CUH dementia nurse holds Twitter chat on dementia today
A specialist clinical dementia nurse at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) is holding a chat on Twitter this afternoon at the start of Dementia Awareness Week.
Don't forget to vote on 22 May
Elections for Cambridge City Council and the European Parliament take place this Thursday (22 May).
£2.5 million available to small business as SBRI Healthcare launches new competition
SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded initiative to develop innovative products and services that address unmet health needs, today announced the launch of the latest SBRI Healthcare competition with a further £2.5 million available to support small business.
Schlumberger introduces industry-first reservoir mapping-while-drilling service
Schlumberger's GeoSphere provides a unique reservoir mapping service around the wellbore to enhance field development strategies and to improve production.
Thursday's technology conference proves attractive to developers
The Cambridge Device Developer's Conference at Bar Hill on Thursday (May 22) has attracted engineers and computer scientists from across the UK. Organisers are anticipating a packed event.
New technologies could help ensure safety of new drugs
A combination of nanotechnology and a unique twisting property of light could lead to new methods for ensuring the purity and safety of pharmaceuticals.
Royal Academy backing for Cambridge research
A Research Fellow in Cambridge University's Department of Engineering has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) Enterprise Fellowship.
Mantracourt launches new improved load cell amplifier
Mantracourt's LCA20 load cell weight indicator is a digital signal conditioning amplifier for multiple or single load cell applications, offering one-pass calibration and fast set-up.
Workplace Law cycles the distance of the UK leg of the Tour de France
To celebrate the Tour De France passing through Cambridge, Workplace Law will cycle 549 miles in seven days to raise money for its chosen charity.
Business of Software UK: special offer for Cambridge Network members
After seven years in the US, top ranked tech conference, Business of Software, will bring a European edition to Cambridge on 25 and 26th June and Cambridge Network Members can get 10% off registration.
Learn Italian...be inspired !!!
If you want to learn Italian rapidly then consider La Dante's intensive courses which start regularly throughout the year.
BACTEST honored with BlueTech® Research Innovation Award
In acknowledgement of its novel, innovative water technology, BACTEST has been awarded the Innovation Tracker Badge by BlueTech® Research. Recognition for this award highlights the advanced nature of Speedy Breedy within the water industry, and registers the company within the BlueTech Research Innovation Tracker.
Join local charity to celebrate ten years of investment at Coton Countryside Reserve
Members of the public are invited to join local charity Cambridge Past, Present & Future this Wednesday (21 May) to celebrate a decade of investment at Coton Countryside Reserve - and find out what the future holds for this special green space to the west of the city.
The bio-economy and synthetic biology
Synthetic biology is an important potential driver of the bio-economy, says The Scientific Alliance.
Abcodia seeks collaborators for discovery and validation of liver disease biomarkers
Abcodia, the award-winning biomarker-validation company, is actively seeking commercial and academic partners to advance biomarker discovery, diagnostic validation and risk-stratification in liver disease.
Kymab secures US $40 million investment
Kymab secures US $40 million investment from two of the largest foundations in the world to advance clinical development of antibody therapeutics. Series B Financing includes the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Picture it before you paint it: the new visualizer app from Dulux
AkzoNobel, parent company of some of the world's best known paint brands, and Tessella, an international analytics, software services and consulting company, are delighted to announce the release of AkzoNobel's new Visualizer App for iOS and Android. Visualizer uses cutting-edge augmented reality technology to let people virtually paint their walls and see it live, inspiring and enabling the…
Cancer Research and Astex join forces to trial potential new cancer treatments
Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office (DDO) has announced that Astex Pharmaceuticals will join its Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) Combinations Alliance with an aim to develop new cancer treatments.
New headway in battle against neurodegenerative diseases
Conditions which may accelerate the spread of Parkinson’s disease, and a potential means of enhancing naturally-occurring defences against neurodegenerative disorders, have been identified in two new studies.
''Reduce reliance on oil and gas and reform education’ say Middle East business leaders
Reducing reliance on oil and gas, and reforming education were the key themes emerging from the launch of University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Middle East Leadership Research Centre.
Kieran Skerritt remembered at local charity open day
Headway Cambridgeshire hosted an open day yesterday (Thurs) at their Peterborough hub, with an open invitation for people to come and find out about the support and social rehab services Headway Cambridgeshire offers to brain injured individuals, their families and carers.
The decade of the Internet of People – not Things
The Internet of Everything (IoE) is a term used by Cisco and others that describes the massively connected world ahead of us. Its main elements are the Internet of People (IoP) and the Internet of Things (IoT), both of which are subjects analysed in new IDTechEx reports – Internet of People: Technology 2015-2025 and Internet of Things: Business Opportunities 2015-2025.
Energy crisis looms for UK, France and Italy, says report
A new report launched today warns that a number of countries in the European Union, including France, Italy and the United Kingdom, are facing critical shortages of natural resources.
Wysing Arts Centre invites applications from artists for 'The Future' residency programme
Over the past five years Wysing Arts Centre has experimented with different programmatic structures, through residency and retreat formats, to support artists to make new work. This autumn, Wysing will enable four artists to be in-residence for six weeks, from 3 November to 12 December. The artists will be selected from those that apply in response to this open call.
Norwich genetics entrepreneur acquires genetic testing business
Norwich company IDna Genetics, which provides DNA services to seed companies, agricultural businesses and the genetics research community, has been sold to the Managing Director of one of the country’s leading genetic relationship-testing firms.