Meet Cambridge holds ‘Welcome back’ drinks reception
After 18 months of restrictions on holding in-person events, the official conference and meetings bureau for Cambridge and the surrounding area has celebrated the gradual return to live events by holding a drinks reception for clients and venue representatives.
Tame your computer - add a lively welcome
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - now in its 15th year - software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to add an animated GIF or meme to a slide (Microsoft PowerPoint).
The rewards of a rapid rapport
Simon Hall reveals how to quickly establish a rapport with someone you've just met, whether in person or online, and the rewards it can bring...
One Stop Language Solutions translate legal documents
One Stop Language Solutions are adept and ready to translate legal documents in 150 different languages and to suit your timescale.
Why consultancy work is more popular since the pandemic
There are many people already considering changing their careers in this current work climate, and we often turn to new challenges when we believe that we are no longer being challenged in our current roles. Consultancy work offers this new challenge.
Aircraft maintenance professionals are now on the endangered list
The aviation industry is facing a growing skills shortage and it is struggling to find competent, skilled technicians to fill its workforce pipelines.
Why Audio Analytic's ‘soft temporal modelling’ design philosophy is key to understanding sounds
To guide Audio Analytic's research and development, the team set a core technical design philosophy that allows for the flexibility that is inherently needed to take very diverse sound objects and sequences and translate these into very stable and unique detections. As you learn and read more about Audio Analytic's technology, it is useful to understand how their approach runs through…
Electricity rationing in China spells more supply delays
"The rationing of electricity at some of China's major industrial areas and its ports is likely to slow shipments of electronic components,” says John Harley of St Neots based OSI Electronics UK. "It can only lead to longer lead-times and further shortages in the supply chain.”
Cambridge Cleantech turns 10 this year, celebrating a decade of climate tech innovation
Join Cambridge Cleantech for its two-day conference celebrating the innovative climate technologies from Cambridge, the UK, and across the world on 20th and 21st October 2021. This year marks a momentous event for the organiisation, as along with the UK hosting the COP26 in Glasgow in November, it happens to be its ten-year anniversary!
Cambridge MP to visit Cambridge Sustainable Food
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner will see first-hand Cambridge Sustainable Food’s excellent work tackling food poverty across the city and its surrounding villages when he visits today (Friday).
Researchers identify and clear efficiency hurdle for organic solar cells
Researchers have identified a key mechanism responsible for the lower efficiencies of organic solar cells and shown a way that this hurdle might be overcome.
Humans and robots go to school together
A push to automate is changing the way humans and machines work together. The number of industrial robots installed in factories reached about 3 million units worldwide in 2020 – more than doubling in ten years.
How legal technology will help you attract and retain the best talent
New digital capabilities can help businesses meet the expectations of a younger workforce and win the war on talent.
Taylor Wessing spearheads launch of new Trans-Pacific intellectual property guide
Today marks the launch of Patent Enforcement in the UK and Trans-Pacific Countries, an essential guide for private practitioners, in-house lawyers and other professionals with responsibility for intellectual property who are interested in the Trans-Pacific region.
Bio-Rad launches IgA and IgM SARS-CoV-2 Bio-Plex pro immunoassay panels to study COVID-19 antibody response
HERCULES, Calif.–September 30, 2021: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the Bio-Plex™ Pro Human IgA and IgM SARS-CoV-2 panels to detect IgA and IgM antibodies against four SARS-CoV-2 antigens. The panels are for research use only (RUO).
Gyros Protein Technologies introduces Gyrolab AAV9 Titer Kit to support AAV-based cell and gene therapy production
Uppsala, Sweden, 30 September 2021: Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and a leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, today announced the introduction of Gyrolab® AAV9 Titer Kit for rapid determination of physical titer in adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) vector-based cell and gene therapy manufacturing.
Keep your team connected even when they’re apart
If you are looking for a telephone system that costs less and does more, then don’t stop reading.
Green electronics company Cambridge GaN Devices named Business Weekly’s Tech Scale-Up of the Year
Co-founders of the deep tech company spun-out of Cambridge University, Dr Giorgia Longobardi and Professor Florin Udrea, respectively awarded prestigious Woman Entrepreneur and Academic Entrepreneur titles in unprecedented triple awards win.
Sanome raises £2m to drive forward clinically validated home testing using combination biomarkers
Sanome, a European health start-up, has raised £2m as its first round of funding from a number of leading UK and European HealthTech specialist investors. The round was led by Heal Capital, with participation from Crista Galli Ventures, Selvedge Ventures, o2h Ventures, Meltwind and a number of high-profile angels including David Cleevely and Pam Garside.
Study suggests R rate for tracking pandemic should be dropped in favour of ‘nowcasts’
When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, the R rate became well-known shorthand for the reproduction of the disease. Yet a new study suggests it’s time for ‘A Farewell to R’ in favour of a different approach based on the growth rate of infection rather than contagiousness.
Business confidence in the East dips ahead of fuel disruption
Business confidence in the East fell nine points during September to 30%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Cell atlas reveals how blood and immune systems form in developing bone marrow
The first comprehensive analysis of how the blood and immune systems develop in prenatal bone marrow has been conducted by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Newcastle University and their collaborators.
Kleinwort Hambros bolsters UK private banking and wealth planning teams with senior appointments
Kleinwort Hambros has announced several key hires to its senior private banking and wealth planning teams in London and Cambridge, as it continues to strengthen its client offering and build on robust business momentum.
Eagle Genomics and the Earlham Institute to deliver new microbiome multi-omics datasets and tools
Foundational partnership enables access to novel datasets and innovation workflows through Eagle Genomics’ AI-augmented knowledge discovery platform.
Combined Authority throws its weight behind Cambridge South
The Board of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has thrown its weight behind the development of Cambridge South rail station with a unanimous vote to allow Network Rail to hang on to savings made on planning to put toward future work.