New Catapult to launch in Wales

Posted on 8 Jan 2016 by Fred Tongue
Sir Kostya Novoselov (left, one of two graphene Nobel laureates) demonstrating the graphene lightbulb developed by the University of Manchester to Chancellor George Osborne. Image courtesy of the University of Manchester

George Osborne has announced that the Government will be launching a new Catapult national innovation centre in Wales.

The new centre will be focused on compound semiconductors and will be a place for British businesses, engineers and experts to come together in the name of innovation. Osborne announced that the Government will fund the project with £10m a year until 2020-21, with investment in the project totalling £50m. At @cardiffuni with @SCrabbMP to…

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