Employers encouraged to reward staff and keep money local with a Love Cambridge Gift Card
Cambridge BID is encouraging employers in the area to consider rewarding staff with their Love Cambridge Gift Card for Christmas this year, keeping money local and supporting local economic recovery.
The Bremont Hawking Collection celebrates Cambridge scientist
Limited edition timepiece celebrates the British scientist whose work developed our understanding of the nature of space, the nature of matter and the nature of time.
Decades of jam-makers raise thousands for charities
A jam stall in the Cambridgeshire village of Hildersham, set up some three decades ago, has raised money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), enjoying one of its best years yet due to increased footfall caused by lockdown.
Storey's Field Centre lit up to celebrate Diwali at Eddington
The award-winning Storey’s Field Centre building at Eddington was lit up to celebrate Diwali on Saturday (14 November).
Prepare for Your Talk Immediately
As soon as you know you're going to have to give a talk, it's probably best if you start preparing straight away. So says communication coach Jon Torrens, who's made this short video on the subject.
Start Codon closes new £15 million venture fund to translate life science innovation into successful companies
Start Codon, a life science and healthcare business accelerator based in Cambridge, UK, today announced that it has closed Start Codon Fund I LP at £15 million ($20 million USD). The Fund will be used to support Start Codon’s offering to start-ups, which includes a minimum of £250K seed funding, business support services, expert guidance, and access to cutting-edge office and lab facilities.
Tame your computer - with a double-click trick
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - now in its 15th year - software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to insert content in the middle of the page by double-clicking (Microsoft Word) .
Planning permission granted for ARU Peterborough
Peterborough City Council has approved plans for a new state-of-the-art building which will be the home of ARU Peterborough, the city’s new £30 million university.
Darktrace’s Antigena Email named Security Innovation of the Year
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, has today announced that Antigena Email, its AI-powered email security solution, has won Security Innovation of the Year at the 2020 UK IT Industry Awards.
The future’s uncertain – but noradrenaline can help us adapt
A brain chemical called noradrenaline is responsible for our responses to uncertain situations - helping us to learn quickly and adapt our behaviour, a new study has found.
Wellcome Sanger Institute and COG-UK receive £12.2M UK Government investment for COVID-19 real-time genomic surveillance system
The Department for Health and Social Care Testing Innovation Fund has backed the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium in expanding whole genome sequencing of positive SARS-CoV-2 virus samples to map how COVID-19 spreads and evolves. The £12.2M funding will facilitate the Sanger Institute’s contribution to building a national real-time genomic surveillance…
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity seeks to understand the needs and preferences of our Asian Community
If you are a member of the Asian community in Cambridgeshire, Arthur Rank Hospice Charity would be grateful if you would participate in its survey.
Universe unravelled: Stephen Hawking Centre collaborates on new streaming series
The Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology has teamed up with Discovery on a documentary series exploring new windows on our Universe.
Computer vision app allows easier monitoring of diabetes
A computer vision technology developed by University of Cambridge engineers has now been developed into a free mobile phone app for regular monitoring of glucose levels in people with diabetes.
FutureYou Cambridge expands by acquiring Prime Fifty
FutureYou Cambridge, the science-backed nutritional supplement company, has bucked the economic trend by acquiring a specialist supplement company targeting the over 50s, Prime Fifty. The acquisition of the Hull-based company for an undisclosed sum was announced last week.
University endowments exploit long-horizon advantage, says study
University endowments use their long-term perspective to invest countercyclically at times of stock-market crisis, says new study at the Centre for Endowment Asset Management at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Birketts advises Essex digital agency on sale to tech company Epsilon Telecommunications
Top 100 UK law firm Birketts has advised on the successful sale of Essex-based business 7D Digital Limited to Epsilon Telecommunications Limited for an undisclosed fee.
Professor Peter Guthrie appointed Vice-President at the Royal Academy of Engineering
Congratulations to Professor Peter Guthrie who has been appointed Vice-President at the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Affordable package for traceable humidity calibrations
The ability to perform traceable humidity calibrations of probes in-house is now within the reach of more users – thanks to a package offered by Michell Instruments.
Bicycle Therapeutics presents at the Jefferies Virtual London Healthcare Conference
Bicycle Therapeutics plc, a biotechnology company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle®) technology, has announced that management will participate in a fireside chat at the Jefferies Virtual London Healthcare Conference this Thursday (19 November 2020) at 1:10 p.m. ET.
Lockdown liberation
There's a way to get a lockdown lift, which can also have unexpectedly excellent consequences, writes Simon Hall...
Strong market response to metro design challenge as innovative process moves to next phase
A challenge to the market to provide bold and innovative concept design solutions which could be instrumental to the future delivery of the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM) has passed to its next stage after receiving an encouraging first phase response.
COEL provides conceptual design for the largest independent business and leisure venue in Northern Europe
Wyboston Lakes Resort is set in 380 acres of stunning countryside. Less than one hour from London, this is the largest independent business and leisure venue in Northern Europe. Wyboston Lake sought help from COEL in transforming its Willows Training Centre, from reception, restaurant and meeting facilities with a clever and thoughtful redesign.
Frugal innovation and COVID-19
Reframing, reprioritising and repurposing has come to the fore during the coronavirus pandemic crisis, say Professor Jaideep Prabhu and Viren Lall.
Introducing RoboPatient – a soft robotics approach to training doctors
Cambridge researchers are helping to design healthcare robotics of the future by investigating a robot-assisted approach to training doctors in medical examinations.