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	Quality insights – winds of change Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how you can manage change in a controlled way... more..	02/09/10
	Devices for healthy living: Will consumer or medical device companies dominate? Ageing populations are increasingly concerned about their health. People want to eat and exercise well to live better - and they need more useable devices. Bio-monitoring, real-time feedback and improved information are required to help consumers select dietary, beauty, fitness and other options. more..	02/09/10
	Finding variants in the human genome New findings show the value of genetic studies across human populations and the value of the latest DNA sequencing technologies to interrogate genetic variation. The results, from the latest phase of the international HapMap Project, are reported in 'Nature'. more..	02/09/10
	Cleantech group investigates smart grids and home energy monitoring How can the UK optimise the production and use of renewable energy? That is the question to be addressed at the next Cambridge Network Cleantech special interest group meeting, which takes place at lunchtime on Monday September 27th. more..	01/09/10
	NICE event focuses on healthcare innovators Cambridge companies that are innovating in healthcare and medical devices will benefit from learning more about the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) approvals system at the Cambridge Network healthcare special interest group meeting this month. more..	01/09/10
	Your chance to take part in Cambridge-based product trial A Cambridge based start-up company has been working on an exciting new video entertainment product which is set to revolutionize the way we access and use video and movies. more..	31/08/10
	First genetic link to common migraine exposed A world-wide collaboration of researchers has identified the first-ever genetic risk factor associated with common types of migraine. The researchers, who looked at the genetic data of more than 50,000 people, have produced new insights into the triggers for migraines. more..	31/08/10
	Judges announced for Cambridge Wireless: Discovering Start-Ups 2010 Discovering Start-Ups 2010 announces prestigious judging panel for East of England awards. more..	27/08/10
	Cambridge CMOS Sensors makes first sales University of Cambridge spin-out Cambridge CMOS Sensors has made the first sales of its innovative gas-sensing microsystems to two leading international sensor companies. more..	27/08/10
	Breathe™ easy: Cambridge Consultants technology adds intelligence and automation to aspiration procedures Cambridge Consultants has developed the first ever digital device for collapsed lung aspiration, enhancing the value of operation for doctors and hospitals and reducing the invasiveness of the procedure. more..	27/08/10
	Liver cells created from patients’ skin cells Research paves the way for new liver disease research and possibly cell-based therapy. more..	26/08/10
	Multiple sclerosis researchers receive £100,000 grant from Freemasons Cambridge researchers have received a major grant from The Freemasons’ Grand Charity totalling £100,000. more..	26/08/10
	Qi3 Accelerator supports Rushlight Awards for environmental sustainability Qi3 is pleased to be supporting the Rushlight Awards 2010, which recognise cleantech innovation. The closing date for entries is 31 October 2010 and the Gala Awards Dinner will follow on 27 January 2011. more..	25/08/10
	Horizon and Sanger Institute collaborate to advance the frontiers of translational genomics Two Cambridge-based organisations, the Wellcome Trust’s Sanger Institute and Horizon Discovery, will collaborate to translate the abundance of new information on human genetic variation into more effective treatments for cancer. more..	24/08/10
	UK's leading agile software coach to speak in Cambridge Rachel Davies, author of 'Agile Coaching', is to keynote the Agile Cambridge 2010 conference. more..	23/08/10
	Knowledge Management - a passing fad? Knowledge Management means different things to different people, from database management to a culture endemic in the organisation; from a business necessity to a passing fad. RiverRhee Consulting focuses on some current perspectives of knowledge management... more..	23/08/10
	Sustainable Shells in running for 2010 Earth Awards An innovative building concept co-created by a University of Cambridge architect has reached the finals of the 2010 Earth Awards. more..	23/08/10
	Putting the patient first: students work with elderly to define the next stage of the connected health revolution Recent collaboration with Tufts University students and Cambridge Consultants offers a glimpse into how different generations interact with emerging health technologies. more..	19/08/10
	Copytrax to exhibit small format digital printing technology at promotional marketing show Copytrax have announced that they will be exhibiting their Copytrax PrintMaster digital flatbed printer at the "Promotional Marketing and Incentives Live" show to be held at the NEC (21st - 22nd September). more..	17/08/10
	Plextek to showcase custom MMIC design work at European Microwave Week 2010 Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy will be showcasing its custom Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit (MMIC) design expertise on stand 152 during this year’s European Microwave Week. more..	17/08/10
	How to create winning business ideas – part two If you followed FCG Consultancy's idea from last week, you will have added a new dimension to Brainstorming, to make it more productive. Now that you have gathered information specific to your market and the issue you want to solve, what do you do next?. Jonathan Wainwright explains... more..	17/08/10
	Strem Chemicals releases new catalogue of chemicals for research Strem Chemicals, Inc, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for research and development announced that it has released its new Catalogue of Chemicals. Strem UK, a family run business based in Cambridge, has been supplying products in the UK for 16 years. more..	17/08/10
	Innomech develops powerful ‘track and trace’ technology for healthcare markets GB Innomech, which specialises in the development of advanced automation systems, is helping develop a powerful new low-cost approach to uniquely mark pharmaceutical and related healthcare products and therefore improve product traceability. more..	16/08/10
	Plastic Logic moves on to next generation product Plastic Logic has announced it is revising its product strategy and plans to shift its focus to bring to market a second-generation ProReader plastic electronics-based product. The company said it has cancelled its QUE product, which it debuted at CES in January 2010 and planned to ship earlier this year. more..	16/08/10
	Stress does reduce your chances of having a baby Researchers used salivary biomarkers Cortisol and Alpha Amylase in a study where results showed that those with the highest levels of Alpha Amylase (Adrenalin) were linked to reduced conception, while Cortisol had little effect. more..	16/08/10
	Bring us your embedded system problems - Pebble Bay Pebble Bay opens its door to embedded engineering challenges more..	13/08/10
	InCrops Enterprise Hub seeks consultant to develop a bioenergy strategy InCrops - a not-for-profit, spin-out company from the University of East Anglia that aims to accelerate the commercialisation of bio-renewable products and processes from alternative and non-food crops - is looking for a consultant to help with the development of a Bioenergy Strategy. The deadline for responses is noon this Friday (20th August). more..	12/08/10
	Antenova releases dual-mode receive/transmit internal SMD FM antenna module for embedded FM radio applications Antenova announces the addition of the M10385 dual-mode receive/transmit internal surface mount FM Antenna Module for a broad range of mobile and digital media device applications. more..	12/08/10
	Horizon announces that it has been awarded €300,000 grant under EUFP7 program Horizon Discovery today announced that it is to be part of a new four-year EUFP7 personalized medicine consortium PREDICT. more..	12/08/10
	Gartner say that Synthetix are one of the Cool Vendors of 2010 Each year, Gartner identifies Cool Vendors in key technology areas and publishes a series of research reports highlighting these innovative vendors and their products and services. Synthetix has been awarded “Cool Vendor” status in CRM Customer Service for 2010. more..	12/08/10
	New insights into how antibodies are made suggests new approach for anti-cancer drug targets Research at the Babraham Institute, investigating how white blood cells known as B cells develop, has revealed that genes from the Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3Ks) family of enzymes are critical in enabling the B cells to produce antibodies in the spleen and lymph nodes. more..	11/08/10
	Cambridge’s Naked Scientist to strip down science Down Under… How many organs can I donate and still remain alive? Can you make a phone call from a black hole? Could you power a town with lightning? What's the point of fingerprints? And is a chocolate teapot really useless? more..	11/08/10
	Agile software conference launches programme Agile Cambridge 2010, the region's first agile software conference, has launched a strong programme of 20+ practical sessions. more..	10/08/10
	How to create winning business ideas Brainstorming can be very one dimensional. Minds go blank and participants can feel awkward about contributing. So just how can you and the team create winning ideas, to inspire and motivate, in these difficult times? FCG Consultancy's Jonathan Wainwright reveals the secret. more..	10/08/10
	42 Technology appoints pharma industry automation and robotics expert 42 Technology (42T) has further expanded its range of in-house product and process development skills with the appointment of Frank Tully, an acknowledged expert in the development of advanced automation and robotics for use in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. more..	09/08/10
	Cambridge Network looks into technology for the developing world Recognising the need for innovative technology to meet the growing demand of consumers in the developing world, Cambridge Network is launching a new special interest group this autumn. more..	09/08/10
	Eximia win RFID security award for Ubisense based Meerkat Italian specialist RFID company Eximia has been awarded the RFID Award 2010 for Innovation, for their Meerkat personnel safety monitoring system. Meerkat is based on the award-winning Ubisense solution. more..	09/08/10
	Google software testing guru comes to Cambridge Dr. James A.Whittaker (Google Inc.), author of several well-known books on software testing, will be the keynote speaker at Agile Cambridge 2010. more..	09/08/10
	UK–Japanese young scientists working together: a Cambridge first Post-16 school students from Britain and Japan will attend a unique workshop this week in Cambridge which aims to promote scientific achievement and at the same time develop global awareness and international understanding for young people through science. more..	06/08/10
	Quality insights – devious deviations Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how you can do something different to what you said you would do... more..	05/08/10
	September event will help you enter £5m Collaborative Metadata R&D competition The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has announced an exciting new £5m collaborative R&D competition, 'Metadata: increasing the value of digital content'. The competition, which will be outlined at an event in Cambridge next month, aims to boost projects that address opportunities to build revenue streams with innovative use of metadata. more..	05/08/10
	UK's 'virtual water' reliance leaves international footprint The UK's reliance on 'virtual' water, in imported food and other supplies, is exacerbating water shortages in other countries, engineering experts report. They warn the UK's future development could be threatened if we do not address the escalating global water crisis with urgency. more..	05/08/10
	The art of networking, pitching and presenting for start-ups As part of the Discovering Start-Ups 2010 initiative launched last month by Cambridge Wireless and supported by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA), budding entrepreneurs are being offered the opportunity to learn the art of networking, pitching and presenting. more..	04/08/10
	MBA students offer market analysis skills for local new ventures If your company is considering a new venture, developing a new product, treatment or technology, or is expanding into a new market and could benefit from some market analysis from a bright and resourceful MBA team, Cambridge Judge Business School would like to hear from you. more..	04/08/10
