Human rights in the spotlight of UEA festival
Internationally acclaimed writers and human rights experts, and a film screening and play featuring stories of displaced people, will headline the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Being Human festival series, which begins next week.
Cambridge to the fore in TechCities Awards
The Cambridge UK technology cluster has four candidates for honours in the inaugural TechCities Awards, reports Business Weekly.
Businesses urged to tackle congestion with TfC’s grants
Local businesses are being urged to act fast to claim Travel 4 Cambridgeshire’s green grants to combat the county’s ever-growing congestion problem.
Sex discrimination law hasn’t brought equality for women in science
Forty years of equality legislation has barely changed the face of Britain’s science, technology and engineering - more than 80% of the workforce is male. On the anniversary of the day on which Parliament approved the Sex Discrimination Act, industry leaders will discuss what, if anything, Government can do to redress the balance.
European expert to deliver patent lowdown
Leading expert Domenico Golzio will deliver a talk covering various aspects of patents and intellectual property at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge on Friday, 20 November.
Improvement work begins on Cambridgeshire roads
Improvement work on the A14 and M11 worth £6.3million, announced last month, will begin on Monday 16 November and continue until the end of June, providing smoother and safer journeys for drivers.
Argon Streams wins 'Best New Electronic Product of the Year'
Argon Design is delighted to have enjoyed the recent British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEA) event and returned with the award for Best Electronic New Product of the Year for Argon Streams.
Lauterbach becomes Gold Partner of Wind River
Wind River and Lauterbach announced they are working together to ensure interoperability between the Wind River operating systems and Lauterbach debugging tools.
360is offers risk report service for open source software
360is has a new service available which provides a risk report on the open source software in use within an organisation.
Dolomite creates unique microfluidics chip for creation of single cell libraries
Dolomite, a world leader in microfluidics innovation, has launched the Single Cell RNA-Seq Chip for simple, reliable creation of single cell libraries.
Ingenza and Imperial researchers work together to improve nasogastric feeding tube placement
Ingenza has teamed up with clinical scientists at Imperial College London to trial an improved diagnostic assay for confirming nasogastric (NG) tube placement.
Internships provide valuable insight into careers in events industry
Helping students to gain hands-on experience in the events industry to complement their studies was the objective of a series of paid internships, organised by Conference Cambridge – and it delivered benefits to all participants, as well as the venues themselves.
World’s first wireless cardiac pacing system achieves European CE mark approval
The world’s first wireless cardiac pacing system for heart failure has achieved European CE mark approval. The groundbreaking technology could benefit 1.5 million patients worldwide.
Raspberry Pi Foundation and Code Club join forces
Raspberry Pi Foundation and Code Club are joining forces in a merger that will give many more young people the opportunity to learn how to make things with computers.
New institute is set to push the boundaries of information science
Philanthropic support of £5m from Cantab Capital Partners establishes the Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information at the University of Cambridge.
Anger as government finance ministers snub science debate
Daniel Zeichner MP has reacted angrily after the Government failed to send a treasury minister to a debate on the future of science funding.
Milstein catalysts and ligands available from Strem Chemicals UK
Another recent release from Strem Chemicals, Inc. offers a selected array of pincer ligands and pincer compounds. Many of these types of compounds were developed by David Milstein who is a director at the Weizmann institute of Science in Israel where he is the director at the Kimmel Centre for Molecular Design and the Israel Matz Professional Chair of Organic Chemistry.
Health Enterprise East spin-out sold to Allergan
Health Enterprise East (HEE), a provider of business and innovation management services to the NHS and industry, today announced the sale of its portfolio company, Northwood Medical Innovations Ltd, to Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN), a leading global pharmaceutical and aesthetics company. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Taylor Vinters focuses real estate practice with partial transfer to Howes Percival
International law firm Taylor Vinters today announces the transfer of part of its real estate business to Howes Percival, as part of the continued reorganisation of the business to better serve its Technology, Investment and Entrepreneurial Wealth clients.
Conference Cambridge joins leading Association for Professional Conference Organisers
Conference Cambridge, the official free venue-finding service for Cambridge University and its Colleges, as well as hotels and other unique properties in the city, has recently become a member of the Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) to promote Cambridge as a destination for conferences.
GIS launches Atlas user interface
Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), a leading developer of software, drivers, firmware and electronics for industrial inkjet printheads, will launch its new Atlas user interface platform at InPrint 2015.
Abcam announces strong start to the new financial year
Abcam plc, a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, is holding its Annual General Meeting this morning.
Congenica and GenomOncology announce collaborative agreement
Congenica, leader in genomic interpretation and diagnostics in rare genetic disease, and GenomOncology, specialists in precision medicine technology in the field of oncology, are announcing a pilot collaboration that will support the commercialisation of each other’s products in the USA and UK respectively and offer strategic partners a scalable data platform.
Fireworks and Bonfire Night to go ahead
The annual Cambridge Bonfire Night event will go ahead today but the fun fair will not take place.