Workplace guru offers Cambridge business a lesson on part-time performers
The founder of Britain’s leading recruiter of part-time executive talent will reveal the secrets of finding and retaining the flexible professionals who thrive on driving up performance at start-up, small and medium-sized companies during an exclusive Cambridge event on May 17th.
Bringing the internet to India
Digital Account Executive at KISS, Sarah Gee, explores the internet in India.
Little ANTs: researchers build the world’s tiniest engine
Researchers have built a nano-engine that could form the basis for future applications in nano-robotics, including robots small enough to enter living cells.
Mark Davison of Blue Sphere Health in 'Medicine Maker' Power List 2016
Mark Davison, Principal Consultant at Blue Sphere Health Ltd, has been named in The Medicine Maker magazine's Power List 2016 of the top 100 most influential people in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. He is a global expert, author and senior advisor on anti-counterfeiting, traceability and authentication of products including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food and beverages.
Stansted in dreamland as new eco-friendly jet makes debut
Holiday-makers heading to Mexico and America from London Stansted will get to fly on one of the most advanced planes in the world.
New report reveals public apathy for ‘smart cities’
Only 18 per cent of the British public has heard of a ‘smart city’, according to research carried out by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Don't forget to vote tomorrow
Elections take place across the city tomorrow (Thursday 5 May), for 14 of the 42 seats on Cambridge City Council, as well as for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire.
RealVNC® enables Minecraft on Raspberry Pi to be played remotely for the first time
RealVNC® has released a free alpha version of VNC® that allows Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi to be played from a different computer for the first time.
Scientists double number of known genetic risk factors for endometrial cancer
An international collaboration of researchers has identified five new gene regions that increase a woman’s risk of developing endometrial cancer, one of the most common cancers to affect women, taking the number of known gene regions associated with the disease to nine.
Conference Cambridge joins Arthur Rank Star Shine Stroll memory walk
Conference Cambridge, the official free venue-finding service for Cambridge University and its Colleges, as well as hotels and other unique properties in and around the city, is taking part in a ten-mile walk in aid of its designated charity for 2016.
MobasEngage appoints new Head of PR
Mobas, the creative marketing communications agency, has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Adam Tuckwell as Head of PR.
Points of View: O2 and Three Deal
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks at the £10.5bn deal between O2 and Three. CK Hutchinson, owners of mobile network Three, proposed to take over Telefonica’s UK mobile operator O2 last year.
Ubisense reveals new angle on RFID
Ubisense Group plc (AIM:UBI), leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, is launching its new AngleID product at RFID Journal Live! in Orlando today (3rd May).
Cambridge Consultants pushes the envelope with innovative radio system
A complex system design challenge leads to a world first in global communications for Cambridge Consultants.
Call for practising professionals to 'help a friend' back into engineering
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is asking practising engineers and construction professionals to help former colleagues make their way back into engineering.
Professor Sir David MacKay 1967–2016
The University of Cambridge and the wider community are saddened by the loss of Professor Sir David MacKay, Regius Professor of Engineering, whose funeral takes place this Friday (May 6th).
Lycotec to present at Gordon Research Conference
Lycotec CEO, Dr Ivan M Petyaev, will present at the Gordon Research conference, which features frontier developments in carotenoid science.
How Leicester City kept it simple, stupid
KISS’s armchair football pundit, Alex Larkinson, wonders what PR can learn from the greatest achievement in the history of the game.
Pure sponsors the next EASCA welcome event for recently qualified chartered accountants
Pure Resourcing Solutions is the proud sponsor of the next East Anglian Society of Chartered Accountants (EASCA) welcome event, which will be held on Friday (6 May) to celebrate its recently qualified members.
Anglia Ruskin launch for sex trafficking exhibition
A powerful multi-screen film about sex trafficking, supported by the actress Emma Thompson, has been launched at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
Understand the power of marketing
Interested in understanding the power of marketing and how it can improve company performance? A one day course from Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration will give you the fundamental knowledge you need.
Meet Reliance at Analytica
Reliance Precision, a specialist engineering company, will be at Analytica next week to discuss its 1,2,3 design and development approach - which makes it the partner of choice for life science and diagnostic equipment manufacturers looking for quality components and sub-assemblies right through to full product design.
Family Gaming Night is on again
The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge will be hosting another of its famous gaming nights this Saturday (7th May), opening from 6pm-10pm for an evening of family fun suitable for all ages.
Understanding gravity - from Newton to Hawking
The most important publication in the history of science – Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica – and other seminal works by Copernicus, Einstein and Stephen Hawking feature in a new film celebrating 600 years of Cambridge University Library.
Inside Big Ben: why the world's most famous clock will soon lose its bong
London is soon going to lose one of its most familiar sounds when the world-famous Big Ben falls silent for repairs. The “bonging” chimes that have marked the passing of time for Londoners since 1859 will fall silent for months beginning in 2017 as part of a three-year £29m conservation project.