Participants sought for ICT learning study
A Cambridge PhD student seeks people over the age of 65 to participate in a study looking at how to make the learning and use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) easier.
Optibrium and Cresset announce technology collaboration
Optibrium, a provider of drug discovery software solutions, and software and services provider Cresset, announce an agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation platforms, combining their unique approaches to help drug discovery projects quickly identify novel, potent compounds with a high chance of success.
JVP Consultants selects design & marketing agency Ideas by Eden
Cambridge-based interim and part-time management services consultancy, JVP Consultants, has selected the team at Ideas by Eden to help with the re-launch of their business.
High speed rail: new dawn or false hope?
As the government gives the go-ahead for HS2 to link London to Birmingham and beyond, the Scientific Alliance considers whether or not it is a good investment.
CPL kicks off 2012 with new digital magazine launch
CPL has launched a monthly all-digital magazine for the newly created College of Social Work. CPL has taken the new publication, called 'Social Work Matters', from concept to delivery in only a few weeks.
Colour blindness gives monkeys a helping hand
An Anglia Ruskin University scientist has discovered that colour blind monkeys are better at catching camouflaged prey than monkeys with “normal” eyesight.
Cambridge success in leading equality survey
The University of Cambridge ranks among the very best employers in the country for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff, according to a leading survey of workplace equality.
netXtra puts the National Garden Gift Vouchers website into pockets with new Mobile App
Following the recent launch of the HTA's National Garden Gift Voucher website, Cambridge Network members netXtra, the company specialising in websites for membership and not-for-profit organisations were tasked with providing a new “mobile web application” (app) for the ‘Find your nearest Garden Centre’ directory featured on the site.
Focus expands into 2012
Focus on Training is expanding in both its established IT and Project Management sectors, and expanding into additional areas. A record 13,000 courses are available to book online using a new search engine.
CSR showcases VNC® Automotive technology at 2012 CES
CSR demos the first wireless implementation of RealVNC's technology on the new SiRFprimaII™ its latest location aware multimedia platform.
Optibrium expands StarDrop availability with Apple Mac compatibility
CAMBRIDGE, UK, October 18, 2011 – Optibrium launches StarDrop 5.1, an upgraded version of its software platform that helps scientists to guide the design and selection of high quality, novel compounds in drug discovery. As a result of this upgrade, StarDrop’s unique capabilities to guide are now available on the Apple Mac.
Take part in the Cambridge Sport Relief Mile
Sport Relief's aim is to help disadvantaged people, both at home in the UK and across the world’s poorest countries, to turn their lives around. Our goal for 2012 is to raise £60,000.
Become 1 in 100 by supporting the ‘Community Foundation 100’
2012 has started off well for the new Community Foundation 100, with news that RealVNC are the latest corporate to sign up to the initiative since the launch in December 2011.
Babraham joins forces with Cambridge University's ideaSpace to accelerate enterprise
The Babraham Research Campus and Cambridge University's ideaSpace have entered into a strategic relationship through which early-stage ventures will have dual access to the ‘plug and play’ laboratory facilities at Babraham and the co-working community at the ideaSpace in the Hauser Forum.
Antenova taps global vehicle black box market with GPS RADIONOVA RF antenna modules
Antenova announces their GPS RADIONOVA® RF Antenna Modules have been selected by leading Korean Vehicle Black Box manufactures iTronics, AMON and UB1 for the global markets.
Cambridge partners with Lilly in Open Innovation Drug Discovery Platform
The University of Cambridge is partnering with global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company in an active collaboration programme helping to find and develop potential new medicines, particularly in the areas of greatest need.
CSR innovations and platforms bring consumer electronics to life
At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, CSR plc highlights many of the company’s latest platforms and technology solutions with more than 50 public and private demonstrations of how CSR is enabling exciting new capabilities in products and technologies from the world’s most popular consumer electronics brands.
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XJTAG provides a ‘quantum leap’ in students’ understanding of boundary scan testing
XJTAG’s boundary scan technology has contributed to a “quantum leap” in the learning experience of students at SUPSI, The University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, according to Paolo Ceppi from the Department of Innovative Technologies.
Test your memory!
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have launched what could be the world’s biggest ever memory experiment.
Stephen Hawking 70th Birthday Symposium
A capacity 550-strong audience gave a standing ovation at the end of a moving, amusing and wide-ranging autobiographical speech by Stephen Hawking on the occasion of his 70th birthday on Sunday.
Digital marketing adds an exciting new dimension to communications
Traditional marketing was all about the product, the 4 Ps; product, price, place and promotion. Digital marketing has radically changed this, as the marketing focus has now become far more customer centric. FCG Consultancy's Jonathan Wainwright, explains why....
News from The Travel Clinic Ltd, Cambridge and Ipswich
The Travel Clinic reports shortages of doxcycycline in the Philippines after a huge rise in demand for the prevention and treatment of leptospirosis (Weils disease).
Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the naked eye
A Cambridge team have built a semiconductor chip that converts electrons into a quantum state that emits light but is large enough to see by eye. Because their quantum superfluid is simply set up by shining laser beams on the device, it can lead to practical ultrasensitive detectors.
Mumford Theatre to stage 'The Secret Garden'
A new adaptation of the much-loved children’s classic 'The Secret Garden' will be visiting Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge on 26 and 27 January.