A free month of golf at Ely City Golf Club
A limited number of new memberships will be available at Ely Golf Club this year, but in a move designed to help reduce the burden of up-front costs, the club is allowing early bird applicants to split their one-off joining fee over a four year period and, in addition, pay no monthly membership subscriptions until October 1st 2012.
The new Linx 7900 - everything you'd expect from a CIJ printer, as standard
Coding and marking specialist Linx Printing Technologies has unveiled the latest evolution in continuous ink jet printers. The Linx 7900 offers a wealth of features at no extra cost, including state of the art Linx Insight® software. This remote web interface allows users to monitor and control their Linx 7900 printers through a web browser, either via a PC or a web enabled smartphone.
Nearly 3/4 of IT managers think their infrastructure complexity is high or out of control
Royce Murphy, CEO of Real Status, warns that the risk of business-critical outages increases with infrastructure complexity.
KISS PR to handle social media for The Muscle Help Foundation
East of England PR agency, KISS Public Relations has been appointed to handle the development of National Family charity The Muscle Help Foundation’s social media in preparation for the ‘Games Inspired Muscle Dreams’ charity programme at the 2012 Paralympic Games. It will deliver a once in a lifetime experience for 75 young people with Muscular Dystrophy (29 August – 9 September).
Cambridge Index falls 1.0%
Renewed concerns about the Greek economy and opposition by the Bundesbank to the purchase of bonds by the European Central Bank, weighed on global equity markets last week. The Cambridge Index fell 1.0% or 111.5 points to 11,004.4, with all but one of the top ten index heavyweight stocks ending lower.
Scientists explain scale of Japanese tsunami
Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes under the seabed. Some tsunamis – including the disaster that hit Japan last year – are unexpectedly large. Cambridge scientists suggest that their severity is caused by a release of gravitational energy as well as elastic energy.
Share and share alike
A new resource just launched by the University of Cambridge will help researchers seek out and access high-value equipment across five universities.
Dr Mark Ainslie awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship
Dr Mark Ainslie, a member of the Bulk Superconductivity Group and a Fellow at King's College, Cambridge, has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship for the period 2012-2017, to pursue research into "Engineering Interactions of Magnetic and Superconducting Materials for Electrical Applications."
Tame your computer - nifty selection
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes a time-saving shortcut to select all cells in a row or column (Excel 2003-2010*)...
A night out with Suggs and Prince Charles
WaveFX interviewed the award winners fresh off the stage at this year’s “Business in the Community” awards, attended by HRH The Prince of Wales, Suggs, double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes and Paralympian Liz Johnson, George the Poet and hosted by the BBC's Mishal Husain.
If Magic was an Olympic sport this would be it - FISM 2012
The first FISM World Championships of Magic was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1948. Since that time FISM has been organising World Championships of Magic on a grand scale. The last WCM took place in 2009 in Beijing, China and this year the 25th WCM was held in Blackpool, England.
Mills & Reeve staff raise over £10,000 by completing gruelling “reverse jailbreak" challenge
National law firm Mills & Reeve has raised more than £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support after more than 60 employees took part in a “reverse jailbreak” challenge through the National Peak District.
BlueGnome announces the operational launch of BlueGnome Inc.
New logistics hub and tripling of staff confirms company’s commitment to North American market BlueGnome, a leading provider of genetic solutions for the screening of chromosomal abnormalities in cytogenetics and pre-implantation genetics, announced today the operational launch of BlueGnome Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueGnome Ltd, headquartered in Cambridge, UK.
Scientists produce H2 for fuel cells using an inexpensive catalyst
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have produced hydrogen, H2, a renewable energy source, from water using an inexpensive catalyst under industrially relevant conditions (using pH neutral water, surrounded by atmospheric oxygen, O2, and at room temperature).
Dolomite licenses microdroplet IP from Japan Science and Technology Agency
Microfluidics expert Dolomite is pleased to announce it is now a licensee of Japan Science and Technology Agency (“JST”) under JST’s microdroplet generation technology. Dolomite is authorised to grant sub-licences under JST’s microdroplet generation technologies.
Cambridge Network website by netXtra provides focal point for shared business knowledge
Cambridge’s business and academic community comes together on redeveloped membership website to enjoy collaborating for increased success.
'Poetry and Popular Protest' is an international hit
Dr John Gardner, Principal Lecturer in English Literature at Anglia Ruskin University, is celebrating the success of his internationally acclaimed new book.
Cambridge Regional College celebrates success of 100 Apprentices campaign
The ‘100 Apprentices in 100 Days’ campaign by Cambridge Regional College has proved an outstanding success – more than doubling its target in the three months of the appeal.
Events to stop children going batty with boredom!
With just one week of the summer holidays left, there’s a good chance that local children might be going batty with boredom. If your little people need entertaining, why not head for the hills and visit Wandlebury, where the team at Cambridge Past, Present & Future (CambridgePPF) has three events left before it's officially back to school?
AVEVA releases Structural Analysis Interface - SP for STAAD.Pro
AVEVA further demonstrates open approach with bidirectional interface between AVEVA PDMS and Bentley’s STAAD.Pro
High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire visits Marshall
The High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, Mrs Penelope Walkinshaw, visited Marshall of Cambridge to learn about the work of the Company and the major contribution it makes to the regional economy, particularly that of Cambridge.
Understanding the placenta: the key to healthy life
The placenta is the interface between the mother and her baby, which means it is not only key to a successful pregnancy, it determines the future health of every one of us.
The man who discovered a ‘lost’ wonder of the world
Among the numerous treasures at Cambridge University Library are the private documents of the explorer, John Lewis Burckhardt, who rediscovered Petra 200 years ago.
Bulgin push-pull coupling Buccaneer® connectors launched
Bulgin – an Elektron Technology connectivity brand – has unveiled the latest addition to its rugged Buccaneer range of connectors, giving engineers and product design professionals even greater flexibility in systems design.
Adaxis teams up with Run England to eliminate blisters
The Olympics created a surge of interest in all kinds of sport. The problem of blisters affects amateurs and professionals alike and can lead to people dropping out. ReSkin skin patches offer a new solution to the age old problem and have been received enthusiastically. A pilot project with Run England Surrey is starting end August. A successful outcome could lead to a national roll-out.