Ancient stars contain ‘fingerprints’ from the very early universe
Astronomers have discovered some of the oldest stars in the galaxy, whose chemical composition and movements could tell us what the universe was like soon after the Big Bang.
New partnerships for ‘low carbon cities’ in the UK and China
Researchers from UK and Chinese universities, including the University of Cambridge, are collaborating on four new projects to work towards achieving low carbon cities in the UK and China.
Book tackles the taboo of executive stress
A second edition of the successful Coach and Couch (Palgrave Macmillan), co-edited by Dr Caroline Rook of Anglia Ruskin University, is published this month, with a new chapter covering the growing issue of stress among corporate leaders.
ARM accelerates mathematical computation on 64-bit ARM-based HPC systems
Further strengthening its commitment to high performance computing (HPC) servers, ARM announced new math libraries that are precision-tuned for 64-bit ARM®v8-A processors.
Intellectual property and cyber security – how to protect yourself
As the number of internet users worldwide and devices per household increases, it is critical for small and medium sized businesses to protect intellectual property from cyber crime. As we live our lives online, the threat posed by cyber crime has far reaching consequences for financial circumstances, customers, valuable data and reputation. Enterprise Europe Network offers support and services…
Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term
A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to 45 per cent as a consequence of short-term shifts in climate change sentiment.
New NASA music will be out of this world
Anglia Ruskin academic will perform live data beamed back from DSCOVR satellite.
New online game will develop students' business skills
A new online game designed to teach students business enterprise is being developed by a European consortium – with Cambridge Regional College playing a leading role.
Passing the one degree threshold
The Met Office announces that 2015 is set to be 1° warmer than the pre-industrial average. The Scientific Alliance comments...
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team open for applications for NEW Plant Track!
Undergraduates are invited to apply to join the Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team in Summer 2016 to engineer plants using synthetic biology before joining the iGEM Giant Jamboree in Boston.
Venture Creation Weekend is all about connecting cities
Cambridge Judge hosts its first Internet of Things and Smart Cities Venture Creation Weekend at Cambridge Judge next week (20-22 November 2015).
The Cambridge team revisits youth for Teenage Cancer Trust
The team at The Cambridge Building Society went back in time to their teenage years during September to raise more than £2,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
£25,000 agri-tech funding for key R&D in Norfolk
Norfolk based Crop Systems Ltd, has received almost £25,000 of funding from the Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative to fund key research.
A digital necklace and a wearable soap win 'Wearables for Good' design challenge
HELSINKI/NEW YORK/LONDON... A necklace that stores electronic health data to track child immunization and a wearable soap that helps limit the spread of infectious viruses by encouraging hand washing, have won the Wearables for Good challenge run by UNICEF, ARM and frog. The winning designs, both led by joint Indian-US teams, will each receive a prize of $15,000 and incubation and mentoring from…
Significant fine increases for H&S and other regulatory offences
As anticipated the Health & Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety & Hygiene Offences: Definitive Guideline was issued by the Sentencing Council on 3rd November 2015. This sets out the way in which penalties for various offences will be structured and calculated, says Woodfines Solicitors.
Not just a pretty face: redesigned S8000 Integrale from Michell offers faster response
Michell Instruments has redesigned its S8000 Integrale Chilled Mirror Hygrometer to take advantage of improvements in technology since its introduction in 2007, as well as give it a fresh new look.
Research looks into data trails
Writing in the Huffington Post, Dr David Stillwell of Cambridge Judge examines how companies should use our data in more transparent ways.
Modernising UK data
A new government Steering Committee to standardise and modernise data includes Mark Thompson of Cambridge Judge Business School.
CEVA and UltraSoC partner to enable advanced debug for CEVA DSP cores
SoC debug solution supports monitoring and analysis of multi-core systems.
Army veteran appointed to head research hub
Armed Forces veteran Alex Cooper, who worked on Lord Ashcroft’s Veterans’ Transition Review, has been appointed to the role of Project Director for the establishment of the Veterans’ Research Hub (VRH) at Anglia Ruskin University.
The Genome Analysis Centre announces an important milestone in wheat research
A more complete and accurate wheat genome assembly is being made available to researchers by The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) today (12 November 2015). This landmark resource builds on international efforts in this area and will help wheat breeders accelerate their crop improvement programmes and researchers to discover genes for key traits such as yield, nutrient use and bread making quality.
DSrupt winners spread their wings
GeneAdviser and Undo named winners of the 2015 Cambridge Wireless Discovering Start-Ups competition.
CRFS exhibits at Milipol Paris 2015
Visit CRFS at the 19th worldwide exhibition of internal State security, Milipol Paris 2015, at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre from 17-20 November 2015.
QA set to boost high-tech apprenticeships in Cambridge
The UK’s leading IT training and apprenticeship provider, QA, will open its latest Learning Centre on 19 November in the heart of Cambridge. Just down the road from Silicon Fen, the new QA Learning Centre is surrounded by some 1,500 IT and technology companies. This booming local industry of small tech start-ups, nationals and multinationals provides a fantastic ecosystem for nurturing bright,…
C3 achieves 91% Customer Satisfaction rating
C3 has received an outstanding Platinum Award for service in its 2015 Customer Satisfaction Report.