Study shows how our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive tasks
New research, based on earlier results in mice, suggests that our brains are never at rest, even when we are not learning anything about the world around us.
Connections - Science, Poetry and the Brain: eight scientists paired with eight poets
Connections, in partnership with AstraZeneca, is a unique project where science meets art and creative writing.
Cabinet changes as Council prioritises community and business recovery
Changes are being made to South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Cabinet to increase support and representation for communities and businesses as they recover from Coronavirus.
Eastern AHSN impact review: turning great ideas into positive health impact in 2019/20
Eastern Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) has published its latest impact review for the period April 2019 to 31 March 2020, highlighting how it turned great ideas into positive health impact last year, told largely in the words of the people its team worked with.
Getting warmer: Kleinwort Hambros Monthly House Views - July 2020
Kleinwort Hambros issues its monthly summary of the financial markets.
Taylor Wessing advises Brockhaus Capital Management AG on IPO on the Frankfurt stock exchange
The Frankfurt corporate and capital markets team from Taylor Wessing, led by Frankfurt partners Ulrich Reers and Lars-Gerrit Lüßmann, advised the technology group Brockhaus Capital Management AG (BCM) on its IPO on the Frankfurt stock exchange.
China-Britain relationship directly supports more than 100,000 British jobs
A report published today by Cambridge Econometrics for the China-Britain Business Council finds that trade, tourism and expenditure by Chinese students support over 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs in the UK.
Bango reports record revenue growth
Bango (AIM: BGO), the mobile commerce company, is pleased to provide an update on trading for the six months ended 30 June 2020 (1H 2020), ahead of announcing its Interim Results on 15 September 2020.
Coronavirus and mental health
People with coronavirus symptoms are more likely to have general psychiatric disorders and loneliness, says a study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Two new awards launched in honour of the late Cambridge Judge Professor Sucheta Nadkarni
The late Cambridge Judge Business School Professor, Sucheta S Nadkarni, who sadly passed away in October 2019, has been honoured with the creation of two new awards.
Work visa criteria relaxed for COVID-19 researchers
Researchers working on COVID-19 can now benefit from a relaxation of immigration rules to ensure they are able to work in the UK.
Explore Covid-19 science in action with new Human Cell Atlas animation
A new animation has been created for secondary school students to explore how the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 works, and how the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium is mapping how the virus interacts with the human body.
Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 pandemic must treat health and economy as equally important
Strategies for the safe reopening of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) from months of strict social distancing in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic must recognise that preserving people’s health is as important as reviving the economy, argues an international team of researchers.
Materials testing startup Plastometrex raises seed round
Plastometrex - a Cambridge-based company that develops advanced materials testing solutions - has recently closed its seed investment round. The round was led by Element Materials Technology (Element), a global leader in product and qualification testing, with participation from Vanneck EIS and Reimagined Capital.
Cambridge Index falls 2.3%
The Cambridge Index slipped 522.3 points or 2.3% to close at 21920.1, as nine of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
MDR delayed, but was the industry ready?
The European Parliament and Council has voted to delay the enforcement of the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR). Set to replace the current Medical Device Directive (MDD), the MDR will now come into effect in May 2021, a year later than planned.
PM announces 'most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War'
Boris Johnson has announced what the Government has described as “the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War, making it easier to build better homes where people want to live”. The new proposals are expressed to soften the economic impact of coronavirus with the PM vowing to “build, build, build”.
Rocketman launches at drive-in cinema for EACH
Rocketman, the biographical film based on Elton John’s life and career, will be featured at Burwash Manor, near Cambridge, by The Star & Mouse Picture Show in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
Tame your computer - make it big
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 explains how to magnify part of a picture on your slide (Microsoft PowerPoint).
PHG Foundation provides AI expertise for groundbreaking Cambridge cancer project
Project DELTA aims to diagnose up to 50% of cases of oesophageal cancer earlier, leading to improvements in survival, quality of life and economic benefits for the NHS.
Medical device connectivity: mitigating the risks
In Team Consulting's first blog of this series, it discussed how connecting your medical device to digital services in the cloud can introduce risks such as exposure of data, unauthorised control and denial of service. This second blog will look at what we can do during the development process to mitigate these risks and their potential commercial, reputational and regulatory impacts.
Scientists test drug combinations to prevent lung fibrosis
A team of scientists is investigating drug combinations in a bid to prevent pulmonary fibrosis in the lungs that causes irreversible damage in some COVID-19 patients.
Spirea completes seed funding round to develop the next generation of antibody drug conjugate therapeutics
Spirea Limited, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge founded to deliver the next generation of antibody drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics for the treatment of multiple cancers, has today announced that it has closed a seed investment round, led by Meltwind and Start Codon.
Avacta and Integumen plc collaborate for detection of SARS-COV-2 coronavirus in waste water
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Integumen plc to evaluate recently generated Affimer reagents that bind the SARS-COV-2 spike protein for the detection of the coronavirus in waste water, to provide a real-time alert system to warn of localised COVID-19 outbreaks.
IPOs all but absent in Q2, but exiting issuers rushed to market to raise cash
The London markets may have felt the absence of new issuers in Q2 2020, but those already listed flocked to the market to raise capital amid the COVID-19 lockdown, according to EY’s latest market tracker IPO Eye.