Dragon Boat Festival is launched – making a splash for Addenbrooke’s
Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival launches on the River Cam with a dragon boat vs punt challenge.
Airport screening misses half of disease cases but could be improved
Scientists have shown that airport screening for disease will often miss half or more of infected travellers, but can be improved. The findings are published in the journal eLife.
#AskSpirus - latest survey looks at access to training
Cambridge is famous throughout the world for its university, which got the team at Spirus thinking about education and learning in the workplace. So, for this month’s #AskSpirus, the team partnered with Cambridge Network and spoke to 30 Cambridge-based companies to find out about their training needs.
Illuminating art’s history
Scientific imaging techniques are uncovering secrets locked in medieval illuminated manuscripts – including those of a thrifty duke.
Success Tip: Are your working relationships working for you?
One of our greatest human needs is to connect with others but we need to be careful who we connect to.
Cracking the code of crowdfunding
Crowdfunding platforms are thriving. An alternative finance model for raising funds seems to be popular among entrepreneurs and businesses. But why is that? What is the secret behind it?
MedImmune joins NIH Centers for Accerated Innovations Program as first pharma partner
Program aims to identify and translate innovations from the lab to patients.
Cambridge adds flights to Chambery - new for winter 15/16
Leading tour operator Inghams adds Chambery in the French Alps to its list of departures from Cambridge International Airport.
ZTE partners with Trustonic to enhance network operator services on connected devices
Collaboration between Trustonic and ZTE provides security platform for innovative mobile services from Network Operators.
Sagentia Group acquires Oakland Innovation Limited
Sagentia Group plc, a global technology advisory and product development company, has announced the acquisition of Oakland Innovation Limited, a technology consultancy specialising in breakthrough innovation and market intelligence for the global consumer and healthcare markets.
World’s first beauty chocolate to be launched in Europe
ESTHECHOC, the world’s first Beauty Chocolate, will be presented next month at the Global Food Innovation Summit in London. The anti-aging chocolate is from Cambridge - offering skin health indulgence based on Lycotec's chocolate crystal technology and medical science.
Lose the labels in climate change debate
Labels such as “sceptic”, “denier” and “alarmist” are unhelpful to the climate change debate and lead to polarisation, according to the authors of new research published in the journal WIRES Climate Change.
1Spatial becomes Gold Partner of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
1Spatial to present at NSGIC mid year meeting in Annapolis, USA.
CRedit360 demonstrates at upcoming 2015 NAEM EHS and Sustainability Software Conference
CRedit360 emphasises market leading position in EHS and Compliance software with membership of NAEM Affiliates Council.
Soil erosion issues laid bare at Anglia Ruskin
Soil expert Dr Bob Evans will discuss the problem of erosion – and the steps that can be taken to prevent it – during a free public talk at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge next week.
Argon Streams VP9 supports new High Bit Depth profiles
Argon Design, a leading supplier of advanced video verification solutions, has released full conformance test bit-streams for the verification of all four profiles used by VP9 video decoders.
Relocation of railway sidings at Chesterton enables delivery of CB4 development
Brookgate, the mixed-use development company, in partnership with Network Rail, Lafarge Tarmac Limited, Freightliner Group Ltd and DB Schenker Rail has received planning permission for a revised freight facility at Chesterton Sidings in Cambridge.
Asperger’s student leads female autism study
Psychology researchers are carrying out the first large-scale study into young women with autism – a condition usually viewed as a male syndrome.
Funding helps more acts to promote UK music abroad
Thirteen more music acts are set to receive support to sell UK music abroad and promote their careers overseas, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today. Mallory Knox from Cambridgeshire is among those who will receive funding through the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS).
KISS sponsors Innovation Leaders Conference
Creative marketing and PR agency KISS is sponsoring the Innovation Leaders Conference. Run by the Innovation Forum, an international network of pioneering companies, entrepreneurs, researchers and policy makers, the event brings together innovation across life science, pharmaceutical, healthcare, engineering and clean tech.
1 billion cellular M2M connections a realistic prospect by 2020
Leading M2M market analysts at Beecham Research predict almost 1 billion cellular M2M connections worldwide by 2020, according to a new report just published.
Huppert welcomes benefits for city that Enterprise Zone will bring
MP Julian Huppert has welcomed the knock-on benefits for Cambridge that will come from the creation of almost 300 jobs so far at the Alconbury Enterprise Zone.
University of Manchester uses Maple T.A. to assess student learning
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programmes around the world are benefiting from the testing and assessment tool Maple T.A, which includes many features designed especially for courses involving mathematics. Now it is also being used in a variety of programmes from the Humanities.
Submissions open for Audi Electronics Venture Technology Partnering
Submissions for Audi Electronics Venture [AEV] Technology Partnering are open until 22 March 2015. AEV encourages companies with disruptive big data work chain solutions for connected cars to apply.
The times they are a-changing: 65% of employers looking to recruit in 2015. Are you ready?
2015 is already looking like an extremely busy year for the job market. A recent study found that 65% of employers will be looking to recruit over the next few months, as positions open up and companies begin to expand once again.