Take the crypto challenge for a chance to win a pair of tickets to 'The Imitation Game'
Thales e-Security is giving away 100 pairs of tickets to see The Imitation Game, - based on the life story of legendary cryptanalyst and Cambridge graduate Alan Turing - on November 18th at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse.
'Information rock and roll – How big data has made analytics sexy'
While analysing Big Data is no easy task and has always been seen as a ‘back room’ operation, data analytics has become a hot topic in the boardroom, according to speakers at the Cambridge Wireless (CW) event yesterday: ‘Information Rock and Roll – How Big Data has made Analytics Sexy'.
Bridging the knowledge transfer divide: fill out a quick survey to help Cambridge Enterprise
The difficulty in translating university research into the commercial realm is a well-documented problem. The reason is often that industry and academia are driven by different motivations related to their fundamentally distinct core.
Businesses asked to help identify barriers to growth
A group of business leaders is asking the business community to identify and share the key issues that are impeding growth in the area and prioritise the schemes of work necessary to remedy them.
AstraZeneca and University of Manchester form North West Centre for Advanced Drug Delivery
The University of Manchester and AstraZeneca have entered into a strategic collaboration to develop cutting-edge technologies designed to enhance the way drugs work and deliver better health outcomes for patients.
New report says performance-related executive pay is nothing of the sort
A new report published by the High Pay Centre think-tank has concluded that attempts to link the pay of Britain’s leading company executives to their company’s performance are not working, with median earnings of FTSE 350 directors increasing more than twice as fast as median pre-tax profits since 2000, and four times as fast as the median market value of FTSE 350 companies.
Wind power reassessed
The Scientific Alliance publishes a new report on the output of wind farms.
Top city politicians convene in Cambridge
The top politicians and officers from Cambridge City Council, Oxford City Council and Norwich City Council met yesterday to share ideas about the major issues facing their cities.
My Cambridge: creativity and culture in the everyday lives of children and young people
A half day event is planned to test the idea that ‘Every young person in Cambridge should be able to confidently construct their own cultural life, drawing on, and feeling connected to, the whole of the City in which they live.’
Would you like to help shape the cultural landscape in Cambridge?
Can you bring vision and drive to continue the legacy of East Anglia’s largest concert hall and Europe’s most acclaimed Folk Festival? Cambridge Live seeks founder trustees...
Cyclists take on chocolate brownie mountain!
Cycle friendly Babraham Research Campus employer, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), has won the Cambridgeshire Cycle Challenge 2014...and a chocolate brownie mountain!
Ask yourself: am I about to assign my research samples to the right company?
Secured your research grant, made a plan, decided to use minimally invasive saliva testing to quantify your results... The number of quality assured saliva assay suppliers out there is reducing. Company takeovers, new directions, reduced R & D investment, restructuring, all lead to greater uncertainty and if your research is running for several years, stability of assay supply, reproducibility…
Success for Managers Tip: Are your V and C enough to get you P?
How a simple equation can help you in your business or career.
Fireworks on Midsummer Common
Cambridge will be living up to its reputation for stunning firework displays when this year’s event, organised by Cambridge City Council, takes place on Wednesday 5 November on Midsummer Common.
Cook up a storm with Bidwells' charity cookbook - 'Make Me, Eat Me!'
Leading property consultancy Bidwells has launched a charity cookbook as part of its fundraising celebrations to mark its 175th year in business.
WWII US veteran ace airman unveils aircraft telling his story
Yesterday (Thursday) IWM Duxford’s newly conserved P-51 Mustang was unveiled by 90 year-old Second World War veteran US airman Huie Lamb.
Workshop looks at changes needed to reduce energy consumption
Anglia Ruskin University's Dr Chris Foulds will explain how we need to change practices, rather than simply change technology, during a free public workshop next week to examine our carbon footprint. In particular, he will discuss how changing our practices is not an easy thing to do.
More speakers confirmed for The Skills Conference 2015!
bksb is excited to announce more speakers for The Skills Conference 2015.
Spark V10.3 offers unprecedented control over scaffold hopping searches
Cresset, provider of computational chemistry software and services, announces the release of Spark V10.3 for scaffold hopping and R-group exploration. New fragment databases give 25% increase in available chemical space.
Alchemie Technology Ltd announces strategic collaboration with Trident (an ITW Company)
Alchemie Technology is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with Trident (an ITW Company) to supply Trident print heads for industrial inkjet applications.
Isomerase Therapeutics expands presence at Chesterford Research Park
The innovative drug discovery and development company Isomerase Therapeutics has taken an additional suite within the Science Village building at Chesterford Research Park.
Leading employee benefits provider expands presence at Milton Hall Cambridge
Leading employee benefits provider You at Work takes offices in newly refurbished East Wing. Expansion cements Milton Hall as the company's location of choice for first office hub outside London.
Restating firms less likely to receive takeover bids
‘Higher information risk’ scares off would-be acquirers of restating companies, says paper co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.
How to survive a zombie apocalypse
The Open University’s computing expert, Dr Neil Smith has created a programme that models a zombie apocalypse to tell us what our best chance of survival is.
Systena Corporation integrates RealVNC’s MirrorLink automotive technology to Tizen IVI
RealVNC™, the provider of VNC® remote access software, and Systena,a Service Solution Business, today announced that they have teamed up to bring RealVNC’s MirrorLink Certified™ 1.1 technology, VNC Automotive, to Systena’s demo unit that has recently been showcased at the Smartphone and Mobile Expo in Tokyo from 29 - 30th October 2014.