	42 Technology signs Briton EMS as electronics manufacturing partner Product design and development consultancy 42 Technology (42T) has today announced a new manufacturing partnership that will enable the consultancy to offer a faster, more integrated approach to bringing new electronic products to market. more..	03/08/10
	Local businesses handed a university challenge Local businesses with innovative ideas can access highly sought after university expertise this summer with a new East of England Development Agency (EEDA) ‘Innovation Voucher’. more..	03/08/10
	Personality test to explore rules of attraction A major new investigation which aims to solve two of the biggest unanswered questions in psychology is being launched by researchers at the University of Cambridge in partnership with the BBC. more..	02/08/10
	Cambridge Broadband Networks has a story to tell With a 10th anniversary to celebrate and heavy investment in the future, Cambridge Broadband Networks has quite a story to share. more..	30/07/10
	The future of search Cambridge University Department of Engineering's Professor Zoubin Ghahramani and Katherine Heller, along with Dinesh Vadhia, CEO and founder of the spin-off search company Xyggy, have written an article about their work on new ways of searching the internet. more..	30/07/10
	Wellcome Trust and Indian Government announce £45 million initiative to support development of affordable healthcare products A £45 million partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, is announced today to support the development of innovative healthcare products at affordable costs. more..	29/07/10
	Study into the effect of mobile phone radiation on cells published by Babraham scientists A research study into the effects of electromagnetic radiation on cells has been published in the online journal 'PLoS One', revealing that acute (30 minute) application of GSM radiation has no effect on calcium transport inside biological cells. more..	29/07/10
	ICE launches new postgraduate diploma in training, learning and development An innovative programme has been specifically designed for those engaged in the delivery of training and learning or who are committed to moving into this field. more..	29/07/10
	BP gift endows new professorship in earth sciences BP and the University of Cambridge have joined forces to create a new professorship in Earth Sciences. more..	29/07/10
	2idesign produce Cambridge Consultants 'Interface 48' 2idesign have completed another successful 'Interface' brochure for Cambridge Consultants. more..	27/07/10
	Significant increase in production deployments secures additional top talent at Ubisense Ubisense, the world Leader in Precise Real-Time Location Systems, announce the arrival of 10 new full-time staff members along with over 30 contractors, as they ramp up the delivery capacity for new production deployments. more..	27/07/10
	Pebble Bay launch embedded systems development workshops Pebble Bay have announced that they will be running a series of workshops that will assist engineers in understanding the fundamentals of developing code for embedded systems. more..	27/07/10
	Prism staff pass lean manufacturing NVQs Undertaking NVQ business improvement training has helped staff become better problem solvers at St Ives (Cambridgeshire) based contract electronics manufacturing services provider Prism Electronics Limited. more..	26/07/10
	£20,000 to test a bright new business idea in the East of England Local businesses and budding entrepreneurs from across the East of England can secure up to £20,000 to help test the commercial potential of new products or processes. more..	23/07/10
	Development opens potential for earlier detection and treatment of major diseases New immunoassay platform co-developed by Cambridge Consultants and XenBio Fluidics, based on time-resolved florescence (TRF) label helps enable low-cost, near patient diagnostics tests. more..	23/07/10
	Teaching old phones new tricks Cambridge spin-out InputDynamics has been awarded a Pathfinder Investment from Cambridge Enterprise, the University’s commercialisation office, to continue the development of TouchDevice™, its highly innovative input solution for mobile phones. more..	23/07/10
	Quality insights – control your cosmetics Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how you can reduce your cosmetic defects “because you’re worth it”... more..	22/07/10
	Signify appoints Paul Allen to support growing channel Paul Allen has been appointed channel account manager at Cambridge-based Signify, a vendor of secure two-factor authentication (2FA) hosted services. more..	22/07/10
	Copytrax targets the Asian and African market for CD duplication technology Cambridge technology company Copytrax is celebrating its recent substantial growth in exports to customers in Asia and Africa. more..	22/07/10
	Sentec praised by Her Majesty the Queen Sentec, the smart metering technology specialist, was congratulated by Her Majesty the Queen at a reception for Queen’s Award winners at Buckingham Palace following its Queen’s Award for Enterprise success. Sentec received the prestigious award in the International Trade category for exceptional overseas earnings. more..	22/07/10
	Could computational fluid dynamics benefit your business? Looking to use Computational Fluid Dynamics for the first time? Looking to improve the results from your simulations? To coincide with the launch of its new branding, Point Zero Consulting is now offering reduced costs for methodology development and validation studies to new customers. more..	21/07/10
	Beremans Ltd announces publication of 'Malaria vaccines: commercial prospects and landscape analysis' Beremans Ltd, the Cambridge (UK)-based provider of business intelligence services for the Life Sciences sector, announced today the publication of a report entitled ‘Malaria vaccines: commercial prospects and landscape analysis’. more..	21/07/10
	Open Cambridge bigger and better than ever The ancient and sometimes mysterious doors of Cambridge University will open to the public this September, giving thousands the chance to glimpse into hidden corners of both the University and city as a whole. more..	21/07/10
	XJTAG supports Micron Phase Change Memory with JTAG test tools XJTAG, a leading global supplier of IEEE Std. 1149.x boundary scan development systems, today announced that it is the first to provide support for Micron Omneo™ Phase Change Memory (PCM). more..	20/07/10
	Salimetrics Europe to exhibit at Stress 2010 Conference Talk to Salimetrics Europe at the 7th World Conference on STRESS, Gorlaeus Laboratoria, University of Leiden, Leiden Netherlands, 25 to 27 August. This will be an opportunity to discuss the clinical aspects and scientific mechanism of Stress utilising Salivary Biomarkers. more..	20/07/10
	Babraham Bioscience Technologies attracts another monoclonal antibody company to the Babraham Research Campus Kymab, a human monoclonal antibody biopharmaceutical company, has selected the Babraham Research Campus to build its research and business operations. This is the fourth leading edge monoclonal antibody company to have recently established itself at the Babraham Research Campus. more..	20/07/10
	Quantix and Signify deliver new breed of secure cloud with 2FA Quantix, one of the UK’s leading IT Managed Services and Cloud Solutions providers, is partnering with Cambridge-based Signify to offer all customers two-factor authentication (2FA) in its cloud environment. more..	20/07/10
	Deloitte Technology Fast 50: call for nominations Will your company make the ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK this year? The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 ranking is based on percentage revenue growth over five years. more..	20/07/10
	Cambridge researchers get backing for cosmic vision A proposal to design a spacecraft that would seek out habitable planets beyond our own solar system could become reality after receiving support from the UK Space Agency. more..	20/07/10
	New Boot Camp kick-starts Cambridgeshire’s high-growth businesses Following the success of the Start Your Own Business Boot Camp, Business Link in the East of England has introduced a new Business Boot Camp for start-ups with high growth potential. more..	19/07/10
	Open Meeting looks at policies to help Cambridge technology entrepreneurs How do we stimulate technological and social innovation? How do we make policies ‘smarter’? And how can Cambridge benefit? Local entrepreneurs, academics and Government come together at a special afternoon Open Meeting this Friday (23 July) to discuss the vital links between policy and successful technology entrepreneurship. more..	19/07/10
	Team Consulting speeds medical device certification Leading medical technology firm, Team Consulting, is now offering medical device firms new development options that cut both the cost and risk of medical device certification and decrease the time-to-market. more..	19/07/10
	Strong, light and exciting - Shearline announces move to magnesium Advanced manufacturing company Shearline is planning the first UK commercial moulding facility. more..	16/07/10
	Biochrom announces major appointment - Sam Luke as new Group Managing Director Biochrom Ltd, the Cambridge based subsidiary of Harvard Bioscience Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), has announced the appointment of Sam Luke as its new Group Managing Director. more..	16/07/10
	Strategic alliance aimed at business growth A new strategic alliance between two Cambridge based companies will provide a comprehensive recruitment solution to the healthcare marketplace. more..	15/07/10
	Aquiba’s smart water meters provide Sterling value Sentec, the specialist smart metering company based in Cambridge, UK and Takahata, the precision engineering and water meter manufacturing company in Japan, are pleased to announce that the branding of their new joint venture, Aquiba, has been completed. more..	15/07/10
	Cambridge Consultants makes a splash in the innovative marine industry Marine start-up, Green-Tide Turbines (G-TT), has appointed Cambridge Consultants to help with the development of its tidal stream turbines. more..	15/07/10
	Join the UK's leading entrepreneurs as they meet to discuss growth strategies online Today (15th July), 160 of the UK's leading entrepreneurs are convening in Cambridge to spend a day discussing practical strategies to scale their businesses. more..	15/07/10
	Science fiction? No, it’s science fashion When Jenny Tillotson failed biology at school, she never dreamed that one day she’d be running a science-based fashion business. And she certainly never imagined that she would be a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University’s Institute of Biotechnology. more..	13/07/10
	CogniDox 8.3 improves document review with Shared Notes One of the important new features in the recently announced CogniDox release 8.3.0 is support for Shared Notes. Shared notes allow teams to easily share and collate review information in a single location - no more lost emails, forgotten comments or duplicated work. more..	13/07/10
	Superconductor breakthrough could power new advances A new approach to producing high-temperature superconductors could drive down the cost of MRI scanners and protect infrastructure during energy surges. more..	13/07/10
	Kymab and Wellcome Trust sign £20 million financing to build UK biopharmaceutical company Kymab and The Wellcome Trust investment division announced today a £20 million Series A equity financing. Kymab is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialisation of novel monoclonal antibody medicines. more..	12/07/10
	Scientists’ instincts often impaired by biases when making drug discovery decisions, says paper Optibrium, a provider of software solutions for drug discovery, and Tessella, the information technology and consulting services company and world leaders in digital preservation technology, today published a new paper highlighting that scientists’ instincts may not always lead them to making good drug discovery decisions. more..	12/07/10
	Babraham scientists discover a new mechanism behind leukaemia Scientists at the Babraham Institute have discovered a completely new mechanism behind the development of a certain type of leukaemia, according to research published today in the online edition of 'Nature Immunology'. more..	11/07/10
	Optibrium secures 25 accounts in first year of business Optibrium, a provider of software solutions for drug discovery, celebrates two significant milestones: its first year of trading and signing its 25th customer. more..	09/07/10
	Your opportunity to attract investment and media coverage Early stage and pre-spinout companies will have the opportunity to talk to the technology media and potential investors at the Meerkats and Avatars event, being organised by the St John’s Innovation Centre in September. Enterprise Manager Janette Pallas is keen to reach as many entrepreneurs as possible with an invitation to participate. more..	08/07/10
	Quality insights – the real meaning of MTBF Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how you analyse Mean Time Between Failures... more..	08/07/10
