a different nozzle design to improve the efficiency of jet engines and gas or steam turbines, through reduced aerodynamics loss and better cooling performance.

Project Number 4304: Indium Oxide-based Photocatalysts & Photovoltaics
A method of doping and solution phase deposition of indium oxide films enhancing their properties as photocatalysts and photovoltaics.

Project Number 6952: Stress Echocardiography
Segmentation of stress echocardiography sequences using rest-based patient-specific prior information.

Project Number 6891: Scanning the Past
A portable multispectral scanner, with superior image processing algorithms, digitally reinstates rare ancient documents in libraries and museums. Other applications include security, forensics and medical imaging.

Project Number 3963: Concentrating on Solar
Concentrating sunlight on small but highly efficient solar cells has the potential to provide cost-effective, large-scale electricity generation. Solar concentrators are a key factor in the growth of this industry and scientists at the University of Oxford have developed solar concentrators with high concentration factors that potentially cost less than those commonly available.

Project Number 4223: Quantifiable, Comparable, Low X-ray Dose Mammograms
A new method for producing comparable, quantifiable results in mammography, which reduces patient x-ray doses and corrects scatter, allowing improved or automated diagnosis and computerised screening.

Project Number 74015: Optoelectronic Control, Display and Logic Elements
Researchers have created optoelectronic devices using standard CMOS manufacturing techniques that promise optical switches, logic elements/ “optical transistors”, and the next generation of display technology.

Project Number 7173: Dynamic Online Sport Ranking
DOSR is a new means to analyse, rank and present sports statistics in a format for athletes, consumers and organisations to attract web-user interest, promote sports and provide an online social network for athletes.

Project Number 4335: Digital Tracking Algorithm for Real-time or Recorded Video Sequences
A method of tracking identifiable entities in video, using probabilistic methods to maintain continuous tracks of the entities, that works even when multiple entities cross paths.

Project Number 3677: Real-Time Visual Tracking Technology
University of Oxford researchers have developed a novel system for robust, real-time tracking of objects in digital image sequences.

Project Number 3265: Use of calcium modulators and miglustat in NPC
Opportunity to license a ‘Use patent’ covering calcium modulators alone and in combination with miglustat (Zavesca) to treat Niemann Pick type C and Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome (plus other related conditions) via a novel mechanism, supported with in vivo data.

Project Number 3982: Production of High Value Pharmaceutical Compounds by Biocatalysis
Enzymatic preparation of compounds useful in the production of pharmaceuticals.

Project Number 3558: Carbopol as an Adjuvant
The synthetic anionic polymer Carbopol has been shown to be an effective adjuvant, able to improve immune responses to HIV and influenza antigens.

Project Number 4134: Smooth Walled Feed Horn Antennas
High performance smooth-walled feed horn antenna arrays that can be rapidly manufactured and are inexpensive compared to corrugated feed horns. Applications include radio astronomy, telecommunication, radars and satellite communications.

Project Number 3645: Using MicroRNA to Create Ultra-specific Viral Vaccines
A group of Oxford researchers have used tissue-specific miRNA expression to take control of the replication abilities of viruses to create a new class of cost-effective vaccines with improved safety and efficacy profiles.

Project Number 7028: Device for Measurement of Acetone in Breath
A novel device for detecting acetone in breath has the potential to become an accurate and non-invasive diabetes test and monitoring tool that removes the need for blood samples.

Project Number 74011: Efficient Ionized Air Mover Solution
An ionized air mover that generates and accelerates negative ions without the use of bulky pumps or fans, resulting in a sleek engineering solution for use in air purifier devices.

Project Number 74013: Low Noise Amplifier
A novel design of Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) that dramatically reduces effective internal noise, without using cryogenic cooling or expensive components.

Project Number 4258: Ultra-Stable Streptavidin
A new mutant that is crash-test resistant and set to replace streptavidin in applications such as anchoring and biomolecule detection.

Project Number 4442: Optical Imaging Actuation Tool
This invention offers a simple, versatile and cost-effective method to move a lens, mirror, sample or any other small object at higher speeds and distances than previously available.