Discover the businesses who are helping our city to shine!
During six exceptional evenings this month, e-Luminate Cambridge will offer the public a unique spectacle creating ephemeral light art installations.
The amazing axon adventure
How does the brain make connections, and how does it maintain them? Cambridge neuroscientists and mathematicians are using a variety of techniques to understand how the brain ‘wires up’, and what it might be able to tell us about degeneration in later life.
New addition to the IT Governance catalogue: The Psychology of Information Security
The international information security experts IT Governance have added a new title to their catalogue: The Psychology of Information Security – Resolving conflicts between security compliance and human behaviour by Leron Zinatullin.
CUATS event : 'The Practicalities of Algorithmic Trading Strategies'
Organised by CUATS, the Cambridge University Algorithmic Trading Society, a talk this Wednesday (February 10, 2016, 7:00 PM), by Jeremy Sosabowski, PhD, will a be a ‘soup to nuts’ overview of trading strategies form the initial idea to full implementation, including live trading examples.
Amadeus leads $40M investment in Africa’s fast growing online travel agency, Travelstart
Amadeus, the global technology investor, has announced a $40M investment in Travelstart in partnership with MTN – Africa’s leading mobile and digital life services operator.
Impact studies: Metail's 'mini-me' shopping revolution
Despite the spiralling increase in online clothing sales, the huge number of returned items poses an important challenge to the retail industry: how to reduce the volume of returned purchases without imposing punitive conditions which may deter customers from buying.
Trading with China is no monkey business
As China celebrates the start of the Year of the Monkey today (8 February) the Cambridge region is celebrating a growing success in the country which is set to continue - with hundreds of opportunities currently available, ranging from joints for robots to premium tea for restaurants.
Cambridge Design Partnership showcases connected wearable monitor at MD&M West
Innovative technology and design company Cambridge Design Partnership will be exhibiting at Medical Device and Manufacturing West (MD&M West) this week (9 – 11 February) in Anaheim, California.
iPatch - the revolutionary new system for testing colour in the home
Cambridgeshire based interior designer, Yasmin Chopin, is the first to work with the whole range of colours using a revolutionary new system for testing colour in the home called the iPatch.
Pension income choices: final salary schemes
The last article covered the pension income choices offered by defined contribution, (also know as money purchase schemes), which embraces all of the choices offered by Pension Freedoms from April last year.
Anglia Ruskin students arrange black tie event to support SOS Children’s Villages
A group of students at Lord Ashcroft International Business School are organising a black tie dinner and auction for high profile guests on the evening of 14 April, in partnership and support for local charity, SOS Children’s Villages.
Stopping tumour cells killing surrounding tissue may provide clue to fighting cancer
Tumours kill off surrounding cells to make room to grow, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Although the study was carried out using fruit flies, its findings suggest that drugs to prevent, rather than encourage, cell death might be effective at fighting cancer – contrary to how many of the current chemotherapy drugs work.
Perception and reality: surveys can be misleading
Opinion surveys often gather emotional rather than objective responses, says The Scientific Alliance.
Cambridge lecturer ready to ruck against England
An Anglia Ruskin University lecturer is ready to take on England after being selected in the Scotland squad for the opening match of the Six Nations championships tonight (Friday).
Model shows how the brain makes complex decisions
Researchers have built the first biologically realistic mathematical model of how the brain plans and learns when faced with a complex decision-making process.
Pension income choices: post Pension Freedoms
Pension Freedoms has made a dramatic change to the options at retirement, so now is a good time to review the options.
Software-as-a-Service drives ISV sector growth
The annual survey of the top 500 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) in Europe shows some major changes due to substantial growth in some areas, consolidation and changing market conditions. After a slow rise of 5% in the previous year, it looks like ISV fortunes have turned around strongly in 2015, based on early figures.
Drivers urged to take more care through M11 roadworks
Highways England is urging drivers not to deliberately ignore closures and use the diversion route on the M11 in Cambridgeshire.
Device Developers' Conference features GUI development workshop
Graphical User Interface (GUI) expert Altia has announced that it will be running a one-day workshop at this year's UK Device Developers' Conference.
Synbiosis introduces the aCOLyte 3 HD high resolution colony counter
Synbiosis introduces the aCOLyte 3 HD high resolution colony counter - combines accuracy with affordability to deliver rapid count results.
How 'more food per field' could help save our wild spaces
Increased farm yields could help to spare land from agriculture for natural habitats that benefit wildlife and store greenhouse gases, but only if the right policies are in place. Conservation scientists call on policymakers to learn from working examples across the globe and find better ways to protect habitats while producing food on less land.
More than 300 years of legal experience in Hewitsons’ expanding real estate team
Hewitsons has expanded its substantial real estate offering with four new appointments, adding to its well established team of property specialists, which now stands at almost 40 across its four offices.
Strem Chemicals offers CANdots® quantum rods
Strem Chemicals UK and Eire offers CANdots® Series A Plus: quantum rods, fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals available in three different vibrant emission colours (green, orange and red).
Selvita opens new research site in Poznan
Selvita (WSE:SLV), the largest drug discovery company in Central and Eastern Europe, has signed a contract for the lease of laboratory space in Poznan, Poland.
£79m research lab for University of Cambridge granted planning
The University of Cambridge has been granted planning permission for ‘Project Capella’ - a new £79m research facility being delivered by Kier and designed by architects from The Fairhursts Design Group.