	Beanstalk Management secures £3 million growth investment for innovative nanotechnology company Beanstalk Management, the leading corporate finance advisor specialising in the small and mid-market, has successfully concluded a private equity investment on behalf of Mantis Deposition Limited. more..	08/07/10
	Cambridge researcher receives British Liquid Crystal Society 'Young Scientist of the Year' award Dr Steve Morris has received the British Liquid Crystal Society 'Young Scientist of the Year' award at this year's AGM where he gave an invited lecture on 'Liquid crystal lasers and tuneable photonic bandgaps'. more..	08/07/10
	CogniDox 8.3 available for customer download CogniDox, the smart document management solution with integrated support for the product lifecycle, has completed another agile iteration and released v8.3.0 to full production. more..	07/07/10
	Granta Design announces expansion plans Cambridge engineering software company Granta Design has announced details of its on-going expansion plans, with its extended office opening on July 15th. New projects at Granta fuel 20% growth in staff - the company plans a Recruitment Open Evening on July 28th. more..	06/07/10
	42 Technology goes for green with dedicated cleantech consultant Product design and development consultancy 42 Technology (42T) has appointed a dedicated cleantech consultant to help consolidate existing in-house skills and to spearhead a new business push into one of today’s fastest-growing market sectors. more..	06/07/10
	PneumaCare helps patients breathe easier Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge will be the first to use the PneumaScan platform, an innovative non-contact approach to the diagnosis and treatment of lung and respiratory disease, developed by PneumaCare Limited. more..	05/07/10
	Cambridge Mechatronics and SAES® Getters announce partnership Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd (CML), a leading developer of ASICs, software and other Intellectual Property for precision electronic actuators used in high volume consumer products, announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with SAES Getters SpA. more..	05/07/10
	Cambridge PhD student wins Dow Sustainability Student Award 2010 Cise Unluer, a second year PhD student in the Geotechnical and Environmental Research Group, has won the Cambridge University 2010 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award. more..	05/07/10
	New blood-test to aid in schizophrenia diagnosis A new blood-test resulting from research at Cambridge University could aid in the early diagnosis of recent-onset schizophrenia – complementing the traditional patient interview-based diagnosis. more..	05/07/10
	Exploring opportunities for personalised products How far should manufacturers go to personalise their products for consumers? Cambridge Network's Consumer Products and Supply special interest group explores some of the technologies for personalisation - and the opportunities to apply them - at its next meeting on Wednesday July 14th. more..	02/07/10
	Industrial CASE award competition deadline extended to 23 July The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is once again administering a competition for Industrial CASE Studentships for the East of England region on behalf of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The closing date for applications has been extended to 9am on 23 July 2010. more..	02/07/10
	Salimetrics Europe to exhibit at STAR 2010 world conference on stress and anxiety research The STAR Conference 2010 will be held at the prestigious National University of Ireland, Galway from 4th to 6th August. Salimetrics will be available to discuss the use of Salivary Assays in all aspects of stress research. more..	02/07/10
	Taylor Vinters first General Counsel Workshop held in Singapore Taylor Vinters first general counsel workshop in Singapore on 30 June attracted over 40 delegates from organisations including Accenture; Gate Gourmet; Prudential Asset Management; Syngenta; UBS and The Singapore Exchange. more..	01/07/10
	Quadro director speaks at China 20:20 Business Forum Professor Phil Gray, Director of Quadro Design Associates, was a member of an SME panel session at Tuesday’s China 20:20 Business Forum held at the Tate Modern by China-British Business Council. more..	01/07/10
	Cambridge Design Partnership raises its game Four new partners help innovation company to accelerate growth. more..	01/07/10
	Supreme Court Bilski ruling means business as usual for business method patents The US Supreme Court has handed down its long-awaited opinion on the much-followed Bilski v Kappos case. The case concerns a patent application for a business method for hedging risks in commodities trading. more..	01/07/10
	Emotion AI wins Technology Ventures Conference pitching competition Emotion AI was chosen as one of five exciting innovators from among 20 companies exhibiting at the recent Technology Ventures Conference in Cambridge to pitch to a star panel of investors. more..	01/07/10
	Students from TTP Group win regional Year in Industry Contribution to Business Awards Year in Industry students from two TTP Group companies won the regional finals of the Contributions to Business Awards held on 17 June, and are through to the final eight places in the national competition. more..	01/07/10
	Ladbrook Engineering's expertise helps keep historic car on the road Ladbrook develops and manufactures press tools for components for 1899 Panhard veteran car. more..	01/07/10
	Testing pregnant women for smoking? Salimetrics Cotinine saliva assay is the non invasive answer The Government's public health watchdog NICE has recommended that all pregnant women should be tested for smoking so that the NHS can intervene and help them quit. Salimetrics' minimally invasive Saliva Assay technology could be the answer and would allow for Progesterone levels to be tested from the same saliva samples. more..	30/06/10
	Eagle Genomics offers bioinformatics services to OneNucleus members Eagle Genomics, a bioinformatics software company specialising in genomic data management and integration through the use of open-source solutions, is a formal Support Supplier to OneNucleus - the newly created regional organisation created by merging ERBI and the London Biotechnology Network. more..	30/06/10
	Overall safety of statins confirmed The use of statins in patients without a prior history of heart attacks and strokes is of little real benefit in preventing deaths in the short term – the largest study of its type to date has found. more..	30/06/10
	Sensor100 aims at commercial development of bio- and chemo- sensors A new initiative, Sensor100, to expedite commercial development of bio- and chemo- sensors through the Internet has been started. In its first pahase Sensor100 intends to form a global network of those active in sensor research, development and commercialisation and to profile leading centres of activity. more..	29/06/10
	Two centre clinical study confirms 24sure performance An independent study answers one of the most pressing questions in assisted reproduction: How can we improve the success rate of IVF treatments in women of advanced maternal age? more..	29/06/10
	Cambridge Consultants wins competition for Ultra Efficient Lighting A new Government initiative to encourage innovation and research in the lighting industry invites Cambridge Consultants to explore its twin LED lamp concept. more..	29/06/10
	Innomech teams up with biotechnology company for end-of-line test systems One of the world’s leading biotechnology groups has appointed Witchford-based GB Innomech (Innomech) to develop a sophisticated, automated end-of-line testing system for a new drug delivery pen. more..	28/06/10
	RiverRhee Consulting 1 year old in July! On 1st July 2010, RiverRhee Consulting will be 1 year old. For those who have taken an interest in our work, here is a quick recap of our goals and achievements, writes Elisabeth Goodman. more..	28/06/10
	InkJetFlex and BT Manufacturing enter partnership Bulova Technologies Group, Inc. has announced its business partnership with Conductive Inkjet Technology (CIT). CIT and its manufacturing business, Inkjetflex, have successfully partnered with the company's BT Manufacturing Company LLC (BT) of Melbourne, Florida. more..	28/06/10
	Green energy from algae Visitors to this year’s Royal Society Summer Exhibition will have a chance to discover how scientists from the University of Cambridge are studying ways to harness algae as a renewable energy source. more..	28/06/10
	Colworth Science Park lays foundations for new enterprise hub Construction work is underway on The Exchange - Bedfordshire’s new enterprise hub at Colworth Science Park, which is being developed by Unilever and leading research and business space provider Goodman. more..	25/06/10
	Ladbrook Engineering enables a new generation of glass recycling technology Ladbrook have announced that they are currently working on the design and production of a new generation of glass recycling machine for the licence trade. more..	25/06/10
	Cognovo recruits EML to ignite an industry rethink of mobile phone design Technology PR agency EML has been appointed by Cognovo to launch the company, its first product and to promote the strength of its technology proposition to the world’s leading mobile phone makers in Europe, the US and Asia. more..	25/06/10
	Sentec receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise Sentec, the metering technology specialist, has been presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category by Mr Hugh Duberly CBE, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. more..	25/06/10
	Digital Conference breaks records and draws visitors from afar The Fourth Cambridge Digital Marketing Conference on 8th July is now certain to break all records for attendance, with delegates registering from places as far away as Ghana and the USA. Perhaps it’s the amazing line-up of speakers from Google, Microsoft and seven other top presenters... more..	25/06/10
	Quality insights – self-assessment Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how you can audit yourself and continuously improve the way your business runs... more..	24/06/10
	New Ubisense Tag Module puts precise ultra-wide band (UWB) tracking at the heart of third-party products Ubisense, the global leader in precise Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), reveals the new Ubisense Tag Module. Designed for direct integration into third-party devices, the Ubisense Tag Module is the first ultra-wide band (UWB) location tracking device certified in the US, Canada and the EU. more..	24/06/10
	TGAC awaits delivery of its first Illumina HiSeq 2000 The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) is pleased to announce that it will be taking delivery shortly of its first Illumina HiSeq 2000 and is now planning collaborative projects to utilise the capabilities of this new high throughput sequencing system. more..	24/06/10
	How to pick the winner of the English Derby Many people like a flutter on the Epsom Derby, but the chances of winning by sticking a pin in are on average 1 in 17. Dr David Marlin, a physiologist, used tecniques more commonly applied to study disease to shorten the odds. He explained: "This shows the power of these technqiues for unravelling complex interactions in large datasets". more..	23/06/10
	CamCreative this Thursday : Grow your own business Join Cambridge's group for those working in the creative industries - CamCreative - at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse from 7.00pm this Thursday (24th June) for some informal networking with your fellow creatives. more..	22/06/10
	Cordic launch taxi booking iPhone app Cordic has unveiled their new iPhone App, which allows passengers to book a taxi using their iPhone. more..	22/06/10
	Cambridge academic honoured for remote access software St Edmund’s Fellow Dr Andy Harter has won a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal. Dr Harter, who is Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge-based software company RealVNC Ltd and Visiting Fellow of the Computer Laboratory's Digital Technology Group, received the award for his outstanding contribution to British engineering. more..	22/06/10
	Grammar software speaks the winning language (Cambridge Business Media, Written by Lautaro Vargas) Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) awards more than £20K of funding to student entrepreneurs. more..	21/06/10
	Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) is still recruiting! Cambridge University Entrepreneurs was founded 11 years ago amd has since evolved to become a key part of the University's ecosystem for supporting and accelerating entrepreneurship and innovation. It is seeking motivated, committed and creative individuals for various leadership positions. more..	21/06/10
