Enterprising student raises money to help local children
An enterprising young student set up his own business keeping two Cambridge offices well fed this half-term – all to raise money for local children with life-threatening conditions.
ARM manager Simon Humphrey receives top award from HRH The Prince of Wales
Simon Humphrey, Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility at technology specialists ARM in Cambridge, has won a top award at a high profile National Awards Event in London this week.
Welding Institute Awards 2018 – the Brooker Award for outstanding personal contribution
The Welding Institute is pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Brooker Award for Outstanding Personal Contribution. The coveted award, which is sponsored by Johnson Matthey PLC, is made in recognition of a personal contribution to the science, technology and industrial exploitation of materials joining.
Darktrace selected for prestigious Future Fifty Programme
Darktrace, the world’s leading AI company for cyber defence, announced that it has been selected for Tech City UK’s Future Fifty Programme, which celebrates high-growth tech companies in Europe.
Oscar and BAFTA nominated producer Ivan Mactaggart launches Cambridge Picture Company
Flying high off the back of Oscar and BAFTA nominations for his animated feature Loving Vincent, producer Ivan Mactaggart has launched his Cambridge-based film and television production company, Cambridge Picture Company, with private equity backing.
Featurespace enters Tech City UK’s fast-growing ‘Future Fifty’
Featurespace, the leading global machine learning company for fraud prevention and risk management, has been selected for the Future Fifty programme, a network of the highest growth technology companies in the UK.
What are the harms and benefits of breast cancer screening?
As increasingly fewer women are going for breast cancer screening, one event at the Cambridge Science Festival - which starts on Monday and runs for two weeks - asks how can we make sense of the increasingly polarised debate about the harms and benefits of breast cancer screening?
One Nucleus announces new director
One Nucleus, the Cambridge based not-for-profit membership organisation for the London-East of England life sciences and healthcare cluster, is delighted to announce the appointment of Derek Jones as a Non-Executive Director. Derek is Chief Executive of Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd (BBT), the organisation responsible for the development and management of the Babraham Research Campus.
Apprentice Jack takes the highway to engineering career on A14
Twenty-two year-old Jack Brittain is well on his way to becoming an engineer thanks to an apprenticeship opportunity on the biggest road project currently in construction.
Magna launches new composites centre of excellence in Germany
Magna's new Composites Centre of Excellence in Esslingen, Germany, aims to help European automakers meet increasingly stringent emissions requirements with lightweight structures and exterior components made of advanced materials.
Toxins return in electronics and electrics: escape routes
There is a flood of new electronic and electrical devices reintroducing toxins very similar to those in tobacco smoke, diesel fumes, asbestos and other killers, writes Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx.
One day masterclass: create better video content
If you’re making video content on your smartphone or video camera for your business website, YouTube or social media platforms, this one day masterclass on Thursday 12 April is for you.
Mother of all decisions: International Women's Day - time to decide what is important to you
How loud is your biological clock ticking? The decision of if or when to have children is one of the defining decisions of a woman's life. International Women's Day is an opportunity to focus the mind on your priorities - and if motherhood is on the list, then do get some good advice.
Members sought for new mucosal melanoma Guideline Development Group
Melanoma Focus is preparing to set up a Guideline Development Group (GDG) to produce a national clinical guideline for sino-nasal/head & neck mucosal melanoma. The charity seeks clinicians and nurses from relevant specialties, as well as patient advocates, to join a group led by Professor Kevin Harrington to work on guidance for this rare form of melanoma.
St John’s College uses new software to keep chef’s eye on food waste
A Cambridge College is investing in the latest food monitoring technology to track food waste and increase sustainability and efficiency.
Celebrate the very best of the East of England's Business Leaders
The Institute of Directors East of England is inviting nominations for its annual Director of the Year Awards.
Comment on plans to move Waterbeach Station
Local people can now have their say on plans to relocate Waterbeach Railway Station.
Alzheimer’s researchers win world’s top brain research prize
The 2018 Brain Prize is being awarded to four neuroscientists for their groundbreaking research on the genetic and molecular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. Three of the four have received funding support from the MRC during their careers; Professors Bart De Strooper, Michel Goedert and John Hardy share the award with Professor Christian Haass.
Are you ready for the next step to make your innovative idea or project a reality?
Impulse, the Entrepreneurship Programme for tech innovators based at the Maxwell Centre, University of Cambridge, helps you to transform your innovative idea into a “high potential” business case. The deadline for applications for this exciting opportunity has just been extended to 19th March.
Cambridge’s first community biology lab opens to new members
Biomakespace Cambridge is a new laboratory with a difference - it is open to anyone who is keen to work at the interface of biology and engineering. Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the laboratory is accepting new membership applications from this month (March 2018).
Team Consulting develops innovative haemostat spray device which can’t cause embolisms
Medical device developer Team Consulting has created Convesaid, a ground-breaking haemostat spray device that eliminates the risk of air embolism when delivering powder haemostats during surgery.
£200,000 refurbishment programme at Arbury Court set to begin
A £200,000 Iimprovement project for the public areas at Cambridge's Arbury Court local centre is due to begin later this month.
The ‘business case’ for gender diversity
Gender diversity in top management teams can boost ‘psychological safety’ and help firms innovate, finds a new study of Chinese hi-tech firms co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School in advance of International Women’s Day tomorrow (8 March).
Safeguarding your land: protecting against new public rights of way
With strategic development being an opportunity for many more people than 20 years ago, it is now more important than ever to ensure that the value of land is safeguarded, says Stephanie Dennis of Hewitsons.
Cambridge Science Festival: Is time running out to tackle climate change?
What action do we urgently need to take to tackle climate change? Are some suggested solutions too dangerous to undertake? What impact could these solutions have on our Earth?