Accelrys receives highest rating in Gartner's latest Laboratory Informatics System report
Accelrys, Inc., a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has rated the company "very high" in a recent report[1] on Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) vendors.
£50 million of new funding to support Cambridge companies
A new £50 million investment business has been launched to support the development of University spin-outs and other early-stage technology companies in the Cambridge Cluster.
The science of saving Venice
How will regions around the world adapt to an increase in sea levels? A project looking at how Venice can manage its rising waters is a remarkable case study for flood-prone environments elsewhere.
A step towards increasing crop productivity
Research carried out at Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and published last week in the journal eLIFE makes an important contribution to worldwide efforts to develop high-yielding crops by mimicking the natural processes of evolution that have led some plants to be more productive than others.
First UK Fungus Day set to celebrate mushrooms and more
Cambridge Science Centre is launching the first ever UK Fungus Day this weekend (12-13 October). Visitors to venues across the UK can discover the fantastic world of fungi - with everything from live modelling of Fungal Fashions and fun fungal experiments to a hunt for the UK's biggest fairy ring.
Join the Alconbury Weald tree seed collecting day
On Sunday 27th October 2013 from 11am until 1pm, you are invited to come and help collect seeds to grow the next generation of trees.
ARM and Telenor in visionary Smart Homes session
Leading the SHCP13 conference on connected intelligence, water, energy and 'things', are talks from sponsor ARM on 'Empowering Your Home: Realizing Efficiency, Comfort and Security' and the CMO of operator leader Telenor, 'The Smart Home: from vision to reality'. This top panel is rounded off by Heads of Innovation at Anglian & DECC keynoting on water and energy.
Adrian Possener appointed to the board of Bernard Matthews
Leading East of England law firm Birketts LLP announces the appointment of partner Adrian Possener to the board of the holding company of the Bernard Matthews Group.
Mills & Reeve’s updated book guides landowners and tenants through the maze of farm tenancy
The third edition of Mills & Reeve's popular book Farm Tenancies covers all the difficult technical areas in a clear and practical way, based on the firm’s depth of knowledge and experience.
From chemistry to curing - industrial ink jet technology explained at Lisbon seminar
Leading ink jet conference and course organiser IMI Europe, announces the final programme for the Ink Jet Decoration of Surfaces Seminar – From Chemistry to Curing to be held November 12-13 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Cambridge City Hotel holds a vintage afternoon for charity
A Vintage Tea Dance is being held at Cambridge City Hotel on Sunday 20th October, 3pm to 6pm to raise funds for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
Laura Thomas wins Health & Safety lawyer of the year
Laura Thomas, head of the Health & Safety team at leading East of England law firm Birketts LLP has won Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards Health & Safety Lawyer of the year 2013.
Nobel Prize for eLife Editor-in-Chief
eLife, the open-access journal for outstanding advances in life science and biomedicine, is delighted to congratulate its Editor-in-Chief Randy Schekman on being awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He shares the prize with James Rothman and Thomas Südhof for their “discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”.
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust launches new £10 million campaign to transform cancer services
Today (Wednesday 9 October) Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT), the dedicated charity for Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals, is launching ACT on Cancer – a new £10 million campaign to transform cancer services at Addenbrooke’s.
Gartner identifies the top 10 strategic technology trends for 2014
Orlando, Florida--(BUSINESS WIRE) Gartner, Inc. today highlighted the top ten technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organisations in 2014. Analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, currently underway in Florida.
Bango and MMIT introduce M-Iflọ – the solution to Africa’s complex mobile payment landscape
Bango and MMIT have released M-Iflọ, a safe payment solution that enables online transactions for digital content. M-Iflọ navigates the complex mobile payment environment in Sub-Saharan Africa and is tailored to the needs of the industry leaders in mobile content.
Putting a price on our future: sustainability and the business agenda
Helping big businesses consider their impact on the environment is leading to a re-evaluation of activities to combine profitability with sustainability.
Comms-Solve case study: Milton Keynes Council
Comms-Solve has a fantastic relationship with Milton Keynes Council. Working closely for three years now, Comms-Solve is constantly striving to provide them with the best and most efficient communication structure tailored to their individual specific needs.
PsychologyOnline launches Thinkwell™
PsychologyOnline, the UK’s leading provider of live online one-to-one psychological therapy, has this week launched its new private therapy site – Thinkwell™. Building on its success of providing online therapy within the NHS, PsychologyOnline has expanded its service to cover people who prefer to purchase therapy directly. This includes anybody living in an area where PsychologyOnline has not…
Mosaic3DX 2013 welcomes Unity3D
Unity Technologies, the company behind Unity3D, one of the gaming and simulation industry's most popular authoring applications, will be joining Mosaic3DX 2013.
Birketts has a really cheesy night
The Birketts’ 150th cheese tasting event was a great success, with 30 local professionals attending the event, raising £247.81 for St Elizabeth Hospice.
How to get the most out of networking events
This is your chance to learn how to enjoy a networking event - and how to be memorable.
Cambridge leaders feature in HVM Graphene Conference line-up in one month!
HVM Graphene 2013 on 5 November in Cambridge is a commercially-focused event on the functional material graphene and key areas of application and product development roadmaps including functional (nano)-materials; electronics, photonics and optronics; and bio-applications.
CEM is a key metric for operators, but they need a framework to make it happen
Communications service providers have significant scope for improving customer satisfaction by implementing new technology and quantifying expected benefits.
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for theory behind Higgs boson
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today (Tuesday) awarded Professors Peter Higgs and François Englert the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for their 1964 prediction of a new sub-atomic ‘elementary’ particle - known as the Higgs boson - confirmed to exist in the summer of last year by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), described as the world’s largest science experiment, following a…