	1000 Genomes Project releases data from pilot projects on path to providing database for 2,500 human genomes The 1000 Genomes Project, an international public-private consortium to build the most detailed map of human genetic variation to date, announces the completion of three pilot projects and the deposition of the final resulting data in freely available public databases for use by the research community. more..	21/06/10
	Strem UK signs agreement with Catalyx Nanotech Strem Chemicals, Inc, a Cambridge based manufacturer of specialty chemicals for research and development, announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Catalyx Nanotech to make Stacked Graphene NanoFibers (SGNF) available for R&D purposes. more..	17/06/10
	New Cambridge Consultants platform brings mobile health one step closer New platform unveiled at Continua Summer Summit 16-18 June 2010 more..	17/06/10
	Humanitarian Centre reports on Cambridge international development innovation The Humanitarian Centre is currently producing a 2010 Cambridge Development Report, based upon Cambridge innovation in humanitarian action. The Centre is keen to hear from those in Cambridge who would like to contribute case studies to include in the report. more..	17/06/10
	The recipe for life is revealed as the most important UK discovery A poll of UK academics – including representatives from Anglia Ruskin University - released this week has revealed that DNA is considered to be the most important discovery made by their peers. The poll was carried out to mark Universities Week, (14-20 June). more..	17/06/10
	Research award for the battle against glaucoma A Cambridge University researcher investigating eye cell transplants in the battle against glaucoma has been awarded £200,000 by the Fight for Sight charity. more..	17/06/10
	Xentech Solutions to provide free technical consultancy to start-ups during FIFA World Cup To coincide with England’s campaign during the FIFA World Cup, Xentech Solutions will provide one day’s free Technical Consultancy to any start-up based in England. more..	16/06/10
	Sundial Telecom shortlisted to receive award by FCS for its eco-friendly fax solution Histon based Sundial Telecom Ltd., a provider of hosted telephony services, has been short listed to receive an award by the Federation of Communications Services, for its popular, eco-friendly hosted email-to-fax solution. The ceremony is taking place tomorrow (17th June) at the IET, Savoy Place, London, where the winners will be announced. more..	16/06/10
	Adder ships professional digital signage to the masses Adder begins shipping a new low cost signage range designed to keep it simple. more..	16/06/10
	Cambridge engineering students apply for patent for new syringe design Three Cambridge Manufacturing Engineering students have come up with a new design for a syringe which may have the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the developing world. The trio of third year students, Adrian Wallis, Harry Simpson and Luke Jesson, are now planning to apply for a patent for their design. more..	16/06/10
	Businesses ‘ill-informed and in need of expert help’ The European Patent Office (EPO) says businesses are ill-informed and in urgent need of help with patents, a situation that could be costing Cambridge businesses millions in lost revenue. more..	15/06/10
	New double beam UV-Vis spectrophotometers from Biochrom Biochrom now offers high performance, double beam and variable bandwidth UV-Vis spectrophotometers as part of the popular Biochrom Libra range. Application-led design with colour touch screens and USB data port means each instrument can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of a wide range of academic, research, or industry applications.. more..	14/06/10
	'Study of organisational creativity in creative organisations' paper wins award Dr James Moultrie's paper 'Exploratory Study of Organisational Creativity in Creative Organisations', published in 'Creativity and Innovation Management Journal' last year, has been awarded the Tudor Rickards Award for the best paper published in the journal during 2009, as voted for by the editorial panel. more..	14/06/10
	New online space for innovation allows you to _connect Members of Knowledge Transfer Networks now have access to _connect , a new online collaboration space for innovation. more..	14/06/10
	Google and Airbus confirmed as key-note speakers at Ubisense User Conference Ubisense, the world leader in Precise Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) will be hosting its Worldwide User Conference on 21st and 22nd September 2010 close to its Corporate Headquarters in Cambridge, England. more..	11/06/10
	New report assesses impact of arts and humanities research at Cambridge Research in the arts and humanities deserves wider recognition for the broad range of palpable contributions it is making to the life of the nation, a new report suggests. more..	11/06/10
	PPD Rated One of Top CROs in Europe in 2010 Company earns number two ranking in CenterWatch's European site survey more..	11/06/10
	Quality insights – are you managing risk? Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how you can review, analyse and manage the risks to your business... more..	10/06/10
	ArtVPS announces Shaderlight for Google SketchUp Rendering solutions provider ArtVPS has announced plans to launch Shaderlight for SketchUp, an interactive rendering plug-in that will enable users to easily create photorealistic images from Google SketchUp and SketchUp Pro. A beta version of the software has been released today and is available as a free download. more..	10/06/10
	i-Teams scores university hat-trick as scheme expands A scheme which provides budding entrepreneurs with a real-life experience of turning ideas into business opportunities is expanding to other universities. more..	10/06/10
	Pebble Bay joins National Microelectronics Institute Pebble Bay have announced that they have joined the National Microelectronics Institute seeking to share knowledge and expertise with the wider Embedded Systems Industry. more..	10/06/10
	Cambridge Wireless launches 'Discovering Start-ups' support initiative Cambridge Wireless, supported by EEDA, has developed a new initiative to find future technology leaders. 'Discovering Start-ups' culminates in a competition with a prize fund of at least £2000. more..	10/06/10
	Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) is recruiting! Cambridge University Entrepreneurs was founded 11 years ago amd has since evolved to become a key part of the University's ecosystem for supporting and accelerating entrepreneurship and innovation. It is seeking motivated, committed and creative individuals for various leadership positions. more..	09/06/10
	Plextek joins TI Elite Design House Network Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, today announced that it has been selected to join Texas Instruments' (TI) Elite Design House Network. more..	09/06/10
	Grand finale -Cambridge University Entrepreneurs £5K challenge The Grand Finale at Cambridge Union tonight (Weds) is Cambridge University Entrepreneurs' last event of the year. Just as its name suggests, it is the highlight of the Entrepreneurs' Challenge. more..	09/06/10
	Salimetrics Europe to exhibit at ISSSMC Sports Conference, Newcastle The International Sports Science, Sports Medicine Conference will deliver a full three day programme with expert speakers at Northumbria University 19 to 21 August 2010. more..	08/06/10
	Chocolate sensation whipped up by Cambridge Design Partnership Rich, foamy, quality hot chocolate will now be achievable at home with a revolutionary process developed by Cambridge Design Partnership. The company has created a home ‘espresso’ machine for chocolate connoisseurs which uses steamed fresh milk and special pods of real chocolate to create an indulgent and delicious experience. more..	08/06/10
	Cleaner fish respond to the shadow of the future Tropical fish alter their behaviour with an eye to the future, researchers at Cambridge have found. This is the first time such behaviour has been seen in any animals except humans. more..	08/06/10
	Exploiting the internet and cloud to drive global growth Cambridge companies increasingly rely on the internet to support their products and services around the world. Two seminars this month will explore how local businesses have built global brands by exploiting the internet in new ways. more..	07/06/10
	Reflections on making better use of time and resources Simplifying and streamlining the way teams work is one of the four areas that RiverRhee Consulting is focusing on. Elisabeth Goodman, Principal Consultant, summarises some of her recent writings and papers on this topic. more..	07/06/10
	42 Technology and FIND partner to deliver improved TB diagnosis 42 Technology (42T) is working closely with the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics (FIND), an independent, international, non-profit organisation, to significantly improve the sensitivity of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. more..	07/06/10
	Cambridge aims to become the world’s library Cambridge University Library has announced visionary plans to become a digital library for the world - following a £1.5m lead gift pledged by Dr Leonard Polonsky. more..	07/06/10
	Pfizer extends field of use for Cambridge-developed antibody engineering technology A field-specific licence for an antibody engineering technology developed at the University of Cambridge has been extended to all fields with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. more..	07/06/10
	GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway brings material intelligence to the engineering desktop The new GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway enables a new generation of materials-related software applications for engineering enterprises by integrating Granta Design’s materials information technology with computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE). more..	07/06/10
	UK still tops European investment league - but East of England down on 2008 The UK retained its position as the most attractive destination for inward investment in Europe in 2009, according to Ernst & Young’s latest European Attractiveness Survey published today. more..	04/06/10
	Doing business in the US? La Playa offer white paper as helping hand For science and technology companies, the US market offers the potential of huge rewards - but it’s not without risk. It’s more important than ever to understand the insurance implications when planning to take your products and services across the Atlantic. more..	04/06/10
	Design and technology student creates interactive coffee table Visual Planet’s ViP Interactive Foil has been innovatively used by a student from King’s School Sixth Form in Rochester, UK to create an aesthetically pleasing and extremely creative coffee table inviting interaction from the family. more..	04/06/10
	TMC Fertility to offer 24sure to IVF patients in Malaysia and South East Asia TMC Fertility Centre, Malaysia’s leading centre for assisted reproductive technology (ART), has announced it plans to offer BlueGnome’s 24sure aneuploidy screening platform to patients with a history of recurrent miscarriage or failed IVF cycles. more..	04/06/10
	PowerPoint ban proves an outright winner for TTE Systems Dr Michael Pont of TTE Systems Ltd was voted "The Best Presenter" at the recent Cambridge conference for hi-tech developers. more..	03/06/10
	Surgical and medtech experts say reimbursement system is stunting minimally invasive surgery (MIS) market growth A new Cambridge Consultants report looks at the future of the $15 billion MIS market and points out flaws in the current system that discourages innovation. more..	03/06/10
	ERBI unveils new name and brand identity: One Nucleus ERBI, the not-for-profit membership company for international life science and healthcare businesses, today unveiled its new name and brand identity – One Nucleus – at the opening of its 12th annual Conference at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge. more..	02/06/10
	Pebble Bay to make their mark on USB 3.0 Pebble Bay have announced their availability to undertake USB 3.0 development work for companies looking to exploit this latest high-speed, high performance communication format. more..	01/06/10
	Shearline goes large, acquiring assets of Last Engineering Aerospace and defence clients have welcomed the news that precision manufacturing company Shearline has extended its capability with the acquisition of the building and equipment of Last Engineering, and the hiring of some of its staff. more..	01/06/10
	CSR SiRFatlasV boosts integration, performance and cost-effectiveness for consumer navigation systems CSR has announced the SiRFatlasV® multifunction GPS system processor, a next-generation system-on-chip device with higher levels of integration, performance and cost-effectiveness that enables manufacturers to create high-volume, value-priced consumer navigation and location-aware products. more..	01/06/10
