Focus on mental well-being during Men’s Health Week
Men's Health Week is celebrated annually during the week leading up to Father’s Day. The purpose is to raise awareness of health issues that disproportionately affect men and encourage them to do something about it.
ARECOR presents positive results for the first Phase I clinical trial of novel insulin formulation
AT247 delivers significantly accelerated absorption of insulin compared to best in class treatments NovoRapid® and Fiasp®.
Case study - WiFi for large multi-functional events venue
Novahub provides managed WiFi infrastructure and services to a large exhibition and events venue used by large corporate organisations across a range of sectors for events such as product launches and promotions, training days and team building experiences.
AstraZeneca to supply Europe with up to 400 million doses of Oxford University’s vaccine at no profit
AstraZeneca has reached an agreement with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance (IVA), spearheaded by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, to supply up to 400 million doses of the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine, with deliveries starting by the end of 2020.
Material developed at Harvard for large scale energy storage applications
2,6-DPPEAQ, a highly stable redox active material for aqueous flow batteries available in the UK.
ARU selected to train region’s police officers
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been chosen to provide educational training to seven police forces as part of a major overhaul of police officer training in England and Wales.
Local hospital outpatients and visitors to wear face coverings from today
From today (Monday 15 June), all outpatients and visitors at Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie Hospitals will be required to wear a face covering when inside the hospital premises. In addition, all clinical and non-clinical staff will also be required to wear a medical grade mask.
Bango launches SoftBank payment option for Amazon.co.jp
Bango (AIM: BGO), the mobile commerce company, announces that it has enabled carrier billing for mobile operator SoftBank Corp. on Amazon.co.jp. Amazon customers with a SoftBank mobile phone account can now pay for goods, membership fees and subscription services, and charge the cost to their mobile phone bill.
Dante Labs, Cambridge Cancer Genomics and Nonacus collaborate to provide precision oncology at scale
Dante Labs, a pioneer and leader in genomic testing, Cambridge Cancer Genomics (CCG.ai), a software developer specialising in data-driven precision oncology, and Nonacus, a provider of genetic testing products for precision medicine and liquid biopsy, today announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement.
Coronavirus safety measures in place for Cambridge city centre re-opening today
Public safety measures that support social distancing are the top priority for city centre partners working to support the successful reopening of Cambridge city centre shops and offices from today (15 June).
‘Spend locally’ plea as South Cambs shops reopen after lockdown
Shop locally and support your neighbourhood high street – that’s the District Council’s call to South Cambridgeshire shoppers as non-essential retailers prepare to open their doors for the first time since lockdown today (Monday).
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority looks to digital connectivity to drive Covid-19 recovery
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) is set to build upon the unprecedented demand for digital connectivity to help businesses and communities recover from the Covid-19 crisis and put them at the leading edge for technology.
Record GDP contraction forecast for Q2 2020, but economic recovery in sight for next year, says EY
The EY ITEM Club has further downgraded its GDP forecast for the UK economy this year and is now predicting an 8% contraction for 2020 compared to the 6.8% fall it predicted in April.
Striking differences revealed in COVID-19 mortality between NHS trusts
A University of Cambridge team led by Professor Mihaela van der Schaar and intensive care consultant Dr Ari Ercole of the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine (CCAIM) is calling for urgent research into the striking differences in COVID-19 deaths they have discovered between the intensive care units of NHS trusts across England.
MRC Fellowship awarded to Cambridge neuroscientist for research into pain
Dr Flavia Mancini has been announced a Medical Research Council (MRC) Career Development Fellow and will establish her first independent research group, tasked with improving our understanding of the brain mechanisms that mediate pain.
Intellectual Property for R&D
Rayyan Mughal of Marks & Clerk LLP looks at what you need to consider when working in international R&D teams, collaborations and university spin-out companies in the latest issue of Materials World, the magazine of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).
Better YouTube strategy in three simple letters
Video. Video. Video. It’s important and you want to be making more of it, but you know how expensive it can be – which leaves you, a business owner, in a tricky position. If video hasn’t worked for you yet, do you really want to throw more money at it?
Round Peg case study: Aveillant “flat-pack” holographic radar
When Aveillant needed to revisit the design of its Gamekeeper counter-UAS radar to facilitate easier shipping, it was natural for the team to turn to Round Peg.
Bit Bio’s ‘enter button for the keyboard to the software of life’ nabs the company $41.5 million
Jonathan Shieber of Tech Crunch writes about Bit Bio's technoloigy and its latest funding round.
Gift catalogue company chooses C3 for Telecommunication upgrade
Mail catalogue companies have had to make a rapid and efficient transition to stay up to date with the new trends and keep up with customers’ orders on different channels. That’s why C3 was chosen by a famous gift catalogue company to help them undertake telecommunication and payment changes to provide a more satisfying experience to their customers.
Sure, Bit Bio got some significant cash for its cell coding work. But it’s the insiders who are backing them that will garner the attention
John Carroll of Endpoints News writes about Bit Bio's recent funding round.
New neighbourhood of 1,200 homes set to be developed on eastern edge of Cambridge
A vibrant, well-connected and sustainable new neighbourhood with up to 1,200 much needed new homes and community facilities is set to be created on the eastern edge of Cambridge in the coming years.
Why the tech sector in the East of England continues to thrive
A Tech Nation webinar next Wednesday (17 June) takes a virtual delve into the data behind the country's most exciting industry and explores why the tech sector in the East of England continues to thrive.
Immune responsive nanoparticles for Covid-19 vaccine delivery
Analytik reports how the renowned Quadram Institute (Norwich, UK) has invested in a ZetaView Nanoparticle Tracking Analyser to help its team develop a new approach for vaccine delivery based on engineering the natural ability of resident gut bacteria to generate nanoparticle sized Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs).
Deadline approaches for small business grants
South Cambridgeshire’s small businesses have just over a week left to apply for a share of around £1.25 million in Government grant funding, to help them recover from the impacts of Coronavirus.