Cambridge alumni win 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
Three alumni of the University of Cambridge were today awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work in the field of condensed matter physics.
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Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2016 hosts over 200 events
Bookings are now open for the 2016 Cambridge Festival of Ideas, with a host of events and discussions on issues ranging from the risk of another global financial crash and the rise of populism to whether our identities are becoming more fluid.
Cambridge Science Centre celebrates mushrooms and more
Cambridge Science Centre will be celebrating UK Fungus Day on Sunday (9th October), when visitors will have the chance to explore the amazing world of fungi during a day of special activities, experiments and expert talks. As a bonus, the first 50 families will receive a bag of free fungus-themed goodies, courtesy of the British Mycological Society.
Take your chance to be part of Cambridge's history!
The Pye History Trust, led by former employees, has partnered with Cambridge Museum of Technology, to develop a permanent Pye exhibition. Can you help them through sponsorship?
Visit Cambridge CEO pledges support for tourism businesses across the county
Visit Cambridge and Beyond (VCB), the official new tourism organisation for Cambridge and the surrounding area, is looking for local businesses that want to tap into Cambridge’s worldwide reputation as a visitor destination.
MOFs: what are they and why are they exciting?
Metal Organic Frameworks or MOFs, as they are commonly known, are structures with metal clusters or nodes at their corners pulled together into a three-dimensional honeycomb material by organic links. Researchers around the world are working on ways to use MOFs for applications such as hydrogen storage, carbon sequestration, or photovoltaics.
Downing College wins special recognition award for unique bed & breakfast service
A Cambridge College is celebrating being the first winner of a new award from Cambridge BID for its outstanding Bed & Breakfast service.
New business talks by Watermill Accounting
The Cambridge based accountants, Watermill Accounting, return with their monthly talks on accounting, finance and taxation, focused specifically on the needs of small businesses and entrepreneurs. Free to attend and held at the Future Business Centres in Cambridge and Peterborough, they cover a variety of topics, include a Q&A with also opportunities to network.
Volunteer for YMCA Cambridgeshire & Peterborough this Christmas
Join Team YMCA and help them wrap gifts to raise money to give a young person a safe place to stay at Christmas.
Let your child have an adventure this half-term with YMCA
YMCA Cambridgeshire & Peterborough in partnership with Anglian Water are pleased to announce after a successful summer holiday the launch of YMCA October Holiday Club at Rutland Water.
PROWLER.io secures £1.5 million seed funding to revolutionise design of autonomous systems
Passion Capital, Amadeus Capital and Singapore’s Infocomm Investments invest in PROWLER.io’s artificial intelligence (AI) engine
PervasID secures £720k investment
Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund IV, managed by Parkwalk, and Cambridge Innovation Capital have, together with a private investor, invested £720k in PervasID, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge Engineering Department.
India-UK TECH Summit and trade mission to India
Register now to attend the UK Advanced Engineering & Manufacturing Trade Mission to India and the India-UK TECH Summit.
A techo-pleb's guide to Microsoft Ignite 2016: What it means for average Joe
An end user's guide to what the announcements from last week's Microsoft Ignite conference mean for daily users
Discovering Start-Ups finalists announced
CW (Cambridge Wireless) has announced the 10 finalists for its Discovering Start-Ups 2016 competition, sponsored and hosted by Deloitte, the business advisory firm.
Bricks and mortar lots are the order of the day at Cheffins’ property auction
More than £3.2m worth of property sales were achieved at the most recent Cheffins auction across 23 lots. The highest prices paid were for residential and retail development opportunities throughout the eastern region.
MedImmune out-licenses potential medicine for inflammatory diseases to Allergan
AstraZeneca today announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has entered into a licensing agreement with Allergan plc for the global rights to MEDI2070, a potential medicine for inflammatory diseases.
Tame your computer - search and spot
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to find and highlight all occurrences of a specific word or phrase (Microsoft Word*)...
Carrick Therapeutics $95m funding round includes Cambridge Innovation Capital
Research from the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge has been licensed to Carrick Therapeutics, which has gained $95m from funders including Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC). This is the second time within a few months that technology from the Gurdon Institute has gained funding from CIC.
Watermill Accounting shortlisted for the British Accountancy Awards
Watermill Accounting, based at Future Business Centre in Cambridge, is delighted to announce that they've been shortlisted for 'Independent Firm of the Year - East of England' at the 2016 British Accountancy Awards.
AlphaPlusConsultancy achieves Cyber Essentials certification with ‘Get A Little Help’ package
IT Governance, the cyber security expert and CREST-accredited certification body, is pleased to congratulate the leaders in assessment, research and evaluation in training, AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd, on their successful Cyber Essentials certification.
40% of UK workforce feel undervalued and unhappy at work
Is your company losing valuable members of staff due to demotivation and dissatisfaction?
Norwich civil engineer achieves Chartered status
Civil Engineer Lee Sayer has been awarded membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Lee has met all the requirements of the ICE’s Chartered Professional Review and is entitled to add the letters MICE to his name and adopt the Institution’s own protected title of ‘Chartered Civil Engineer’.
Ignite latest: Skype for Business means business
For a while now Skype for Business in the UK has been all promise and no reality.