	Babraham’s 7th Biotechnology Investment Forum fosters finance opportunities Babraham Bioscience Technologies (BBT) held its seventh Biotechnology Investment Forum (BIF) this week at the Babraham Research Campus, bringing together 15 early-stage biomedical ventures from across the UK with over 30 biotechnology-focused investor groups. more..	28/05/10
	Step 2010: Step forward to find new talent Applications are now open for Anglia Ruskin University's Step Programme 2010. Every year, Step places hundreds of highly motivated students with small and medium-sized enterprises to undertake business projects during their eight-week summer vacation. more..	28/05/10
	Hay fever sufferer? Download iPhone app that monitors pollen level Golley Slater has produced an iPhone application called Pollen Forecast UK that shows the pollen forecast wherever you are within the UK. more..	28/05/10
	netXtra raises the bar with launch of British Institute of Innkeeping website Long Melford based website design and development company netXtra have again consolidated their reputation for delivering market-leading content manageable membership websites with another prestigious launch for the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII). more..	28/05/10
	Management graduate secures research post with world’s largest offshore wind farm project Postgraduate student Nathalie Kolasa who is currently studying for an MSc in Management at the Ashcroft International Business School (AIBS) at Anglia Ruskin University has secured a research project with a difference – she is set to work with the London Array offshore wind farm project. more..	28/05/10
	Quality insights – secrets of Poka Yoke Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how the ‘Poka Yoke’ mistake-proofing technique works... more..	27/05/10
	Cambridge researcher gets green light for while-you-wait Hep B test A ‘dipstick’ test that detects Hepatitis B within 30 minutes – and could be used in some of the world’s poorest countries – has been given the green light for use in the European Union. more..	27/05/10
	Babraham scientists awarded £900k grant to boost understanding of epigenetics Scientists at the Babraham Institute have been awarded funding to further their internationally-leading research in epigenetic regulation in partnership with CellCentric, the biotechnology company focused on epigenetics. more..	27/05/10
	Interdisciplinary innovation – insights for managers, practitioners and policymakers NESTA have published a report into interdisciplinary innovation with advice to policymakers, managers and innovators about how best to access the big wins available. more..	27/05/10
	Major new study into brain ageing Efforts to understand the effects of ageing on the brain have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new £5M grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to Cambridge researchers. more..	26/05/10
	Next-generation disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer’s Senexis has identified drug candidates from novel chemical series that have potential as disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. This milestone secures the drawdown of a further tranche of funding from the Wellcome Trust to support pre-clinical development of the most promising candidates. more..	25/05/10
	Salimetrics founder Prof Douglas Granger joins the faculty of John Hopkins University School of Nursing Salimetrics founder Prof Douglas Granger has joined the faculty of John Hopkins University School of Nursing. He will establish and direct the Centre for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research, leading to the discovery of new salivary analytes. more..	25/05/10
	Cambridge scientist receives a Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has recognised the work of Dr Andrea Ferrari at Cambridge University's Department of Engineering with one of the prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Awards. more..	25/05/10
	Royal Society announces new Fellows Seven Cambridge researchers are among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Royal Society this week. more..	25/05/10
	Discovery Fund makes its latest investment The Discovery Fund recently made its second investment in a new University spin-out which is developing water droplets that serve as ‘miniature test tubes’. more..	24/05/10
	'Cloud computing - challenges to providing bullet-proof IT services through the cloud' Cambridge Network's next IT Special Interest Group meeting on Tuesday 8 June at Microsoft Research focuses on the challenges of cloud computing and on how using cloud can deliver new and exciting business solutions. It features speakers from Accelrys, Citrix Systems, and Microsoft Research. more..	24/05/10
	Babraham scientist elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society Professor Wolf Reik Head of the Laboratory of Developmental Genetics and Imprinting at the Babraham Institute has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society. Professor Reik is a world leading authority in the field of epigenetics. more..	21/05/10
	2nd European microfluidics consortium launches The Centre for Business Innovation proudly announced the launch of its second consortium of European companies seeking to grow the market for microfluidics enabled solutions. more..	21/05/10
	Saving money with custom designed GaAs MMICs Plextek’s Director of RF Integration, Liam Devlin, will make a presentation on how to save money by using custom designed GaAs MMICs at the Microwave Applications (MicroApps) seminar taking place during the 2010 International Microwave Symposium (IMS) next week. more..	21/05/10
	Cambridge Consultants reaches new milestone in Iridium innovation Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product development firm known for designing breakthrough products, has achieved another milestone in its collaborative relationship with Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM). more..	21/05/10
	TiGenix provides business and financial update Leuven (BELGIUM) – May 19, 2010 – TiGenix (NYSE EURONEXT: TIG) gives a business and financial update as of March 31, 2010. more..	20/05/10
	Lumora appoints new Chief Marketing Officer Cambridge Enterprise portfolio company Lumora Limited has announced the appointment of Paul Weinberger as Chief Marketing Officer. more..	20/05/10
	'Partner with experience' Melbourn Scientific advises at ERBI Are biotech companies missing out on cost-saving wisdom? more..	20/05/10
	Vet School wins major international award Researchers at Cambridge University's Department of Veterinary Medicine have won a major international award for developing a new way to study respiratory diseases in cattle and other species without having to use live animals. more..	19/05/10
	National Institute of Standards and Technology to use 3D Biotek's 3D scaffold product as basis for a reference material Available through Stratech Scientific, 3D Biotek’s 3D Insert™-PCL will now be used as a reference by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the development of 3D scaffolds-based systems. more..	18/05/10
	Babraham scientist receives accolade from the Biochemical Society Professor Sir Michael Berridge, FRS, Emeritus Fellow at the Babraham Institute, has been awarded the prestigious Biochemical Society Award for 2011 for his pioneering work in the field of cell signalling. more..	18/05/10
	Tonejet appoints new Vice President following continued commercial success Tonejet, producer of advanced electro-static drop-on-demand digital print engines, announces that Simon Edwards has joined as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. more..	18/05/10
	Researching steroid hormones? Use Testosterone from saliva If you are researching or diagnosing steroid hormones, Salimetrics, world leader in salivary assay technology, will guide you through the process of utilising Testosterone determination in saliva. Talk to Salimetrics about this minimally invasive approach to your research. more..	18/05/10
	Open Meeting: 'Space and satellites: markets and technology - Cambridge's contribution' Find out about the exciting European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) 2010 and what it could mean for Cambridge companies, and hear inspiring guest speakers from the satcoms arena at Cambridge Network's next Open Meeting at Robinson College on Thursday 20 May (6pm). more..	18/05/10
	Pharma industry enters critical phase as patent cliff looms large, hastening consolidation The looming patent cliff facing major pharmaceutical companies is pushing the industry into a critical phase in terms of drug innovation and consolidation, according to the latest annual life sciences research from Marks & Clerk, the international intellectual property group. more..	18/05/10
	Scientists home in on lithium battery safety flaws Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of “seeing” chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery. more..	18/05/10
	World-leading cancer genome expert appointed new Director of Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute The Wellcome Trust has announced the appointment of Professor Mike Stratton as the new Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. more..	18/05/10
	Hydrator technology improves air quality for critically ill Technologists working at Cambridge Design Partnership have made a breakthrough with Hydrator, a new humidification technology which is aimed at reducing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, an illness that kills up to 10,000 patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) every year in the UK. Clinicians working with the team are delighted with progress. more..	17/05/10
	Researching reproductive biology? Use Estradiol from Saliva Salimetrics salivary hormone assay kits such as Estradiol, Estrone, Estriol and Progesterone are a minimally invasive tool for reproductive biology research. Salimetrics, world leader in salivary assays, will guide you though the analytical process and advise on your study. more..	17/05/10
	Measuring athletic performance or wellbeing? use Secretory IgA from saliva If you are involved in athletic performance, Salimetrics, the world leader in salivary assay technology, will guide you though the process of utilising Secretory IgA, Testosterone, Progesterone and Cortisol determination in saliva. Talk to Salimetrics about this minimally invasive approach to your research more..	17/05/10
	Researching the psychobiology of stress? Use DHEA from saliva If you are researching or diagnosing stress / puberty, Salimetrics, world leader in salivary assay technology, will guide you through the process of using DHEA determination in saliva. Talk to Salimetrics about this minimally invasive approach to your research. more..	17/05/10
	Measuring stress levels? Use cortisol from saliva If you are researching or diagnosing stress, Salimetrics, world leader in salivary assay technology, will guide you through the process of utilising cortisol determination in saliva. Talk to Salimetrics about this minimally invasive approach to your research. more..	17/05/10
	Ubisense launches IS location tracking tags for personnel safety in the oil and gas industry Ubisense, the global leader in precise Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), announces that its Intrinsically Safe (IS) Tag has been awarded ATEX and UL913 (HAZLOC) certification for use within potentially explosive environments. more..	17/05/10
	'Novel applications of printing' consortium announced Under the leadership of Debbie Thorp, the Novel Applications of Printing Consortium will bring together companies from across Europe to leverage recent advances in printing technology in new sectors such as printing sensors, displays, food and manufactured components. more..	15/05/10
	Enlarged Board of Appeal confirms approach to controversial software patents The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) handed down its much anticipated opinion on the subject of patentability of computer programs under the European Patent Convention. more..	14/05/10
	Global Inkjet Systems high speed variable data on show at IPEX Global Inkjet Systems high speed variable data inkjet operating system is to be demonstrated at IPEX. more..	14/05/10
	Eagle Genomics Ltd and the John Innes Centre enter into collaboration on TraitTag Eagle Genomics Ltd, in close collaboration with Martin Trick and Ian Bancroft from the John Innes Centre, have signed a collaboration agreement to establish a commercial service for a new plant breeding research technology, TraitTag. more..	13/05/10
	Quality insights – making design reviews more effective Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how a structured review of a product’s design can be a valuable technique for preventing later problems... more..	13/05/10
	Longitude project to chart new waters in untold story of science and State The forgotten story of the British organisation that enabled the development of a system for measuring Longitude, only to disappear from memory after its demise, is to be told in full for the first time. more..	13/05/10
