Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Peterhouse alumnus
Michael Levitt, who was a PhD student in Peterhouse, Cambridge, before gaining a Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Studio 24 wins contract to manage Crossrail’s web presence
Award-winning Cambridge-based digital agency Studio 24 has been awarded the contract to manage Crossrail’s Website Hosting & Development Services, following a competitive tender process.
American artist loves aluminium
A product from Off the Wall Imagery has been shown by a known artist in London for the first time.
Report by Cambridge consultancy gets the media buzzing for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month got underway, a new strategy report developed by a Cambridge policy and communications consultancy, Punch Consulting, triggered extensive media attention upon its launch last week.
Is Functional Programming the next big thing?
As organisers of FP Days (October 24-25: Murray Edwards College, Cambridge), the UK event for the Functional Programming community, Software Acumen thinks FP (functional programming) is the next big thing in software development.
Zombie businesses - make your mind up time
The clock is ticking for those businesses existing only to meet their debts. Laurence Weeks considers what might happen in Birketts' autumn edition of their Business Matters update.
Entrepreneurs need owls not dragons, says business adviser
A local business adviser has reacted to a poll this week suggesting that people are put off starting their own businesses because of TV shows such as The Apprentice and Dragons' Den, by putting together his own set of advice that shows how far from reality those shows really are.
£50 million of long-term capital to support Cambridge technology companies
Intelligent, patient capital to bring innovative technologies to market
Sagentia speaks at MIT Technology Review's Annual EmTech Conference
Sagentia, the global technology advisory and product development company, is speaking today on how businesses can evaluate and commercialize new emerging technology opportunities to a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, start ups, blue chip intrapreneurs and investors at MIT Technology Review’s annual EmTech Conference at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mills & Reeve recognised in 'Financial Times' Innovative Lawyers 2013 report
Leading national law firm Mills & Reeve has once again featured in the annual Financial Times Innovative Lawyers report.
Cambridge student shortlisted for 'Women of the Future' award
A philanthropic young Cambridge student is among the outstanding women shortlisted for the 2013 Women of the Future Awards, in association with Shell.
AVEVA announces speakers and sponsors for AVEVA World Summit 2013
AVEVA today announced additional speaker, sponsor and agenda details for this year’s AVEVA World Summit. This global event is being held from 30 October – 1 November in Boston, Massachusetts, USA where author Dan Roam will stimulate delegates’ imagination in an engaging keynote session.
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”.