Chamber announces series of leadership and management courses for business women
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce has announced a series of leadership and management courses for business women, being held in conjunction with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
TTP breakthrough in Elastography imaging technology gives better vision to surgeons
A new passive approach to strain imaging for soft tissue could improve the treatment of cancer and atrial fibrillation.
Abcam reports another year of growth
Abcam plc, a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, announces the following pre-close trading update ahead of its results for the financial year ended 30 June 2015 [1].
Targets aren't everything
Setting targets is not the same as achieving something worthwhile, says The Scientific Alliance.
Humidity calibration explained – free e-books available
Michell Instruments has issued two e-books which cover different aspects of humidity and moisture calibration. The e-books are available for free from Michell’s website.
GTC’s fibre technology and partnership with Sky bring Winchester development bang up to date
Leading independent utilities infrastructure provider, GTC, has been awarded the contract by Bovis Homes for Winchester Village, an exciting new development in the Hampshire city. The deal sees GTC installing fibre-to-the-home technology into every new home, bringing fast, reliable broadband connections, as well as free Sky TV for 12 months. A multi-utilities provider, GTC will also be supplying…
Cheffins delighted to announce three strategic promotions
Cheffins is delighted to announce three strategic promotions, effective as of 1 July.
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire presents Sepura with Queen’s Award
In April this year Sepura was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, International Trade, and yesterday (Thurs), the global leader in critical communications hosted the official presentation ceremony at its head office in Cambridge.
Data mining software aids the real estate industry
How can data mining techniques help or improve the real estate market? Madartsoft introduces its data mining software for the real estate industry.
Enterprise Europe Network offers entrepreneurial skills training for small businesses
Enterprise Europe Network’s experienced Innovation Advisers are offering fully funded entrepreneurial skills training workshops to small businesses in the East of England that are looking to grow and innovate, and who would like the support of an expert to achieve their business goals.
Musical tastes offer a window into how you think
Do you like your jazz to be Norah Jones or Ornette Coleman, your classical music to be Bach or Stravinsky, or your rock to be Coldplay or Slayer? The answer could give an insight into the way you think, say researchers from the University of Cambridge.
What is 'disruptive talent'? BBC interviews Cambridge firm
What is 'disruptive talent' and how can companies leverage such talent to give their business an edge? BBC News talks to OE Cam, the Cambridge firm of Business Psychologists...
First test-tube baby tells her story at Bourn Hall
The birth of Louise Brown – the world’s first “test-tube baby” – has been ranked alongside the moon landing as one of the most significant events for mankind in the 20th century. It was the catalyst for techniques that have revolutionised fertility treatment. Now Louise has chosen Bourn Hall, the home of IVF, to launch her book, which reveals the impact that being a born a celebrity has had on…
Birketts’ annual employment law conference includes mock tribunal
Birketts' employment conference, aimed at HR professionals, managers and directors, takes place on Friday 16 October 2015 at Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket. The day will combine Birketts' regular annual update with breakout sessions and a full mock tribunal.
Arthur Rank Hospice Therapy team’s motivation for Medimotion
What better way to raise funds for a Medimotion bike than by the hospice's very own Therapists jumping on two wheels and taking to the hills?!
Get free yoga lessons and help scientists
Are you curious about yoga but never got round to trying it? Or maybe you gave it a go once but want to start again? Take part in the one of the largest psychological experiments on the effects hot yoga has on emotional wellbeing, and get rewarded with six weeks of free ‘hot yoga’ lessons! Cambridge: where scientific endeavour meets free stuff.
Faster, better, cheaper: a new method to generate extended data for genome assemblies
Scientists at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) have developed a new library construction method for genome sequencing that can simultaneously construct up to 12 size-selected long mate pair (LMP) or ‘jump’ libraries ranging in sizes from 1.7kb to 18kb with reduced DNA input, time and cost.
Oracle bones and unseen beauty: wonders of priceless Chinese collection now online
A banknote from 1380 that threatens decapitation, a set of 17th-century prints so delicate they had never been opened, and 3000-year-old ‘oracle bones’ are now freely available for the world to view on the Cambridge Digital Library.
ECM Cambridge student prize 2015 is awarded
Cambridge-based ECM, the UK's high-tech recruitment experts in finding top jobs for high-flying, high-tech candidates, congratulates Yong Kiam Tan of Robinson College on winning the ECM Cambridge Student Prize 2015 for the most outstanding Computer Science student in Part II (the third year) of the course.
Activity Atlas for complex SAR interpretation – new in Forge 10.4 from Cresset
Cresset, innovative provider of software and services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce the release of Forge V10.4, the latest version of the leading computational chemistry workbench for ligand-based design.
Innovations delay population collapse - new research
New research shows that society has addressed some of the challenges that led to the prediction in the 1970s of a doomsday scenario of pollution and limited resources leading to human population collapse.
Hewitsons bolsters Cambridge team with promotions
Law firm Hewitsons has shown its commitment to the development of its staff with the promotion of five members of the team to Associates – including three graduates who trained within the firm on its prestigious two-year placement programme.
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group affirms commitment to youth employment in industry
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has joined The 5% Club, an industry-led initiative focused on driving momentum into the recruitment of apprentices, graduates and sponsored students.
Astronomers witness assembly of galaxies in the early Universe for the first time
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge have detected the most distant clouds of star-forming gas yet found in normal galaxies in the early Universe – less than one billion years after the Big Bang.
Regular consumption of sugary drinks associated with type 2 diabetes
Sugar sweetened drinks may give rise to nearly two million diabetes cases over ten years in the US and 80,000 in the UK, estimates a study published in the BMJ.