	SMEs invited to quiz dragon on how to grow their business When NatWest surveyed 1,200 SMEs about advice to help their business grow, how to win new customers (53%) was their number one concern. The issue was even more important to small businesses with 62% looking for advice on this issue. more..	12/05/10
	Accelrys launches Pipeline Pilot 8.0 to enable the scientific enterprise Leading informatics platform enhanced to support larger numbers of scientists, streamline workflows, improve collaboration, and reduce associated operating costs. more..	12/05/10
	EnSilica launches major new version of eSi-RISC development suite EnSilica has launched a major new version of its eSi-RISC Development Suite. The eSi-RISC Development Suite v2.1 provides a comprehensive platform for easily evaluating EnSilica's family of eSi-RISC soft processor cores. For more information read here 29th March 2010 more..	11/05/10
	MRC seeks female volunteers for nutrition studies The Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research (HNR) is recruiting volunteers for an investigation focusing on sucrose intake in females. more..	11/05/10
	Munich - global hub of energy harvesting The Munich region has been a high-tech area for many years, and was once referred to as the silicon valley of Germany but it is much more than that, one major focus being the technology and use of energy harvesting, writes Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx. more..	11/05/10
	'Genuine products, genuine benefits: Point of Purchase technologies' Why do people buy fake goods? How can manufacturers protect their brands? The inaugural meeting of Cambridge Network's Consumer Products & Supply special interest group on Wednesday 26 May will tackle such issues and discuss how products can be authenticated, tagged and tracked to prevent counterfeiting at all points in the supply chain. more..	11/05/10
	Scientists discover five new genetic sites that increase breast cancer risk Scientists have found five new regions of the genome that increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer by between six and 16 per cent, according to a study in 'Nature Genetics' this week. more..	11/05/10
	Designs on an inclusive future University of Cambridge and Centre for Business Innovation (CfBI) bring together leading firms in a consortium to spread principles of Inclusive Design across European industry. more..	10/05/10
	Lauterbach and IAR collaborate to run advanced debugging workshop at UK Embedded Masterclass Two of the world's leading software debug tool companies have agreed to collaborate on a half-day workshop at this year's hi-tech developers' event, The Embedded Masterclass. more..	10/05/10
	Signify launches Signify ICE - The ‘in case of emergency’ service for secure remote access Signify has announced its new Signify ICE, the In Case of Emergency Service - the latest addition to its range of hosted two-factor authentication (2FA) services that allows rapid deployment of secure remote access to corporate IT networks. more..	07/05/10
	'Need the lights go out?' -Lord Oxburgh will keynote at Cleanpower 2010 in Cambridge CIR announces that Lord Oxburgh FRS, president of the CCS association and former Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, will consider the question of electricity generation, reduction of emissions and sensible energy mixes at Cleanpower 2010 on 25 June in Cambridge. more..	06/05/10
	Doug Richard’s School for Startups (S4S) comes to Cambridge Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) is proud to bring you Doug Richard’s School for Startups (S4S), a full day of highly interactive business courses. more..	06/05/10
	Copytrax to demonstrate digital screen printing technology at hi-tech developers event Cambridge based digital print developers, Copytrax, have announced that they will be demonstrating the new Copytrax PrintMaster at the Embedded Masterclass in Canbridge tomorrow (Thursday May 6th). more..	05/05/10
	Piezoelectric energy harvesting Despite the embryonic market for piezoelectric energy harvesters, there is prolific development of the technology, writes Dr. Harry Zervos, Technical Analyst at IDTechEx. more..	04/05/10
	New event focusses on sharing agile software practices October sees the launch of a new conference focussed on the practical aspects of agile software development. The Agile Cambridge 2010 event will take place over two days and is now looking for speakers. more..	04/05/10
	CambridgeIP acquires Boliven.com, a world leading information portal for R&D, patent and business development professionals Cambridge, UK and New York, USA (May 4, 2010) – Science and technology focused business intelligence provider CambridgeIP today announced the acquisition of Boliven.com for an undisclosed sum. Boliven.com is one of the world’s top information portals for R&D, IP and business development professionals. more..	04/05/10
	Novalia wins printed electronics award Novalia Limited, a Cambridge, UK based company, was awarded the “Best New Product Development” Award at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Conference held in Dresden, Germany. The event drew over 900 attendees from over 30 countries and is by far the world's largest Printed Electronics event. more..	04/05/10
	Embedded engineers explore Linux at UK Embedded Masterclass For the third year running, the UK Embedded Masterclass will be running a half-day workshop that offers an "Introduction to Embedded Linux". more..	04/05/10
	Strem Chemicals qualifies for Chemstewards' Hhghest ranking More SOCMA member facilities qualify for Chemstewards’ highest ranking more..	03/05/10
	Clean electricity takes centre stage at Smart Grids and Cleanpower Conference Expo The Smart Grids and Cleanpower Conference Expo in Cambridge next month (24-25 June 2010) focuses on clean electricity and features, among others, talks from Google on green initiatives, ARM on low power chips, Dialight on smart grid kit, and the US firm First Solar and Suntech on market dynamics. more..	30/04/10
	ERBI and London Biotechnology Network announce merger ERBI, the not-for-profit membership company for international life science and healthcare companies, and the London Biotechnology Network (LBN), the business network for London-based life science organisations, have today announced a merger. more..	30/04/10
	Linguamatics reveals instant reactions on Twitter to third televised election debate New linguistic analysis of tweets shows closer result for party leaders following last night's (Thursday's) election debate. more..	30/04/10
	Quality insights – quality is a strategic issue Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this first anniversary article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how quality improvement can bring you competitive advantage... more..	29/04/10
	Engineers to vote at next week's Embedded Systems event In an effort to raise the standard of presentations at events like next week's Embedded Masterclass, the organisers have not only banned PowerPoint but have also offered a prize for the best presentation, voted for by the engineers themeselves. more..	29/04/10
	Next generation Suma technology the key to new 3D world A new interface has been designed to offer innovative and ergonomic navigation for 3D applications and software. more..	29/04/10
	Tune in to compliance Sagentia announces the launch of 'Sensohaler', a novel technology for inhaler compliance monitoring that offers significant improvement to the usability of inhaler products, benefiting the patient and creating significant cost savings over the treatment period. more..	28/04/10
	TTP cuts time to market for OEMs using Kyocera KJ4 printheads The TTP Meteor™ Print Controller now supports KJ4B-HD06MHG-STDV2 and KJ4A-GD06AHG- STDN2/STDC2 printheads and is accompanied by a Meteor DropTuner for laboratory use. more..	28/04/10
	Cultural memory and resources of the past A new research collaboration involving historians from Cambridge is to examine how early medieval societies used the past to form ideas about identity which continue to affect our own present. more..	28/04/10
	Sustainability conference draws top name speakers An International conference highlighting the business benefits of sustainability has attracted a host of top name speakers. more..	28/04/10
	Antenova announces DATANOVA® 4G nine-band global LTE mobile broadband antenna Antenova announces its new DATANOVA® 4G high performance nine-band antenna with LTE and GPS for the new generation of lightweight notebooks and netbooks. more..	27/04/10
	Compliance screening has become a ‘Technology Arms Race’ Terrorists and fraudsters are finding increasingly inventive ways to obfuscate their true identities to get past financial screening systems, says Datanomic. more..	27/04/10
	Fen Technology’s engineering picks up industry award Fen Technology Ltd, an electronic design services company, today announced that the DTC-720 Xpect 24/7 Transport-Stream monitoring product, jointly developed by Fen and Dutch Digital TV test and monitoring product firm, DekTec, has received a Pick-Hit award at the recent National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas. more..	27/04/10
	Senexis launches new website Senexis announced today that it has launched its new website to provide information on the company’s orally bioavailable compounds for the potential treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. more..	27/04/10
	SureFlap gives your cat his own door key The SureFlap microchip cat flap is now available to cat owners needing a simple, stylish solution to the problems of bullying strays and lost collars. Designed by Cambridge scientist Dr Nick Hill, SureFlap is the only cat flap to recognise multiple microchip types, giving your pet its own ‘door key’. more..	26/04/10
	Sentec and OnStream partner to bring Mobius-based smart meters to UK OnStream, which offers a flexible and professional range of meter asset management and installation services to UK energy suppliers, is using Sentec’s class-leading Mobius current sensor to produce a customised smart electricity meter that is the first to be developed specifically to fit the particular profile of the burgeoning UK market. more..	26/04/10
	Chips, worms and grey matter: more similar than you think Scientists have discovered “striking similarities” between human brains, the nervous system of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and computer chips. more..	26/04/10
	Healthcare special interest group explores 'Home healthcare and long-term conditions' 'Home healthcare and long-term conditions' is the subject of discussions at Cambridge Network’s Healthcare special interest group meeting next Wednesday 28th April (5.30pm - 9.00pm at Philips Research, 101 Cambridge Science Park). more..	23/04/10
	Melbourn launches new aerosol characterisation service Domestic and personal healthcare aerosol manufacturers offered hazard analysis. more..	23/04/10
	Sentec wins Queen's Award Sentec, the metering technology specialist, has been awarded a coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The award was given in the International Trade category in recognition of Sentec’s exceptional growth over the last three years, over which the company more than trebled its overseas earnings to £4.3m. more..	23/04/10
	Scientific Alliance newsletter 23rd April 2010 This week, we consider two new approaches to the development of renewable energy, and also the concept of ecocide. more..	23/04/10
	Xentech Solutions celebrates three years of continuous growth Xentech Solutions is celebrating three years of continuous growth in the design and development of high speed digital designs by exhibiting at National Electronics Week, NEC Hall 1, Birmingham 18th –19th May 2010. Visit the company on Stand F66. more..	23/04/10
	Prism trains to become a lean mean business machine Undertaking NVQ business improvement training is helping St Ives (Cambridgeshire) based contract electronics manufacturing services provider Prism Electronics Limited to increase customer service levels and provide rewarding employment for its staff. more..	22/04/10
	Cambridge Bioscience partners with California cell company DV Biologics Cambridge Bioscience today announced its appointment as the new European Distributor for DV Biologics LLC, (Costa Mesa, CA, USA). more..	22/04/10
	Business angel investment is the critical success factor The East of England needs more business angels to support innovation in the region and secure our competitive edge. The last in a series of business angel awareness events will take place on 29 April 2010 to coincide with the launch of an angel co-investment loan fund. more..	22/04/10
	Engineers from across the UK to visit Cambridge technology event The organisers of the high-tech developers event, The Embedded Masterclass 2010 have announced that over 130 engineers have so far registered to attend this year's two-day event. The Embedded Masterclass is to be held near Cambridge on 6th May and then again in Reading on 11th May. more..	22/04/10
