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The funding freeze upended the university’s business model, suspending hundreds of scientific projects that included clinical trials with patients on lifesaving medicine and raising questions over how the institution could sustain that work.

A separate joint venture with Helsing, a German defense startup, fell apart last year amid squabbling over who would have most control over the software project, according to people familiar with the matter.

The team is also investigating foams as carriers for bacterial systems as part of an ongoing EU project.

A ministry source told state agency ANA the decision "prioritises the implementation of critical infrastructure projects".

Their project forms part of the current trend of converting cinemas into "premium" venues, offering high comfort and upgraded visual and sound quality.