Do you want to get into the habit of learning Italian?
Make learning Italian your new habit for 2022.
Start 2022 off on the right foot by taking part in Step a Million for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
This January, put your best foot forward in solidarity with frontline care teams and ‘Step a Million’ for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity! You have 100 days to walk one million steps, between 10 January and 19 April.
The Global Development Initiative - building the bridge between academics and international business
If you are an SME looking to develop your United States market entry strategy or are considering locations in which to set up, then the Global Development Initiative Programme may be worth considering.
PhoreMost and POLARISqb announce a multi-target collaboration to investigate next-generation cancer therapies
Cambridge, UK and Durham, NC, USA: PhoreMost Limited, a UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing drugs against intractable disease targets, and Polaris Quantum Biotech (POLARISqb), a NC-based quantum computing drug design company, today announced a collaboration to study oncology targets currently considered undruggable.
New Year Honour for children's dietitian
A children’s dietitian whose work at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) has spanned more than three decades has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours.
Templating approach stabilises ‘ideal’ material for alternative solar cells
Researchers have developed a method to stabilise a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance.
‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and mother’s genes tussle over nutrition
Cambridge scientists have identified a key signal that the fetus uses to control its supply of nutrients from the placenta in a tug-of-war between genes inherited from the father and from the mother. The study, carried out in mice, could help explain why some babies grow poorly in the womb.
Cambridge Index rises 0.1%
The Cambridge Index advanced 11.9 points or 0.1% to close at 25202.9, as four of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Business leaders seek tax, trade and skills support to meet challenges of the next 20 years
Lloyds Bank reveals new study of business leaders’ views on the next 20 years to mark 20th anniversary of its landmark Business Barometer survey.
How to share more hope in times of change
In the second of a series of posts about the topic of hope, the team explore how organisations can share more hope, especially in times of change. By giving people greater hope, leaders can help people take action and move forward with clarity.
Breathe is open
The team at Breathe Technology wishes you and your team a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Iceni Glycoscience to spearhead ‘glycorevolution’ as it broadens scope of operations
Award-winning platform company, Iceni Glycoscience (formerly Iceni Diagnostics) is to broaden the scope of its operations within the field of glycoscience (carbohydrate chemistry and biology) as the role of carbohydrates in human disease becomes increasingly apparent.
The Guardtech Group: rebranding and expanding
New launch marks Guardtech Cleanrooms’ restructure into five divisions – including newly acquired Cleanroom Solutions.
Residents invited to keep body and mind active at free 'Healthy You' virtual fitness festival
Cambridge residents can enjoy a packed programme of free online activities throughout January, with the return of the Healthy You Virtual Festival.
Cambridge comes out on top of England's 'Physical Activity Wellness Index'
CIMSPA - the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity - has published new research exploring, for the first time, the relationship between the number of professional coaches, facilities, levels of activity and anxiety across England.
Tame your computer - new year, no new Start
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how you can turn off the Start screen when you open Word, Excel or PowerPoint.
Cambridge's finest recognised in 2022 New Year's Honours
Academics and other staff associated with the University of Cambridge feature in the 2022 New Year's Honours List.
Researcher development strategy, provision, and profession survey 2022
Vitae are conducting a global survey of researcher developers to enable a systematic look at the state of the art of researcher development in 2022. In this ‘first of its kind’ survey, the team invite those who support researchers to share perceptions of the management, delivery and assessment, as well as the drivers, enablers, barriers and impact of researcher development in an institutional…
Life at the Young Bar Report
Commissioned by The Bar Council, this report presents a snapshot of life at the Young Bar in 2021. The findings and recommendations are summarised by broad theme: the evolving profile of the Young Bar, impacts of Covid-19 on practice, working practices and work allocation, wellbeing, bullying harassment and discrimination, and aspirations for changes to life at the Bar.
The impossible challenge of communication
Simon Hall writes about achieving the apparently impossible in the field of communication, and the important insight that echoes from it...
2022 – The Year of the In-Person Conference?
One Stop Language Solutions are poised and ready for a return to in-person conferences, and are feeling positive that this will be the year they can take place again without restrictions.
Clues to treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder found in recently evolved region of the ‘dark genome’
Scientists investigating the DNA outside our genes - the ‘dark genome’ - have discovered recently evolved regions that code for proteins associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas
Scientists have found a novel way to combine two species of grass-like plant including banana, rice and wheat, using embryonic tissue from their seeds. The technique allows beneficial characteristics, such as disease resistance or stress tolerance, to be added to the plants.
Cambridge Index climbs 3%
The Cambridge Index jumped 736.4 points or 3% to close at 25,191.0, as six of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Pye Radio Exhibition in Cambridge
The Cambridge Museum of Technology is creating a temporary exhibition in 2022 to commemorate the centenary of broadcasting by the BBC and the first ten years of Pye Radios up to the first superhets.