	Unlicensed whitespace frequencies could revolutionize wireless networks, experts say A nreport offers inside perspectives from industry leaders on the impact of whitespace radio, discussing market opportunities and new wireless products and services. more..	21/04/10
	UK technology companies invited to take part in nationwide marketing benchmarking study A survey to understand how companies are marketing themselves during the economic recovery is being conducted by Qi3*, with the support of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). more..	21/04/10
	Open Meeting focuses on hot topics There are still a few places left for Cambridge Network's Open Meeting at Robinson College tonight (Weds), which will showcase University of Cambridge professors working on nanosensing for bioinformatics, low power electronics and energy harvesting, and wellbeing. more..	21/04/10
	Linguamatics' linguistic analysis of election debate tweets reveals twitterati opinion Linguamatics, a leader in enterprise text mining, today announced preliminary results of the linguistic analysis of 211,000 tweets sent by 47,420 twitterers from 8.30pm - 10pm on the night of the first UK election debate last week (April 15 2010). more..	21/04/10
	Book a free Salimetrics Europe half day educational roadshow visit to your university If your University is working with salivary biomarkers, Salimetrics Europe will provide the opportunity for your students to talk "All things Saliva" with the Salimetrics advisory team over coffee and cakes, more..	21/04/10
	Red Gate Software kick-starts Cambridge’s recruitment market Red Gate is buying lunch for everyone in Cambridge today (Tues) who picks up a voucher from their website... more..	20/04/10
	TTP begins UK wide recruitment campaign TTP Group plc today announced details of a UK-wide recruitment campaign targeted at growing the staff numbers of 290 by over 10%. Six recruitment events are planned over the next three months with two events in Cambridge, two in London, and one each in Edinburgh and Bath. more..	20/04/10
	Plextek helps medtech start up PneumaCare turn concept into reality Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy today announced it is working with medical device company PneumaCare to support the commercial development of its pioneering PneumaScan(TM) technology. The platform uses light based scanning to enable doctors and medical staff to achieve non-invasive assessment and monitoring of lung function. more..	20/04/10
	Double glazing finally comes of age The general public may be blissfully unaware of it but there has been a massive change in the double glazing industry over the past couple of years. more..	20/04/10
	Ubisense launches Visible Industrial Process (VIP) Ubisense launches another application in its Manufacturing Solution Suite, Ubisense Visible Industrial Process (VIP). The new application enables complete visibility of production components, process, assemblies and sub-assemblies, across multiple sites. more..	16/04/10
	Quality insights – prevention is better than cure Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how you can prevent things going wrong before they actually do, ‘Minority Report’-style... more..	15/04/10
	NUITEQ's Snowflake Suite now compatible with Visual Planet's dual touch foil Skellefteå, Sweden/Cambridge, UK – April 2010... NUITEQ®, an award winning technology company, announced today that its multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite is compatible with the world's number 1 touch foil from Visual Planet. more..	15/04/10
	Salimetrics Europe exhibits at the FENS Forum of European Neuroscience Salimetrics Europe will be located on stand 436 at the prestigious FENS Forum of European Neuroscience, Amsterdam July 3-7, 2010, covering all aspects of Neuroscience Research. more..	15/04/10
	Plextek launches fast-deployment surveillance camera Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, today announced the launch of Sentinel, a high resolution wireless camera system that can be deployed in under five minutes. more..	14/04/10
	Innova Systems announce SolidWorks Sustainability We all make our own efforts in recycling and generally helping to preserve the planet, but the real green action occurs in the product design stage. more..	13/04/10
	Salimetrics salivary assay training days offer insight for researchers If you are involved in research or diagnostic work that involves the analysis of saliva then you should consider booking a one day Salimetrics Training Day in Cambridge. Courses are relaxed, informal and contain a high practical content, normally based upon Cortisol; other analytes will be offered if requested. more..	13/04/10
	Antenova provides embedded GPS to digital camera unit from Blackroc Technology Antenova annouces its M10264 GPS RADIONOVA RF Antenna Module has been selected by Blackroc Technology for their C32M/G 2 Megapixel Camera. more..	12/04/10
	Electionday sees high-tech developers' event in Cambridge This year's high-tech developer's conference, the Embedded Masterclass, is to take place in Cambridge on the same day as the general election. more..	12/04/10
	TGen Drug Development (TD2) partners with Horizon Discovery to offer an integrated personalised medicine service A strategic alliance announced today between TGen Drug Development (TD2) and Horizon Discovery Limited will significantly advance personalised medicine. The alliance aims to define the future of oncology drug development. more..	12/04/10
	Tim Evans of Think Product Design selected as a Hethel Consultant Tim Evans of Cambridge-based Think Product Design has been selected to act as a product design consultant, offering the creative engineering skills necessary to help turn ideas into successful products. more..	12/04/10
	Embedded Masterclass explores multicore options and challenges Presentation will outline some of the technical challenges associated with the design of multicore based embedded systems more..	08/04/10
	MRC seeks volunteers for nutrition studies The Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research (HNR) is recruiting volunteers for two separate nutrition studies - one will investigate the link between nitric oxide production, insulin resistance and metabolic risk in obese subjects and the other concerns sucrose intake in females. more..	08/04/10
	Plextek develops intelligent image compression to deal with ‘real-world’ wireless links Plextek has developed a suite of image processing functions that allow high-quality video to be sent over data links with widely-varying bit rates, such as wireless links deployed in demanding environments. more..	07/04/10
	Development of new UK Technology and Innovation Centres to be guided by Technology Strategy Board The Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has asked the Technology Strategy Board to guide the development of a network of technology and innovation centres that will help deliver the industries and jobs of the future, as recommended in the Hauser review. more..	06/04/10
	Horizon wins new business awards and provides realisation for early investors Cambridge Enterprise portfolio company Horizon Discovery was the recipient of two business awards recently, being named the region's “Killer Technology” company at the East of England Business Awards, as well as the “Business Innovation of the Year” at the 'Cambridge News' Business Excellence Awards. more..	02/04/10
	Quality insights – the Hawthorne Effect; your management initiatives may not be as effective as you think… Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell asks if the Hawthorne Effect is really Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle for the common man... more..	01/04/10
	Marshall Aerospace to stay in Cambridge Marshall of Cambridge, the family-owned group of companies which employs about 2,500 people based in Cambridge, has today announced that it will not be relocating any of its businesses to Wyton. more..	01/04/10
	Peter Hiscocks to address Entrepreneurs on the Move Serial/Parallel Entrepreneur Peeter Hiscocks will address the next Connected Cambridge networking event on April 28th at CB2 more..	01/04/10
	Challenges designing within the ‘E-Band’ Designing electronic equipment within the emerging ‘E-band’ of 71-76GHz and 81-86 GHz is raising new issues that were not present at lower frequencies. This is the subject of a discussion that Plextek’s Liam Devlin will present at the next ARMMS conference. more..	01/04/10
	Open Innovation experts to share insights at Cambridge event The University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) has confirmed the programme for its two Open Innovation workshops later this month. more..	01/04/10
	CamSemi wins Carbon Trust Innovation Award CamSemi, a spinout company from Cambridge University's Department of Engineering, has been awarded the 2009 Carbon Trust Innovation Award in the buildings category, in recognition of the company's innovative power management integrated circuits (ICs) and their potential to cut the energy consumed within buildings. more..	31/03/10
	Baby growth study celebration An awareness-raising coffee morning at Addenbrooke’s Hospital reunited mothers and babies who had taken part in the Cambridge Baby Growth study, which is supported by the Mothercare Group Foundation. more..	31/03/10
	42 Technology designs novel surgical toolset for TiGenix 42 Technology (42T) has helped to design and develop a new arthroscopic surgical toolset for TiGenix Ltd in readiness for the phased European launch of a new collagen-based biomaterial later this year. more..	29/03/10
	Lauterbach and IAR collaborate to run advanced debugging workshop at UK Embedded Masterclass Workshop will explore the latest developments in debug technology and explain a number of debugging techniques and the technology behind the tools. more..	29/03/10
	Cross-party debate on entrepreneurship and value-creation in the Cambridge region Business commentators have called on government and politicians to support entrepreneurship to drive the UK out of recession. At the first meeting of a newly formed Cambridge Network special interest group, a panel of prospective parliamentary candidates representing four political parties will share their plans for promoting 'Entrepreneurship'. more..	28/03/10
	DNA sequencing pioneer is Innovator of the Year 2010 Cambridge Professor Shankar Balasubramanian has been named Innovator of the Year by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). more..	26/03/10
	Shearline achieves global aerospace quality accreditation Shearline, the Cambridgeshire-based precision manufacturing company, has been awarded the prestigious AS9100 international quality standard. more..	26/03/10
	Breakthroughs with sensing in the human body Holst Centre and others are working on body area networking to monitor vital signs, control drug delivery according to need and otherwise progress towards bionic man and woman and care of the disabled and elderly, writes Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx. more..	25/03/10
	Melbourn wins award for anticipating customer needs Melbourn Scientific wins Barclays Commercial Bank Award. more..	25/03/10
	Highly successful year for Cambridge Enterprise The number of Intellectual Property transactions completed by Cambridge Enterprise continued to rise in 2009, along with a 39 per cent increase in the number of consultancy agreements negotiated on behalf of the University’s academics. more..	25/03/10
	Clean engines on the front burner 'The Engineer' magazine Technology and Innovation Awards returned to The Royal Society to celebrate the most successful UK engineering projects of 2009 - including one from Cambridge. more..	25/03/10
	High-tech crime fighters get business boost from i-Teams A new forensic science technique which could revolutionise the way police forces detect illegal drugs has been given a business boost. more..	24/03/10
	Embedded Masterclass to address 'software quality' in embedded systems One of the key presentations at this year's ‘Embedded Masterclass’ hi-tech developers’ event will explore the tools and methodology that are required to develop reliable and effective software for embedded systems. more..	24/03/10
	Will Darling’s moves provide checkmate or stalemate for entrepreneurs? While the Budget will undoubtedly be focused on the steps required to reduce the deficit, Ernst & Young is urging the Chancellor to make this Budget a labour of love for entrepreneurs. more..	24/03/10
	Cambridge Consultants helping medical device trials employ Bayesian statistical analysis Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product design and development firm, has announced it is to offer a new consultancy service for medical device clinical trials, saving clients both time and money through a more effective method of analysing trial data. more..	23/03/10
	Reciva Connect Plus powers three new iPhone apps! Reciva announce the launch of three internet radio applications for the iPhone & iPod Touch. Reciva iRadio¹, Radiostar and Grace Digital Radio are all available now. The three apps offer an outstanding variety of radio listening from traditional broadcast such as FM and AM through to digital radio stations on DAB, HD and Internet only. more..	22/03/10
