Study aims to get the true measure of pregnancy
One in 200 babies dies before birth in the UK. A study aimed at determining how to reduce the risk of a pregnancy coming to a devastating end is now producing its first results.
The rising tide of marine energy
Marine energy has become national news across the United Kingdom. Energy companies and the UK government are looking at ways to develop more renewable energy to ensure that our future society can be self sufficient. A marine energy research centre has opened up in Edinburgh to test newly developed technology. Can this renewable energy source be as successful as its land-based counterparts? Could…
The Technology Connection - benefits of closer collaboration greater than ever
Ahead of the second Cambridge Connection event in Singapore next week (16-18 June), Henry Goodwin and Patrick Farrant, Partners at Taylor Vinters, have published a report outlining why the benefits of closer collaboration between the technology and investment communities of Singapore and the UK are greater than ever.
CCS wins Small Cell Forum Industry Award
CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems Limited), creator of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks, has won the Small Cell Backhaul Design and Technology Innovation category at the Small Cell Forum Industry Awards.
I want to think about it for a while…oh dear!
" I want to think about it ..." Anyone who has ever worked in sales is bound to have heard these words at some stage in their career. Many sale gurus will tell you “They’re not rejecting you, they’re rejecting the product”. Unfortunately this just isn’t true, they are rejecting both you and your product! It’s logical really, says Ian Titchener, Director of Telemarketing Matters.
Eurotech announces ReliaGATE 15-10 multi-service gateway for M2M applications
Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, today announces the ReliaGATE 15-10, an industrial grade multi-service gateway designed with flexible connectivity options to enable Internet of Things applications.
Horizon Discovery licenses CRISPR gene editing technology from the Broad Institute
Horizon Discovery™ Group plc, the international life science company supplying research tools to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with the Broad Institute to access intellectual property related to the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system.
Brodalumab treatment improved clinical signs and symptoms in arthritis study
Phase II psoriatic arthritis study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
AstraZeneca in-licenses Synairgen SNG001 as therapy for viral-induced exacerbation in asthma
Phase IIa clinical study to commence in patients with severe asthma.
Team Sepura takes part in the 3 Peaks Challenge
Last weekend 20 members of Sepura staff embarked on the great adventure of the 3 Peaks Challenge in aid of East Anglia Children's Hospices (EACH).
Forest loss starves fish
Research shows forest debris that drains into lakes is an important contributor to freshwater food chains – bolstering fish diets to the extent that increased forest cover causes fish to get ‘fat’ and sparse forest leaves smaller, underfed fish.
Students see chromatography at work with local specialist Anatune
Perse sixth formers received an insight into chromatography this week with a visit to Anatune. The Girton-based company gave the lower sixth chemists an overview of the technique, which separates compounds to analyse the composition of a substance, and then demonstrated it in the in-house laboratory.
Will you take on the Addenbrooke's Cycle Challenge?
How far will you go to make a difference and raise funds for Addenbrooke's and the Rosie hospitals this July?
Best Employer case study: Pound Gates
Established Ipswich insurance brokers, Pound Gates, found that winning the Best Employer award for Employee Values in 2012 provided welcome confirmation that their engagement strategy was a success. Staff gave their bosses top marks in the Pure Resourcing Solutions Best Employer survey for taking care of their interests and listening to their opinions.
First for Cleantech: live link between Cambridge and New Delhi
Cambridge Cleantech undertook a ‘first’ in terms of novel events this week (Tuesday) by linking consecutive speakers in a live link- up between Cambridge and New Delhi at the new cleantech incubator at the Future Business Centre in Cambridge. The Live Stream can now be viewed online.
The UK Device Developers' Conference goes from strength to strength
UK embedded systems and realtime software conference sees increased delegate numbers and sponsor support.
IBM tops speaker medals table at Smart Grids & Cleanpower 2014
Here are the list the speaker medals tables according to the delegate survey after the 6th Smart Grids & Cleanpower Conference in Cambridge last week. 30 delegates have so far sent in their rankings. CIR looks forward to conferences and a summit later in the year!
Birketts announces plans for a new headquarters in Ipswich
Birketts, the full service, top 100 UK law firm, has announced that it is the prospective occupier of a new site in Princes Street, Ipswich.
Consultation into A14 upgrade in Cambridgeshire closes this Sunday, 15 June
It is less than a week to go before the consultation into the £1.5 billion plans for the A14 in Cambridgeshire closes, and the Highways Agency is urging people to get involved and voice their views
Huppert welcomes big fall in unemployment
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert has welcomed another fall in unemployment in Cambridge as the country as a whole records its biggest drop in 16 years.
UK businesses can target international growth as members of new global trade club
Business customers of Santander UK can now connect with a global network of more than five million SMEs and corporates following the launch of the innovative Santander Trade Club, which is designed to promote international growth opportunities.
AstraZeneca to present new data at the American Diabetes Association scientific sessions
AstraZeneca today announced that 43 abstracts reporting results of the company’s research and development in diabetes have been accepted for presentation at the 74th Scientific Sessions® of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in San Francisco, 13-17 June 2014.
Join HP Coaching to discuss working performance, stress and wellbeing
If you missed this week's seminar, join High Performance Coaching on 17 June at Cambridge University Rugby Ground.
Peter Norvig, Director of research at Google Inc, confirmed to speak at innovation conference
Peter Norvig, the Director of Research at Google Inc., will be speaking live from Google headquarters in California at the forthcoming 'Big Brains Big Data?' Evolution of Innovation Conference on 27 June 2014.
First atlas of Inuit Arctic trails launched
A new digital resource brings together centuries of cultural knowledge for the first time, showing that networks of trails over snow and sea ice, seemingly unconnected to the untrained eye, in fact span a continent – and that the Inuit have long-occupied one of the most resource-rich and contested areas on the planet.