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.
Cambridge receives £1.2 million donation to support Divinity students
The Kirby Laing Foundation has donated £1.2 million to the University of Cambridge’s newly-launched fundraising campaign.
Wheat breeders gather to talk genomics
A Wheat Breeders’ Workshop entitled, “Towards A Sustainable Future for Wheat Genomics” was held at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) to show new and upcoming resources to wheat breeders and involve them in future development of the tools they stand to benefit from.
Join Rudolph for the Addenbrooke’s Christmas fun run!
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) is organising its third annual Christmas fun run – the Rudolph Run – on Sunday 6 December to raise money for Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals.
eScent® contextual technology wins award
eScent® has won ‘Most Innovative Contextual Technology 2015’ for innovations in sensing and dispensing fragrances for digital health, wellbeing and fashion applications at the Tech Expo Awards, London.
New device management solution helps companies overcome barrier to IoT at scale
Internet of Things (IoT) specialist 1248 will be unveiling DevicePilot, a new as-a-service solution for managing the growing IoT ecosystem, at next week’s ARM® TechCon in Silicon Valley.
Chamber helps businesses get to grips with Pensions Auto-Enrolment
Businesses in Peterborough are being given help to understand their legal requirements to provide a workplace pension at a special breakfast event taking place in December.
A costly Big Data breach at Morrisons
In an age where data is increasingly centralised and managed digitally, staff data (including financial and sensitive personal data), which is not adequately protected by employers, is becoming more susceptible to falling into the wrong hands and being distributed for the wrong reasons. There is a positive obligation on employers to look after such data and an ensuing data breach could prove…
The New Year brings a new home for Sepura
Sepura, a global leader in critical communications solutions, will be moving to new premises with effect from January 2016. The company will relocate to ‘Building 9000’ – purpose-designed facilities on the Cambridge Research Park in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
Liberty Global unifies global sustainability reporting with cr360
The world’s largest cable company, Liberty Global, achieves consistent and comparable reporting across its global operations with software from cr360.
Edwards & Blake launch new range of delicious flatbreads and tartlets
East Anglian contract catering firm Edwards & Blake has launched an innovative new range of flatbreads and tartlets across its business and education units.
Opinion: Girls can have it all - how to stop the damaging gender stereotyping in schools
Professor Dame Athene Donald (Cavendish Laboratory) discusses actions that schools can take to eradicate unnecessary gender stereotyping.
Cambridge researchers selected to present at the Academy of Medical Sciences
Alastair Lamb, a Clinical Lecturer working at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, and Dr Catherine Aitken, a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, have been selected to present their work at the Winter Meeting of the Academy of Medical Sciences in London next week (November 13).
Missed out on the Cambridge Half Marathon? Team ARHC to the rescue!
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Residents offer views on where council could save money
Residents have given their views on areas for possible savings as Cambridge City Council begins the process of setting its budget for 2016-17.