TWI technology engineering presentation launches Cambridge Awards Week 2012
To support its sponsorship of the TWI Award for Technology Engineering in International Markets as part of the 'Cambridge News' Business Excellence Awards list, TWI opened this year's Cambridge Awards Week series of events with a talk about innovation in joining technologies and recent developments in advanced engineering processes and their applications.
Is the UK set to miss out on the graphene revolution?
Graphene is the new atom thick material with the potential to revolutionise our lives. Discovered in Britain and studied extensively by leading academics, you’d think that we’d be in the vanguard of any new world order. Unfortunately, if we’re not careful, the UK is going to lose yet another golden egg to foreign competitors.
Connecting the world of microfluidics
Dolomite’s new Multiflux® range proves to be a huge success, with over 130 customers using the innovative microfluidic connectors and interfaces since their launch in February 2011.
One step for early hominins
Our earliest ancestors may have started walking on two limbs instead of four in a bid to monopolise resources and to carry as much food as possible in one go, researchers have found.
Student experts at the Schools Zone!
The Cambridge Science Festival Schools Zone takes place this coming Saturday, 24 March, giving students the chance to showcase the scientific successes they have achieved at school.
TTP Labtech delivers hit-picking excellence at the University of Michigan
An exciting technological collaboration integrating TTP Labtech’s mosquito® X1 automated nanolitre pipettor with a well-known microplate mover has been set up, bringing an innovative hit-picking solution to the University of Michigan.
ViewRanger outdoors GPS app wins 2012 Appy Award
ViewRanger, the award-winning outdoor navigation app, is honoured to be the 2012 Appy Award winner for the Mapping/Location Based category. The winners of the awards were announced this week at a reception in San Francisco.
Could you walk 50km to help raise £50k for charity?
Leading disability charity Papworth Trust is currently recruiting teams for a 50k for £50k fundraising walk on Saturday 16 June 2012. The charity is looking for businesses and organisations to take part in the challenge.
Mills & Reeve advises on ‘law school of the future’
Working for longstanding client King’s College London, Mills & Reeve has played a key role in the establishment of a £40 million programme of investment for its 175-year-old law school.
Week of business celebrations underway
The first Cambridge Awards Week, a celebration of Cambridgeshire as a great place to work and do business, got off to an early start on Monday in the beautiful sunshine with a breakfast for more than 90 business movers and shakers at TWI’s headquarters at science park Granta Park.
Photo acrylic posters on FotoInsight new Irish print service
FotoInsight is launching today a new Irish website for photo books, calendars, acrylic poster prints and other quality photo print products already known in the UK.
Cambridge Wordfest 13 - 15 April 2012 - Buy tickets now!
The East of England’s leading literary festival celebrates its 10th birthday this year. Founded by Cathy Moore in 1993, the festival has grown from humble beginnings in the CB2 bistro to become one of the leading lights in the literary calendar.
Civil Engineers welcome PM's roads funding initiative
The Prime Minister has announced new initiatives to fund and manage the country's infrastructure, paticularly the roads network. He made the announcement at press conference held at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Westminster on Monday 19 March. The initiative has received a cautious welcome.
Young entrepreneurs' glowing invention keeps cyclists safe
Young entrepreneurs at a Cambridge school have developed a glowing reputation for business after the success of their invention to keep cyclists safe on the city’s roads.
How to engineer intelligence
“Do we actually want machines to interact with humans in an emotional way? Will it be possible for them to interact with us?” Those are just two of the questions posed by UCL academic David Barber as he prepares for his appearance at Cambridge Science Festival this evening (Tuesday March 20th - 6pm).
New guidance on R&D claims for the production of goods and services
John Moore of Kingly Brookes LLP brings Cambridge Network members up to date on the latest improvement to the guidance potentially enabling companies to claim costs that they might not have done in the past.
Lauterbach announces debug support for Cavium high end microprocessor
Leading debug tool company, Lauterbach has announced support for the new state-of-the art OCTEON® III multicore processors, from Cavium.
Penningtons launches offices in Cambridge and Guildford
Penningtons Solicitors LLP is pleased to announce the opening of two new offices – in Cambridge and Guildford.
MP quizzes Lord Chancellor on laws stifling scientific debate
The Lord Chancellor has admitted that academic and scientific debate is being stifled by defamation laws after he was quizzed on libel reform by MP Julian Huppert.
Spar reaches out to local clientele with signagelive
Convenience store chain SPAR (UK), has built on its digital signage network with the installation of signagelive. signagelive has allowed the retailer to manage its growing network of 170 stores, through an easy to use platform that allows content to be tailored to different store formats and locations.
Metail: translating cutting edge research into commercial success
A start-up company established by a team including several Cambridge University Department of Engineering alumni is on track to revolutionise the world of fashion. Metail is a London-and Cambridge-based company that has developed cutting-edge technology intended to help shoppers buy clothes online.
Future Focus gives students a view of the world of work
The Future Focus Fair being held at The Kings School Ely today (Monday March 19) is a career-oriented event offering 15-year-old students a glimpse of the working world. Representatives from local companies will be on hand to speak to students about future career options.
The next decade of mental health drugs
Leading international academics are advocating for new approaches to drug development for mental health diseases.
Thatcher papers reveal her ‘grimmest year’
Thousands of papers relating to perhaps the toughest year of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership are to be opened to the public at Cambridge University’s Churchill Archives Centre from today (Monday).
The Sun Mousse selects TAG as its digital agency for their brand revival in 2012.
As we all know, nothing boosts your sense of wellbeing quite like the feeling of the warm sun against your skin on a lovely summer’s day. Unfortunately, as we know, the sun can also be extremely damaging to your skin if it isn’t treated with respect.