	SiGNa and Strem announce partnership on stabilized sodium and sodium-potassium alloy products Strem Chemicals, Inc, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for research and development in the US and UK, announced that it has entered into a partnership with SiGNa Chemistry, Inc., a developer of stabilized reactive metals for safer, more efficient industrial chemistry. more..	22/03/10
	Plextek wins Business of the Year Plextek has picked up the top accolade at the 'Cambridge News' Business Excellence Awards, being named Business of the Year. more..	22/03/10
	'You can't get the staff nowadays!' - Ex-Acorn `Micro Man', Mel Pullen, starts software development apprenticeship scheme Will ScrumIT be ‘The Apprentice’ for the UK software industry? more..	19/03/10
	Bright business ideas put to the test Future business tycoons are being given the opportunity to test bright ideas for new products by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA), without a dragon in sight. Small businesses can win up to £20,000 to carry out in-depth market research to identify demand for their new products or processes. more..	19/03/10
	Innovation pays off for Cambridge Broadband Networks Cambridge Broadband Networks has been recognised by the UK Government for its investment in research and development (R&D). more..	19/03/10
	Indian stem cell companies explore collaborative opportunities with Cambridge The Babraham Research Campus this week hosted a delegation of Indian stem cell companies, organised by the East of England Stem Cell Network (EESCN) and UKTI. more..	19/03/10
	Team Consulting invests in Oval Medical Leading medical technology firm Team Consulting has joined the consortium of investors that is providing seed funding to Oval Medical Technologies, a developer of proprietary medical pre-filled syringes and autoinjectors. more..	19/03/10
	Informed choice – new website tool from Biochrom finds the ideal spectrophotometer for you Selecting a spectrophotometer has never been easier as Biochrom launches its new user-friendly guided navigation as part of the company website, to help customers choose the ideal Biochrom spectrophotometer for their application. more..	19/03/10
	Pebble Bay takes the lead in USB driver development UK based embedded systems experts Pebble Bay have recently announced the successful completion of a number of projects relating to the development of USB drivers for a diverse range of systems. more..	19/03/10
	Students devise solution to slash emissions from UK power generation A team from Cambridge University has been commended as finalists in a national competition for its solution to deliver low carbon energy for the future. more..	19/03/10
	Cambridge discovery could pave the way for quantum computing Two experimental systems at the forefront of modern physics research — a single trapped ion and a quantum atomic gas — have been combined for the first time by researchers at Cambridge. more..	19/03/10
	Quality insights – 5S is more than just spring cleaning Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at how five Japanese words can transform your working environment... more..	18/03/10
	'Transfer the contents of a DVD in 4 seconds!' A presentation at the forthcoming Embedded Masterclass 2010 will explain how recent advances in debug technology work and how they can improve the quality and delivery time of microprocessor based embedded systems. more..	18/03/10
	Open Innovation survey among healthcare and manufacturing leaders reveals it's challenging, hard to measure, but beneficial to business PA Consulting Group has recently completed an Open Innovation (OI) Survey among business development and R&D directors in 30 of the world's largest healthcare and manufacturing companies. more..	18/03/10
	Major new research effort targets key pig diseases A consortium of researchers in Cambridge and London has been awarded a £5 million grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to develop a way of diagnosing and preventing respiratory diseases in pigs. more..	18/03/10
	Fruit flies and test tubes open new window on Alzheimer’s disease A team of scientists from Cambridge and Sweden have discovered a molecule that can prevent a toxic protein involved Alzheimer’s disease from building up in the brain. more..	17/03/10
	Metal pressing firm remains upbeat and optimistic Ladbrook expands its capabilities in order to help beat recession. more..	17/03/10
	Pragmatic Programmer keynotes Cambridge software conference Dave Thomas - well-known Pragmatic Programmer - will keynote this year's Code Generation conference. more..	16/03/10
	Horizon secures licence from University of Minnesota to 50 new X-MAN cell lines relating to DNA damage repair Horizon Discovery today announced it has secured worldwide exclusive rights to a panel of new human isogenic cell models of DNA damage repair developed by Professor Eric A. Hendrickson at the University of Minnesota, using its proprietary GENESIS platform. more..	16/03/10
	'Growth capital - vital oxygen for the innovation economy' Raising money is arguably the biggest problem most entrepreneurs face. Come and learn about finance for growing businesses from a panel of experienced technology investors at Cambridge Network's next big Open Meeting later today (Tuesday March 16th) at Robinson College. more..	15/03/10
	PA Consulting talks on future technology trends and driving breakthrough products PA Consulting Group will deliver two talks on the future of healthcare at MedTec Europe on Tuesday 23 March 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany. more..	15/03/10
	A tribute to Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie: 1952-2010 Professor Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Head of Human Genetics at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, passed away on 11 March 2010 at her home in Finland after a long and characteristically courageous battle with cancer. She was 57. more..	12/03/10
	New developments available from Strem UK SiGNa and Strem announce partnership on stabilized sodium and sodium-potassium alloy products, now available from Strem's Cambridge UK branch. more..	12/03/10
	Technology workshops prove a big success with hi-tech engineers Embedded Masterclass half-day technology workshop bookings are on track to be double that of last year. more..	12/03/10
	Exploring genetic effects in cells Researchers report the most extensive and comprehensive study of the impact of genetic variations on gene activity. The study uses RNA sequencing at an unprecedented resolution to reveal genetic effects in cellular processes. more..	11/03/10
	PA Consulting Group runs seminar on future of the product development process The latest seminar in PA Consulting Group's Technology and Innovation series focuses on future product development processes and looks at best practice tools and ways of working to improve overall effectiveness. more..	11/03/10
	Melbourn Scientific applies Morphologi G3 to pre-formulation Melbourn Scientific is the first contract research organisation to offer Malvern's award winning image processing technology. more..	11/03/10
	TSB funded project will develop nano-engineered platinum catalyst layers for fuel cells A £1.1 million project aimed at creating new platinum based catalyst layer designs for fuel cells has been awarded funding by the Technology Strategy Board. Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Ltd is leading the NECLASS project (Nano-Engineered Catalyst Layers and Sub-Structures). more..	10/03/10
	Novel syringe demonstrates cost benefits of sustainable product design Cambridge Consultants has unveiled an innovative concept for a high-quality prefilled syringe, cutting the volume of a typical pack in half. more..	09/03/10
	Abcam posts excellent set of interim results Abcam plc, the rapidly growing bioscience company which markets antibodies via its own online catalogue, has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2009. They show a sales increase of 37.8 percent to £31.8m, with pre-tax profits up by 64 percent to £11.2m. more..	09/03/10
	Big Lottery Fund grant is awarded for research to support self help groups in the UK The Big Lottery Fund has announced a grant of £248,866 to support a joint research project to be conducted by Self Help Nottingham and the Universities of Anglia Ruskin and Nottingham, designed to improve the support available for self help groups in the UK. more..	09/03/10
	IT Special Interest Group looks at the challenges of mobile computing Access to email, diaries and customer details on our mobile phones is now the norm. But making business-critical information available from mobiles in a secure way is a real challenge for IT organisations. Come and find out how this challenge is being met at the next Cambridge Network IT special interest group meeting this Thursday (11 March). more..	09/03/10
	Cambridge companies are the greatest, so tell your customers, prospects and stakeholders Most companies wish they communicated more regularly and more effectively with customers, prospects and stakeholders. A new initiative aims to help Cambridge companies do just that. more..	09/03/10
	Brilliant business opportunity is available Brilliant business opportunity for companies looking to purchase a unique RFID/Asset control company...Person & Asset Management System (PAMS) - some say the Holy Grail of RFID! more..	08/03/10
	PiR Group and Heritage Partners International announce agreement to work in partnership PiR Group will represent Heritage Partners International in the UK and Ireland and Heritage Partners International will represent PiR Group in the US and Canada for executive search services. more..	08/03/10
	United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) use OpenECU to develop greener vehicles The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to develop greener vehicles with selected vehicle companies and their suppliers and relies on the OpenECU platform from Pi Shurlok as the key controller component. more..	08/03/10
	China’s Year of the Tiger opens the door to new opportunities Being a “metal” year, 2010 is anticipated to bring particular success to industries such as banking, machinery and high-tech, as well as remaining an encouraging time for “earth” sectors such as mining, utilities and insurance. more..	05/03/10
	Sentec takes more room for innovation Sentec, the leading UK-based smart metering technology company, will be moving to new premises in central Cambridge in order to secure more space to develop its innovative technologies. more..	05/03/10
	Genzyme enables creation of key clinical academic post Global biotechnology company Genzyme has made a generous benefaction to endow a key clinical academic post at the University of Cambridge. more..	05/03/10
	Quality insights – CE marking misconceptions Good quality improves business performance; bad quality damages it and is costly in so many ways. In this article, business and product quality consultant Tom Gaskell looks at some of the misunderstandings that people have about CE marking their products... more..	04/03/10
	Imagination Technologies adopts XJTAG to speed development of system-on-chip designs Imagination Technologies, the leading multimedia and communications chip technologies company, is using the XJTAG boundary scan development system to accelerate the development of its systems-on-chip designs for customers across the mobile phone, handheld, mobile computing and in-car electronics markets. more..	04/03/10
	Think Product Design 'cooks up' a new contract Local consultancy Think Product Design has secured repeat business with UK cooker manufacturer AGA. more..	04/03/10
	Xentech Solutions to exhibit at the Best of British Consumer Electronics Show Xentech Solutions is proud to be exhibiting at The Best of British Consumer Electronics Show to be held at the Cass Business School, 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ next Tuesday (9th March 2010). more..	04/03/10
	EPO enlarged Board of Appeal announces the end of Swiss form claims In Decision G02/08 issued recently, the enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has decided that Swiss-form claims will in future no longer be permitted. more..	03/03/10
	Nafield Properties secures further letting at Broers Building, Cambridge Nafield Properties (a joint venture between Turnstone Estates and Burall Developments) has secured a further letting at its recently launched Broers Building, an office and R&D development which is part of the Hauser Forum at the West Cambridge Research and Development Park at the University of Cambridge. more..	03/03/10
	Earthquake research reaches across Europe Real-time transnational access will enable researchers to participate in experiments all over Europe without leaving the lab. more..	03/03/10

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