Raspberry Pi celebrates its birthday: what a party!
Philip Colligan, CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, writes: On Monday 29 February, we celebrated the fourth (or first) birthday of the Raspberry Pi computer by giving a little gift to the community in the form of the Raspberry Pi 3. A lot more power, with built in wireless LAN and Bluetooth, for the same great price of $35.
Cambridge Regional College opens its doors for University Science Festival
Young scientists and engineers had a go at chemistry experiments, practical engineering and model car-building when Cambridge Regional College opened its doors for the Science Festival.
Maplesoft and Instructure team up to allow easy integration of Canvas and Maple TA
Maplesoft today announced a Certified Partnership with Instructure, a leading software-as-a-service technology company and designer of the Canvas learning management system.
Professor joins ranks of social science elite
An Anglia Ruskin University Professor has been rewarded for his contribution to social sciences with a fellowship of an influential academy.
Dreaming big with biomimetics: could future buildings be made with bone and eggshells?
Dr Michelle Oyen, Reader in Bioengineering for Cambridge University Department of Engineering's Biomechanics Group, explores how researchers are looking for ways to make new materials inspired by nature.
St John’s is first Oxbridge college with Two Star ‘Food Made Good’ sustainability rating
A Cambridge College is celebrating being given a prestigious ‘Food Made Good’ Award from the Sustainable Restaurant Association for its catering achievements.
EMBL-EBI appoints leader in biomolecular pharma as Head of Chemistry Services
The Directors of EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Andrew Leach to the post of Head of Chemistry Services.
Protecting your IP rights; never straightforward, but always important
Bristol-based design company, Magmatic, has lost its long-running Court battle against Hong Kong-based PMS over the design of its ride-on suitcase, ‘Trunki’, which it said was infringed by PMS’ ‘Kiddee’ case. Woodfines Solicitors considers the issues.
The Anthropocene epoch
Are we really entering a new geological epoch shaped mainly by humans? asks The Scientific Alliance.
Edwards & Blake opens first non-subsidised, commercial operation in Nwes centre
Two East Anglian-based companies, Edwards & Blake and Nwes have joined forces to offer high quality café bar and catering services in the Suffolk Enterprise Centre office complex in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Leading thinker in data visualisation heads to UK for free seminar
Prism Training & Consultancy and statistical software provider SAS JMP are to welcome JMP Director of Research and Development Xan Gregg to the UK for a special free seminar titled 'High-Impact Data Visualisation: Information Discovery Made Simple' at the Trinity Centre, Cambridge Science Park on Tuesday 22 March.
Photonics materials available in the UK and Eire from Strem Chemicals
Among the many materials used for photonics applications, quantum dots represent a very special class of materials.
Taskforce calls for investment in West Anglia Mainline
Tens of thousands of new homes and jobs could be jeopardised unless improvements are made to rail links between London and Cambridge.
CDP's First Response Monitor is finalist at Wearables Awards 2016
Innovative technology and design partner Cambridge Design Partnership has been shortlisted in the upcoming Wearable Awards for its novel connected vital signs monitor for first responders.
CEO & IT Project Support Officer swap Arthur Rank Hospice for the Sahara
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity's CEO Lynn Morgan and IT Project Support Officer Luke Upshall join eight from #TeamARHC to take on the hottest desert in the world next week!
PhoreMost and The Wistar Institute collaborate to identify new druggable targets
PhoreMost Ltd, a Babraham-based biopharmaceutical company focused on increasing the diversity and affordability of novel therapeutics, announced today that it has entered into an alliance with The Wistar Institute to identify and de-orphan novel targets in cancer, aging and the immune system.
RadBee becomes Authorized Atlassian Training Partner
Atlassian has recently expanded its virtual Atlassian University offering, and is now enabling in-person, hands-on class delivery of its official courses by authorized partners. Cambridge-based RadBee has been recognized as an Authorized Atlassian Training Partner and is now delivering official Atlassian courses locally.
Andrew Cowan appointed new Divisional CEO of London Stansted Airport
Andrew Cowan, currently Chief Strategy Officer of MAG, has been appointed Divisional CEO of London Stansted Airport.
Barclays launches Eagle Labs – helping UK start-ups to take flight
Barclays is opening up branch and office space around the country in order for UK start-up and scale-up businesses to co-locate, collaborate and grow. Barclays first UK incubator is based in Cambridge.
Amadeus invests in India’s largest online marketplace, IndiaMART
IndiaMART, India’s largest online marketplace, announced that it has raised a new round of financing led by Amadeus Capital with participation from Westbridge Capital, the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital in addition to Intel Capital, the existing investor in the Company.
GetSet and Enterprising Women celebrate 10 years of supporting women in business
As we wave good-bye to another International Women’s Day, GetSet for Growth and sister organisation Enterprising Women are making March a month of it as they celebrate EW’s 10th birthday and try to keep support for women in business on the agenda for a little longer.
Cambridge Style Week takes Arthur Rank Hospice Charity onto the catwalk
An exciting week of high fashion fused with community collaboration in Cambridge is set to raise awareness and funds for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity next week.
Spotted Gar genome links humans to vertebrate ancestry
The Spotted Gar is an unusual fish whose genome sequence has been released in a recent study highlighted in Nature Genetics.This fish has surprising genetic similarities to many vertebrate animals - including humans.
Cambridge Science Festival examines the state of conservation
With the latest news concerning Facebook users exploiting the popular social media site as a means to traffic endangered animals, conservation issues remain firmly on the global agenda.
IDS and Altia team up to provide GUI development workshops
UK engineers and computer scientists will have two opportunities next month to advance their skills in graphical user interface (GUI) design.