Pfizer and BioNTech announce vaccine candidate against COVID-19 successful in first interim analysis from Phase 3 study
Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis.
Ditch the plough, increase diversity, grow cover crops - three achievable steps toward 'Net Zero'?
Agri-tech offers ‘soil up’ approach to restoring environmental balance and farm incomes...
Science Comms – a how-to guide for times like these
One odd silver lining these days is that the amorphous topic of ‘science’ and its value in our lives is much more discussed!
Garden office company builds success during pandemic
A Cambridge garden room builder has seen orders go through the roof as more and more people decide to make working from home permanent.
Tame your computer - stop the traffic again
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 delete meeting responses that don't contain comments, automatically (Microsoft Outlook).
Your subject isn't boring
You might think it is, but communication coach (and very interesting speaker) Jon Torrens reckons you just haven't discovered it yet.
Cell Guidance Systems introduces Exo-spin 96 exosome purification kit
Cell Guidance Systems Ltd, a specialist in exosome research reagents and services, today announced the launch of a new product for the purification of exosomes from blood and other samples. The Exo-spin™ 96 exosome purification kit allows researchers to purify exosome samples in the standard 96 well plate format.
Last chance to enter Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards
This is the final call for entries to the Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards.
Congenica completes $50m Series C funding round to advance clinical genomic analysis software and data platform
Congenica, the digital health company enabling rapid and accurate analysis of complex genomic data to transform people’s lives, is pleased to announce the completion of its Series C funding round, raising US$50m (£39m).
PA Consulting supports unique collaboration to develop a new generation of sensor technologies
Plans for a new generation of sensors – technology that underpins the UK economy – are to be prepared in a unique industrial, academic and Government collaboration announced today.
PhoreMost and Oxford Biomedica enter gene therapy discovery collaboration
PhoreMost Limited, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing drugs against intractable disease targets, and Oxford Biomedica plc, a leading gene and cell therapy group, today announced that they have entered into a discovery collaboration to develop next-generation CAR-T cell therapies. Financial details of the agreement are not disclosed.
Raise some festive cheer with Arthur Rank Hospice Charity at the end of an unusual year!
Find out more about how you can support your local Hospice at Arthur Rank Hospice Charity's Festive Fun Run this year.
Game combats political misinformation by letting players undermine democracy
A short online game in which players are recruited as a “Chief Disinformation Officer” and use tactics such as trolling to sabotage elections in a peaceful town has been shown to reduce susceptibility to political misinformation in its users.
Honour among thieves: the study of a cybercrime marketplace in action
Researchers at the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre have revealed what they’ve learned from analysing hundreds of thousands of illicit trades that took place in an underground cybercrime forum over the past two years.
RRS James Clark Ross departs for Antarctica
The RRS James Clark Ross departed the Port of Harwich last week (Thursday 5 November) beginning its five-and-a-half-month mission to deliver scientific and operational staff to Antarctica, and to resupply the UK stations in Antarctica for another year.
GCP plans briefing webinars on local projects
The Greater Cambridge Partnership's (GCP's) consultation on the Waterbeach to Cambridge project is currently open. Normally it would be holding public exhibitions where the public would be able to express their views on these plans. However, the Covid-19 outbreak means that cannot happen, so the GCP is planning a series of other communication exercises.
Worker assistance systems: Understanding the human perspective
Worker assistance systems are becoming increasingly intelligent, interactive and supportive. But do they have a future on the shop floor?
The ‘P’ Word – Plastic in the UK: practical and pervasive … but problematic
Plastics are ubiquitous in modern society, owing to their usefulness, durability and how cheap and easy they are to produce. This makes plastics both a blessing and a curse.
Birketts boosts Commercial Property Team with Partner appointment
Leading regional law firm, Birketts, is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Hoxley as a Partner in its highly regarded Commercial Property Team.
Milestone in Chisholm Trail as Abbey-Chesterton Bridge lifted into place
The Abbey Chesterton Bridge has been lifted into place – a key milestone in the delivery of the flagship Chisholm Trail walking and cycling route.
Lockdown learning
Learning is a great way to help you stay sane during lockdown, which can also bring some very welcome extra income, writes Simon Hall, from experience...
The UK's oldest ISP becomes a ‘B certified organisation'
The Lancashire-based ISP Zen has become the second internet service provider in the UK to become a ‘B certified organisation’.
New Advisory Board chair at Cambridge Judge Business School
Julian Metherell has been named the new Chair of the Advisory Board of Cambridge Judge Business School, the first Business School alumnus to hold the role.
A4 Plus launches new CRM System & candidate feedback survey
Recruitment is all about people, it’s about building relationships with clients and candidates and communicating effectively. With this in mind, A4 Plus has been busy working on ways to improve just that and one such change, quite a major one, has been to its candidate database.
Discovery of shape of the SARS-CoV-2 genome after infection could inform new COVID-19 treatments
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Justus-Liebig University, Germany, have uncovered how the genome of SARS-CoV-2 - the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 - uses genome origami to infect and replicate successfully inside host cells. This could inform the development of effective drugs that target specific parts of the virus genome, in the fight against COVID-19.