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OU supports Lunar Mission One – the world’s first crowd-funded mission to the Moon
The Open University (OU) is one of a number of organisations supporting Lunar Mission One – a crowd-funded project to fund a lunar mission that will deliver new insights into the origins of the Moon and the Earth.
Literacy Bridge partners with UNICEF and ARM
As the United Nations marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, humanitarian technology company Literacy Bridge has announced a new multi-year partnership with UNICEF and ARM to deliver health education to 40,000 vulnerable people in Ghana.
New engineering challenge to create ‘drones’ of the future
Britain’s best young engineers will design and build life-saving unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in a new competition run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Starlight Christmas Pantomime brings festive magic to young patients at CUH Addenbrooke’s
Christmas is a particularly difficult time of year for children to be in hospitals and hospices so this festive season, Starlight Children’s Foundation will bring a big dose of fun and laughter to poorly children at Cambridge University Hospitals when its amazing pop-up pantomime pays a visit on 25th November at 3pm.
Eight LinkedIn features that’ll make you stand out from the crowd
LinkedIn is a fantastic tool for online networking, job seeking and researching employers. Once a niche social media platform, in November 2014 it recorded more than 332 million members in over 200 countries and territories!
US2U Consulting rolls out the red carpet
US2U Consulting has produced a new film to tell people about its IT training.
Aveillant wins Navigation & Surveillance Comms category at this year’s IET Awards
Aveillant’s leadership has been recognised in the international field of Navigation and Surveillance by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Audio Analytic wins prestigious IET Innovation Award for Consumer Electronics
Cambridge company Audio Analytic has been recognised for its unique sound sensing technology.
Renewed focus for Sustainability East
Regional social enterprise, Sustainability East, has realigned its priorities for the coming year to focus on three key areas: health and wellbeing; growth and the built environment; and the economy, in order to provide targeted support for its customers.
Alberto Martinez appointed as new Managing Director of Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited
Alberto Martinez has joined Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited as its new Managing Director, taking over the role from Dietmar Leitner.
Abcam's Scientist of the Month: Esteban Ballestar
Esteban Ballestar tells Abcam about work in his lab focusing on active DNA methylation, and what new developments might feature in the upcoming webinar on DNA methylation during cell differentiation.
Small cell backhaul pioneer CCS triumphs at IET Innovation Awards 2014
CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems Limited), creator of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks, today announces that it has won a coveted IET Innovation Award.
Salimetrics Cambridge saliva testing laboratory celebrates record year of growth
Salimetrics says: "It takes time and dedication to build a reputation for excellence with any new technology, time to explain the minimally invasive benefits of Saliva versus Serum, time to demonstrate that perhaps we are just as competitive on price as other low cost laboratories and time to build the best available laboratory infrastructure across the globe."
Small business sponsors F1 team as Caterham gives opportunity to fans
Riverlite, an up and coming IT Cloud Computing business based in Cambridgeshire, jumps at the opportunity to sponsor Caterham Formula 1 Team at this weekend’s final showdown in Abu Dhabi in front of an expected TV audience of 500m people.
A14 major resurfacing work continues
The main work of a £3m project to resurface the A14 in Cambridgeshire will start this Sunday night (23 November).
Sleeping rough for Byte Night raises £6,000 for Action for Children
A team from Microsoft Research in Cambridge joined 125 other tech and business workers to sleep rough on October 3 for Byte Night Cambridge and raised £6,140 for Action for Children’s homelessness prevention services.
Eurotech named Red Hat ISV Advanced Partner
Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, and a leading global player in the M2M/IoT marketplace, has joined the Red Hat Partner Program, becoming a Red Hat ISV Advanced Partner.
City could get more powers from Government, Huppert told
Cambridge could get more powers to make its own decisions rather than top-down rule from Government, MP Julian Huppert has been told.
Endomagnetics raises funding for US clinical trial, sales support and new product development
Endomagnetics, the Cambridge-based cancer healthcare company, has raised a further £2m ($3.12m US) to support its pivotal US clinical trial and the launch of a new cancer marker product in 2015.
Free online learning platform provides digital skills to business
Cambridge Judge Business School faculty has developed three courses – in marketing, brand-building and finance – for the new Digital Business Academy, the world’s first government-supported online learning platform being launched today in London.
Agri-tech business plan competition launches
Norwich Research Park is pleased to support GROW, the UK’s first Agri-Tech Business Plan Competition aimed at encouraging entrepreneurial thinking into the industry.
Dragonmobility features on the Tech Show - on Iranian TV
Dragonmobility, the Cambridge-based designer and manufacturer of innovative powerchairs for disabled but active users has again been featured on the TV - this time by the Iranian TV station Manoto 1 on their latest Tech Show.
Charities back new drug development initiative for brain diseases
Alzheimer’s Research UK has joined a global coalition of charities and funders seeking to revive stalled drug development programmes for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, motor neurone disease and Parkinson’s.
Review explores potential benefits of computer brain training in older people
A review of existing evidence suggests that computer ‘brain training’ programmes may have some small benefits for older people, but that more evidence is required to know how long these benefits might last. The study, which pulls together data from 51 separate trials, was published this week in the journal PLOS Medicine.
Scientists develop potential blood test to detect Alzheimer's early
New research into a possible blood test for Alzheimer’s was presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference in Washington DC on Sunday 16 November.