UniFest offers a free taste of the higher life
Children can assist a surgeon, learn to survive a zombie attack and help a lonely dinosaur find his place in the world as part of UniFest 2015 at Anglia Ruskin University.
Cambridge residents step up campaign to fund community centre through share scheme
The Save Our Space campaign, led by the Petersfield Area Community Trust (PACT), this week made a formal offer to acquire the Sturton Street Chapel and Hall to create a thriving community centre.
Could you volunteer to make a better Cambridge?
An exciting new event next weekend aims to bring together voluntary organisations with members of the community who would like to help make a real difference to life in Cambridge.
London 2012 survey gives businesses a voice
Businesses across London are being encouraged to take part in a study to understand the commercial impact of the Olympic Games. The Olympic Business Impact and Legacy Study 2015 is being carried out by Anglia Ruskin University, in collaboration with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
MedImmune and NIST partner to advance development of biological therapies
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, and the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the signing of a five-year agreement to jointly support research that will help advance drug discovery and manufacturing.
Domino enters transactional & direct mail market with high-speed K630i digital printing press
Domino Printing Sciences will mark its entry into transactional, direct mail and book printing applications with the launch of the K630i high speed monochrome printing press at the Hunkeler Innovation Days (23rd – 26th February, Lucerne, Switzerland).
Sable&Hawkes delivers new identity and website for CCSS
Cambridge design communications company Sable&Hawkes have delivered a new identity and website for the Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies.
Examiners are cleverer than you think, Cambridge Assessment research suggests
The judgement of expert examiners should play a key role in setting grade boundaries, researchers at exam group Cambridge Assessment argue today.
Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum (Cam NTF) is launched
Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum (Cam NTF) is a new scientific forum open to all scientists interested in research and development of new therapeutics in Cambridge and the local area, including scientists at the University, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, CROs and not-for-profit organisations.
Tinkering at the edges of energy use
EU energy policy should be addressing bigger issues, says The Scientific Alliance.
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.