Research England has awarded a grant of £1.2 million to the University of Cambridge to establish a Policy Evidence Unit for University Commercialisation and Innovation (UCI), which will be developed in partnership with the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (CSTI) at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) – part...
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07-08-2020
Avacta and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine collaborate to clinically validate saliva-based rapid coronavirus test being developed with Cytiva.
07-08-2020
The CBI has today (Friday) set out six ways in which to build confidence for those businesses, local authorities and communities affected, if areas within the East of England come under new temporary restrictions.
07-08-2020
Pandemic shows that organisational scholars need to see the world as systems of interdependent activity rather than individual entities, says Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville.
07-08-2020
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, reported that its Cyber AI Analyst product has performed millions of threat investigations, mimicking human thought processes to zoom in on and explore potential threats, and report on the severity of an attack.
07-08-2020
The overwhelming ‘Whiteness’ of artificial intelligence – from stock images and cinematic robots to the dialects of virtual assistants – removes people of colour from the way humanity thinks about its technology-enhanced future.
07-08-2020
Genes that are thought to play a role in how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects our cells have been found to be active in embryos as early as during the second week of pregnancy, say scientists at the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
07-08-2020
Following extensive consultation with residents, local community groups, staff and other stakeholders, planning permission has been granted at the Meadows and Buchan Street sites for the redevelopment of the council owned Meadows and Buchan Street community centres, along with much-needed council rented homes.
07-08-2020
For many charities, social enterprises and small businesses – volunteers are essential. They are the lifeblood of the work that these businesses carry out, helping them to reach their communities effectively, and playing a vital role in the delivery of key services.
07-08-2020
Last month, with the support of social mobility charity, Speakers for Schools, Johnson Matthey (JM) welcomed 115 students from across the UK to its first online work experience programme. Students learned a wide range of new skills and gained insight into how science and technology is used to make the world cleaner and healthier.
07-08-2020
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) has been ripe for innovation for years.
06-08-2020
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is to become the first region in the country to roll out e-bikes and e-scooters to the public, offering the potential for fast, clean and inexpensive travel that can help to ease congestion on the...
06-08-2020
Energy executive Biplab Rakshi will lead the IoD in the East of England.
06-08-2020
As largely expected, the Bank of England sat tight on monetary policy at the August Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, with unanimous 9-0 votes for both keeping interest rates at 0.10% and the planned stock of asset purchases at £750 billion.
06-08-2020
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) lecturers Dr Beatriz Acevedo and Siân Shaw have both received National Teaching Fellowships thanks to the quality of their teaching.
06-08-2020
Chesterford Research Park management team and Diagnostics for the Real World work together, re-purposing space to create efficient assembly line.
06-08-2020
The Cambridge office and laboratory market continued to see lettings throughout the lockdown period, with the life sciences sector dominating activity, says Bidwells.
06-08-2020
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has appointed BBI Solutions, part of BBI Group, to manufacture the saliva-based rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen test that is being developed with Cytiva.
06-08-2020
Researchers have sequenced the genome of the tuatara, revealing its unique evolutionary history.
06-08-2020
Domino Printing has announced its acquisition of Lake Image Systems, a market-leading producer of automated, vision-based inspection systems, for quality control and data verification.
06-08-2020
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