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Top UK biology teacher spends the day at SLCU
The winner of the Society of Biology’s ‘School Biology Teacher of the Year’ visited the Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU) and University Herbarium as part of her prize.
#AskSpirus: So, Cambridge – how do you deal with being 'Connected 24/7'?
Tania Verdonk of Spirus writes: The concept of being connected 24/7 struck an immediate chord with every business we spoke with. And sometimes, it was seen as a real positive.
Johnson Matthey Process Technologies invests in new South American site
New plant in Brazil will make catalysts for hydrogen production to meet increasing demand from refineries
Julian meets apprentice working for company with World Cup connection
Apprentice Joshua Bird scored a winner when he landed a place with a Cambridge company with a World Cup connection. And today (Tuesday) Joshua, 21, will meet Cambridge MP, Julian Huppert to tell him about his engineering apprenticeship with Sepura which designed radios for the World Cup in Brazil.
Cyan signs MOU with Ecolibrium Energy
Cyan, the integrated system and software design company delivering mesh based flexible wireless solutions for utility metering and lighting control, announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ecolibrium Energy Private Limited to enter into a partnership to develop, market and deploy integrated smart metering solutions in India.
Building ‘invisible’ materials with light
A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such as cloaking devices one step closer to reality.
Powerful line-up to judge East of England's newest businesses
The judging panel for the 11th annual Startups Awards has been announced, with some of the greatest business brains in Britain set to assess entrants across the East of England. Nineteen high profile judges have been selected, including entrepreneurs, CEOs and managing directors of the country’s most successful companies, as well as media experts.
New robotic platform keeps Salimetrics in the forefront of salivary bioscience testing
Salimetrics and its joint venture partner Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, continue to invest in new equipment to improve the saliva and hair testing service for customers based within the UK and Europe. This technology is the fast-developing and minimally invasive alternative to blood testing for the monitoring of salivary and hair biomarkers.
Espial showcases advanced TV user experience based on RDK at CableLabs® summer conference
OTTAWA, Ontario — Espial, a leader in on-demand TV software and solutions, today announced its participation at the upcoming 2014 CableLabs® Summer Conference taking place between August 3-6 in Keystone, Colo.
Cambridge Ahead issues Summer 2014 newsletter
Cambridge Ahead's fourth newsletter details the 'journey of discovery' that it has undergone since launch and how this period of information-gathering, while never over, is translating into concerted action.
Honour for long-serving music therapist
An academic from Anglia Ruskin University has become the first ever recipient of the World Federation of Music Therapists’ Clinical Impact Award.
Keep up to date with salivary research news in the free to use 'Salimetrics Library'
Salimetrics' website is linked to its extensive library, which includes a very useful Search application, so if you are seeking background information for your biomarker research, this service is free. Salimetrics captures news from many areas including Psychology, Sports Science, Endocrinology, Diagnostics, Reproductive Biology, Stress and Hormones.
Dynamic Creative designs a TES Australia Infographic
Dynamic Creative has recently designed an Infographic campaign for TES Australia, to celebrate their first year, this August.
Mantracourt load cell amplifier enables tunnel monitoring system
Instrumentation to monitor the displacement on the joints within a major new tunnel is enabled with Mantracourt's SGA load cell amplifiers.
Eagle expands team to accelerate opportunities offered by the genomic and omics revolution
Eagle, a bioinformatics software and services company propelling new opportunities in large scale omics data and its application to real world problems in health, wellness, food and environmental sectors, has announced a number of key appointments including a new Vice President of Global Sales, and internal promotions for the Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Technical Officer positions.
AstraZeneca and Roche announce partnership to develop companion diagnostic test for AZD9291
AstraZeneca today announced it has entered into collaboration with Roche to develop a plasma-based companion diagnostic test to support AZD9291, AstraZeneca’s investigational compound in clinical development for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
AstraZeneca & QIAGEN enter collaboration to develop diagnostic test for lung cancer patients
AstraZeneca today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Netherlands-based QIAGEN to develop a non-invasive diagnostic test to identify non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who are suitable for treatment with IRESSA®.
Environnement SA acquires PCME Ltd
Environnement SA, leading European supplier of environmental monitoring equipment, and the company PCME Ltd, leading European supplier of continuous particulate monitors for industrial processes, are proud to announce the acquisition of PCME by Environnement SA.
Night image of new port wins photography competition
A photograph of the dockside cranes at the new London Gateway Port has come tops in the ICE East of England annual 'This is Civil Engineering' photography competition.
Engineering heroes honoured in special WW1 collection
A collection of archived photos, accounts, designs, journal entries and lectures has been collated into a free online compendium by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), to honour the contribution of civil engineers to British military efforts during the First World War.
Graphene and related materials promise cheap, flexible printed cameras
Dr Felice Torrisi, Cambridge University Lecturer in Graphene Technology, has been awarded a Young International Researchers' Fellowship from the National Science Foundation of China to look at how graphene and two-dimensional materials could enable printed and flexible eyes.
The biggest advance in radar technology comes home
Aveillant’s extended range Holographic Radar™ is to be trialled in November at a site near Woodbridge, Suffolk, very close to where the world’s first persistent surveillance radar protected England’s shores from enemy aircraft during the Second World War.
‘Silk Pearce at Aldeburgh Music’ from Friday 1 August
Aldeburgh Music is hosting a unique exhibition of signed limited edition prints at Snape Maltings Concert Hall Gallery during August, based on some of the most memorable images created by Peter Silk and Rob Steer of Silk Pearce for the organisation’s season brochures over the last 15 years.
BBC 'Celebrity Antiques Road Trip' visits Cheffins Auctioneers
When the BBC's Celebrity Antiques Road Trip visited Cheffins to film an autumn edition of the show, Nick and Margaret from The Apprentice arrived in a Vintage Rolls Royce!