TRB announces US manufacturing facility
TRB Lightweight Structures has announced that it will soon be opening a composites manufacturing centre in Richmond, Kentucky, as a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho America.
Call for nominations for the Queen's New Year Honours 2021
Do you know someone working within the environmental sciences sector who deserves to be recognised for their outstanding contribution, their achievements in public life or their commitment to serving and helping Britain?
New inflatable scanner helps children prepare for MRIs
For any child, having an MRI scan to check for illnesses or injuries can be a daunting and scary experience.
Cambridge alumna is the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year
Cambridge alumna Ying Wan Loh has been announced Young Woman Engineer of the Year by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Velocix sets a Cloud DVR fault-tolerance benchmark with new carrier-grade, geo-redundancy features
Velocix has released new carrier-grade, geo-redundancy features for its Origin server software to boost the fault tolerance and reliability of Cloud DVR, live, and on-demand video streaming services.
A blogging break
How taking a break can mean you actually do more work... and who wouldn't want to hear about that?
The importance of administrators to your business
Office support roles can include a variety of key responsibilities and having great administrators can turn these responsibilities into major company successes. These roles are very demanding and will often be jobs that are helping others and trying to keep everything together.
Are we measuring the right things?
As leaders and company owners we spend quite a lot of time measuring things like gross revenues, margins and operating costs, or costs of sales. But are we measuring the right things? We try to encourage clients to think wider than this, and frankly at KISS I think we need to try harder ourselves sometimes.
Help your hospital manage flu
Cambridge University Hospitals, which runs Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie, is asking people not to visit the hospital unless absolutely necessary, due to increased cases of flu.
Council staff send Christmas cheer to local hospital
Christmas presents for patients who will spend the festive season at Fulbourn Hospital have once again been donated by staff at South Cambridgeshire District Council.
The Cambridge unwraps new look Ely store
The Cambridge this week welcomed guests to the reopening of its Ely store after its transformation into a vibrant and contemporary space.
Online hate speech could be contained like a computer virus, say researchers
Artificial intelligence is being developed that will allow advisory "quarantining" of hate speech in a manner akin to malware filters – offering users a way to control exposure to "hateful content" without resorting to censorship.
From laser beams to proton beams: how 'Star Wars' continues to predict the science of the future
With the next Star Wars blockbuster hitting the big screen, scientists have revealed how, over the past four decades, the science fantasy of the films has predicted some of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of this generation.
Cold infections may be less frequent in people with the flu
People were less likely to catch either influenza or a common cold-causing rhinovirus if they were already infected with the other virus, a new study has found.
Filming better content - tips from Cambridge TV Training
The team at Cambridge TV Training shares content to improve your skills, free of charge.
Five surprising facts about the history of Christmas
A children’s book expert has unearthed a host of fascinating facts about the history of our seasonal celebrations while researching his latest work.
Don't miss 'Cambridge 2020 and Beyond' - Council Leader's business briefing
Cambridge Network members are encouraged to sign up for the City Council's 'Cambridge 2020 and Beyond' business briefing, which will take place on Monday 13 January 2020.
Contribute to market research for new consultancy Roboris
You have a great product but are you so bogged down by the day to day needs and wants of running a company that the vision for your product is gradually disappearing out of sight?
Murray Edwards College Is rising star in accommodation audit
Murray Edwards College is celebrating being upgraded to a Four Star Campus Rating for the en suite accommodation it provides for conference delegates and B&B guests in vacation periods.
Stratasys appoints Yoav Zeif as new Chief Executive Officer
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. & REHOVOT, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a global leader in additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology, today announced the appointment of Yoav Zeif as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective February18, 2020. Current Interim CEO Elchanan (Elan) Jaglom will continue in his role as Chairman.
Colour analysis of plastics with colorimeters
The tabletop spectrometers of the PCE-CSM 3x series from PCE Instruments are used for diverse applications in colour measurement. Measuring the colour of plastics and determining the colour difference values to ensure colour consistency of different batches, components and coloured plastic products is one of the typical applications. Ever-increasing demands in terms of product quality as well as…
Optical analysis with an inspection camera easier than ever before
Machinery and equipment are important investments for industrial companies to survive on the market. The running times of machines are just as important as incidents and interruptions cost time and money. With inspection cameras like industrial borescopes and videoscopes, the inner workings of cavities, ventilation ducts, downpipes and chimneys, for example, can be examined without much effort.
New government can boost UK competitiveness with fast decisions on immigration and commitment to flexible labour market, says CBI
Resolving Brexit and prioritising the domestic agenda will provide firms with much needed clarity about the UK’s future, according to the latest CBI/Pertemps Network Group Employment Trends Survey.
Rose wins MP's Christmas card competition
A budding young artist from the Shirley Primary school is this year’s winner of Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner's Christmas card competition.
'This is why binge-watching is no longer in fashion'
A leading TV academic believes binge-watching has now finally fallen out of fashion.