Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment offers organisations a collaborative approach to reducing carbon
This month sees COP26 bringing together nations and representatives to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
ARU academic makes key contribution to new UN report
A new United Nations Environment Programme report on marine litter, co-authored by an Anglia Ruskin University ecologist, has revealed that plastics have now contaminated every ecosystem on the planet and that if we continue with a “business as usual” scenario, emissions of plastic litter into aquatic ecosystems will triple by 2040.
U's win green football trophy
Cambridge United wins the CUP26 trophy for green activity awarded by Planet Super League, which was co-founded by Cambridge MBA alumnus Tom Gribbin (MBA 2013).
Talking the talk and walking the walk
Simon Hall explores one of the most important factors for success in life, the difference between the talk and the walk...
Mills & Reeve commended in The Times’ Best Law Firms 2022
Mills & Reeve has featured in The Times’ annual guide to the best law firms in England and Wales for the fourth year in a row.
Cambridge Cleantech Meet the buyer event: Cranfield University Innovation Challenge
Cranfield University is looking for multiple solutions to become more sustainable. Can you help?
Cambridge Cleantech Meet the buyer event: Anglian Water
Anglian Water is looking for multiple solutions to become more sustainable. Can you help?
Cambridge Cleantech Meet the buyer event: Processum
RISE Processum is looking for companies that have solutions that may satisfy needs within the cluster as well as companies that would benefit from collaborations with RISE Processum’s expertise and infrastructure. Can you help?
Cambridge Cleantech Meet the buyer event: Cambridge Display Technology
Cambridge Display Technology is looking for technologies that can enable the reuse or conversion of waste oil from manufacturing, can you help?
Cambridge Cleantech Meet the buyer event: Lufthansa Technik
Lufthansa Technik is looking for multiple solutions to become more sustainable. Can you help?
Cambridge Cleantech Meet the buyer event: Johnson Matthey
Johnson Matthey (JM) is looking for multiple solutions to become more sustainable, including next-generation batteries, sustainable fuels and chemical, carbon capture and utilisation and more...
Xaar highlights inkjet’s growing significance for packaging at the Futureprint & Pack Summit
Xaar is presenting at next week's FuturePrint & Pack Summit just how, within the world of packaging, inkjet is now truly coming of age.
bit.bio raises $103 million in first close of Series B financing
Today bit.bio announces the first close of its Series B financing of $103 million. The funding will accelerate clinical development of cell therapies using breakthrough gene engineering technology opti-oxTM.
Dr Manjari Chandran Ramesh joins Amadeus as deeptech partner with Oxford presence
Amadeus Capital Partners has announced that it has expanded its deep tech investment team with the appointment of Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh as a Partner in its Early Stage Team. Manjari will focus on investing in start-ups and spinouts centring on machine learning and quantum technologies, in the Oxford innovation cluster and other university centres throughout the UK.
Climate-saving inventions will lead to growth, says study
A doubling of ‘green’ patent filings will lead to a 4.8 percentage point boost in real GDP growth, says a study for KPMG authored by University of Cambridge economists including Kamiar Mohaddes of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Whole genome sequencing increases diagnosis of rare disorders by nearly a third, study finds
Whole genome sequencing from a single blood test picks up 31% more cases of rare genetic disorders than standard tests, shortening the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ that affected families experience, and providing huge opportunities for future research.
Study reveals ‘drastic changes’ in daily routines during UK lockdowns
Some spent an extra hour a day on chores and childcare during lockdowns, while others got an added daily hour of solo leisure time – and most of us reduced time spent on paid work by around half an hour a day.
Hungry caterpillars an underappreciated driver of carbon emissions
A study led by the University of Cambridge has found that periodic mass outbreaks of leaf-munching caterpillars can improve the water quality of nearby lakes - but may also increase the lakes’ carbon dioxide emissions.
Limiting inflammation may improve ‘flu vaccination response in older people
By analysing immune responses across people of different ages after seasonal influenza vaccination, immunologists at the Babraham Institute have shown that a particular type of white blood cell, circulating T follicular helper cells, is linked with good influenza antibody responses in younger people. But that in people over 65, the formation of these cells upon vaccination is reduced compared to…
Lycotec presents at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions
Lycotec is a leading company specialising in the development of diagnostic-based treatment of inflammatory and hypoxia pathologies. Its founder will speak at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the world leading annual event for researchers, medical and healthcare professionals in science, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular pathologies.
£3.4 million Government funding coming to region to boost skills and economic growth after successful bid
Funding of £3.4 million - for schemes benefiting Peterborough, Fenland and Huntingdonshire aimed at boosting skills, entrepreneurship and economic recovery -has been secured by the Combined Authority.
First deep dive into Microsoft SQL Server 2022 at free PASS Data Community Summit
Database professionals can take the world’s first deep dive into the newly announced SQL Server 2022 at the largest online gathering of data platform professionals, PASS Data Community Summit, taking place next week (November 8 – 12).
Can you ask staff to come to work on their day off?
Finding yourself short-staffed can prove to be a challenge. If you're wondering if you can ask staff to come to work on their day off, the HR Dept's latest blog includes a few points for consideration.
Cam Sight launches visually impaired Pilates
Local charity Cam Sight, which supports people living with sight loss in Cambridgeshire, is running weekly Pilates sessions at the YMCA Cambridge.