Holographic beam shaping to deliver a boost to metallic 3D printing
Cambridge engineers have begun a three-year research programme to help speed up the manufacture of metallic 3D printed parts and products, by using computer-generated holography.
Funding awarded for nanomanufacturing research to support a faster transition to electric vehicles
Dr Michaël De Volder, Reader in Nanomanufacturing at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded funding of two million euros from the European Research Council (ERC) to manufacture Li-Ion batteries with enhanced energy and power density for use in electric vehicles.
Senior Associate joins Birketts' Commercial Property team
Birketts has announced the appointment of Helen Stewart as a Senior Associate in its award winning Commercial Property team.
The unexpected impact of IR35 on SME engineering service providers
Despite a one year delay to its implementation the impact of IR35 has already been widely felt, with the engineering industry already being turned on its head...
Vin Bange speaks with WIRED on data collection in pubs and bars, and the NHS Test and Trace scheme
Vin Bange speaks with WIRED on data collection in pubs and bars, and the NHS Test and Trace scheme.
Revolutionising crypto collectibles with Cryptograph's new digital auction house
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Perpetual Altruism on the launch of its new digital collectible auction house, Cryptograph.
Tackling COVID-19: Dr Charlotte Summers
An intensive care specialist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Charlotte Summers has spent the past few months dealing with the biggest challenge of her career. And after long, exhausting days, the weekly Clap for Carers caught her by surprise.
Cerevance adapts Science Park office for Covid-19 age with help from COEL
Cerevance, the Cambridge Science Park based pharmaceutical company, has reconfigured its workplace to enable employees to return to work safely.
PhD team to help refugee camps contain COVID-19
A team of three PhD students has been awarded business-led innovation funding by Innovate UK. Jennifer Ward George, Victor Parchment, and Alex Tsompanidis will work together on an inventive software platform known as SOAP to help control the spread of COVID-19 in displaced communities and refugee camps.
£100,000 further funding to help shape South Cambridgeshire’s Zero Carbon Communities
As part of District Council plans for a green recovery as we emerge from lockdown, South Cambridgeshire’s communities are being further supported to tackle the climate crisis with £100,000 additional funding for grass roots projects.
Free downloadable how-to guides cover a range of business topics
There have been some amazing examples of agencies and businesses offering free support during the coronavirus crisis.
Young people invited to take part in Form the Future Website Hackathon
Form the Future is refreshing its website and wants to hear from its primary audience, young people, to explore and learn from their ideas. Next Friday 10th July, its team is hosting a virtual Website Hackathon.
How to navigate the job market and put your best foot forward
Cambridge Network and Belbin are offering jobseekers a helping hand, as everyone who signs up to attend the Network's Virtual Jobs and Careers Fair on Thursday 16th July can benefit from the insights of a Belbin Self-Perception report.
Call for photographs for Open Cambridge online gallery
Photographs for an online gallery at this year’s Open Cambridge weekend (11th – 13th September) are now being accepted in an open call to the public.
Marshall receives £890k order for sonobuoy carousels
Marshall Advanced Composites has received an order worth £890,000 from Honeywell for 21 sonobuoy launch carousel assembly units.
Schools and colleges to reopen in full in September
Detailed plans have been unveiled for all children and young people to return to full-time education from September.
Alzheimer’s disease can develop without symptoms in people with Down syndrome
A study with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust has shown how people with Down syndrome can develop the brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease by their forties, with no clinical symptoms to help detect them.
BBC sets out plans to transform its local services
The BBC has set out plans to transform its local services in England as it seeks to serve audiences better, respond to lessons learnt during the COVID-19 crisis and make savings to tackle its financial challenges.
Domino Printing appoints new Chief Information Officer
Domino Printing has announced the appointment of Alberto Sanson as Chief Information Officer (CIO), following the retirement of Dick Wallin who led the company’s IT team for the past 20 years.
SCF Small Cell Awards 2020 winners announced
Small Cell Forum (SCF) has announced the winners of the SCF Small Cell Awards for 2020, recognising and celebrating excellence, innovation and achievement in every aspect of the global small cell industry as it transitions to the 5G era.
Golf tournament to drive forward EACH fundraising efforts
Golfers will be excited to hear East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has launched the EACH Summer Matchplay, in partnership with Competition Golf.
Office design - the way forward
Oxford PharmaGenesis is a project COEL is incredibly proud of. This Health Science Communication Consultancy put their employees needs first when they hatched an ambitious plan to restore a residential Georgian farmhouse for their headquarters in Oxford. COEL helped them create a workplace which is fresh and attractive; providing employees with an enriching and elevating workplace environment.
Government fires up R&D across the country to cement the UK as science superpower
R&D Roadmap sets out vision to attract global talent, cut unnecessary bureaucracy and cement the UK as a world-leading science superpower.
Cambridge Network website marks 22nd anniversary
It is exactly 22 years since the original Cambridge Network website went live (2 July 1998), when it led the way as one of the world's first sites to offer a user login and interface for increasing numbers of members.
Green light for Soham station
Proposals to build a new station for Soham were confirmed by East Cambridgeshire District Council last week, giving the go-ahead for the new station to be built.