Cambridge scientists receive Royal Society Research Professorships
Royal Society Research Professorships have been awarded to world-class scientists whose research interests cover topics ranging from climate to cognition.
Huppert welcomes Budget help for families and business
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert has welcomed initiatives to help families, boost home ownership and support businesses announced in the Chancellor’s Budget yesterday (Weds).
Work starts on new Anglia Ruskin Medical Business Innovation Centre
Construction will start at the beginning of April on a new £6 million centre designed to support and help develop fledgling medical technology businesses. The Anglia Ruskin University Medical Business Innovation Centre (MedBIC) will be built on Anglia Ruskin's Chelmsford campus and is a collaboration between Anglia Ruskin, Chelmsford City Council and Essex County Council.
Nurturing science’s next generation
Twelve years after his death, the legacy of distinguished organic chemist Dr Herchel Smith is enabling a new generation of bright young researchers to pursue their scientific ambitions.
Everything a Facilities Manager should know
The Facilities Management legal update, produced by the experts at Workplace Law, is the essential one-day event for facilities managers.
Big ideas in small packages: videos convey complex messages
A project to make academic research more readily accessible to the public has led to the creation of a collection of short videos that feature archaeological themes.In just four minutes, and using an immediately engaging format, each video encapsulates an aspect of the original work undertaken by a Cambridge PhD student or postdoctoral researcher.
Over £15,000 raised at 'Dragons' Den' for charities
The Cambridge office of law firm Mills & Reeve hosted an event for local charity the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF), which raised over £15,000 for five local charities.
Top Translation Tip #2: What is your deadline?
Translation is a skill and, as such, sufficient time is needed to produce an accurate and sympathetic translation. Be realistic with your deadline and try not to leave time-sensitive projects to the last minute, says First Edition Translations Ltd.
Now available: erpho monthly e-newsletter for March 2013
Erpho (the East of England Public Health Observatory) monthly e-newsletter for March is now available to view.
CCS wins Business Weekly Start-up of the Year award
CCS was awarded start-up of the year during the Business Weekly presentation dinner on Tuesday March 19th 2013. The start-up business of the year award recognises the most exciting start-up enterprise in any sector.
Business Secretary opens Mills & Reeve’s new Cambridge office
Business Secretary Vince Cable has officially opened Mills & Reeve’s new Cambridge office, Botanic House.
CambsHour comes to Cambridge Business Lounge
After months of tweeting, many #CambsHour networkers who had never physically met before came together for a captivating day of networking, coworking and inspiring talks when CambsHour Day came to Cambridge Business Lounge recently.
Laser-like photons signal major step towards quantum ‘Internet’
The realisation of quantum networks is one of the major challenges of modern physics. Now, new research shows how high-quality photons can be generated from ‘solid-state’ chips, bringing us closer to the quantum ‘Internet’.
Face of the future rears its head
A virtual “talking head” which can express a full range of human emotions and could be used as a digital personal assistant, or to replace texting with “face messaging”, has been developed by researchers.
Xaar plc results show continued strong growth
Xaar plc, the inkjet technology Group headquartered in Cambridge, has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2012. The Group has more than doubled revenue over a three year period with growth in excess of 25% for each year.
Marshall hosts 'The Great Bake-Off' for Red Nose Day
Marshall of Cambridge entered, once again, wholeheartedly into Comic Relief and at Head Office all of the staff energetically rolled up their sleeves in a baking competition, to bake cakes, which were then subsequently sold in aid of Comic Relief. In total £325 was raised for Comic Relief as a result of some very delicious cakes.
Eurotech powered SENSUSS application recognised by Computerworld
Eurotech,a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, and SENSUSS, an innovator of sensor technologies, today announces IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program has named SENUSSS as a 2013 Laureate. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.
ICE President congratulates winners of Queen Elizabeth International Prize
On Monday the winners of the inaugural £1m Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering were announced. Internet and web pioneers Bob Kahn, Vint Cerf, Louis Pouzin, Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen are the recipients.
Inca Digital launches production analysis system
Inca Digital Printers announces the launch of Inca ReporterPro, a user-friendly analytics application designed to give managers a clearer understanding on the productivity and efficiency of their Inca Onset and Spyder wide-format printers.
University of Arkansas chooses TeraView for medical imaging and nanomaterial research
TeraView has supplied a state-of-the-art terahertz imaging system to the University of Arkansas. The TPS Spectra 3000 will expand the use of terahertz radiation in a variety of research fields like breast cancer imaging and the fabrication of nanoscale materials.
When people are people... facilitation tips when things go off piste
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Chemistry software available free to degree students and at low cost to academic researchers
Cresset, innovative provider of chemistry software and services, expands their Academic Access program, offering free software bursaries for all PhD and postdoc students and low cost licenses for all other academic researchers.
Elconsulting partners with leading learning technologies consultancy
elconsulting has announced the appointment of Learning Light, the Sheffield based e-learning and learning technologies consultancy, to showcase the eltalking platform consisting of 20 scenario-based streamed film clips around the subject of ‘difficult conversations’ with employees.
CCS completes £4.5 million funding round
CCS has raised £4.5 million of investment to enable the company to accelerate commercial deployment of its unique microwave small-cell backhaul system.