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geo welcomes BEAMA report: smart in-home displays will save Britain £6billion
New research predicts over £6bn savings for UK household gas and electricity bills from In-Home Displays (IHDs) offered to consumers as part of the smart meter rollout.
Domainex programme shows great promise for treatment of inflammatory diseases
Cambridge Science Park company Domainex’s IKKe/TBK1 programme is first-in-class, and promises to offer a disease-modifying treatment for COPD patients, whereas existing treatments merely provide them with symptomatic relief.
Make a success of Clearing with C3
The university Clearing process is more pressurised than ever before. In order to secure fee income, student recruitment targets need to be met. But competition is fierce.
Syrris to launch new Asia Cryo Controller for -100 °C flow chemistry
Syrris, a world leader in flow chemistry product innovation, will be launching the advanced Asia Cryo Controller at the 4th Flow Chemistry Congress in BOston, USA, this week.
Cleantech focus for new University Technical College
The cleantech sector, along with biomedical, is the key focus at the new University Technical College in Cambridge, where pupils will be trained to equip themselves with the skills required to become technical level workers in the cleantech and biomedical sectors in the Cambridge area.
The case for doing business in Mexico
Thanks to geographic ties to the USA, a network of trade agreements with the EU, and a major trade push from the UK government, Mexico is emerging as a major export target for UK businesses.
How to make your online advertising more personalised
Personalised marketing helps to drive sales, but you don’t need a huge advertising budget to target your customers with tailored correspondence. Santander's Breakthrough offers some useful advice.
How to get appraisals right
By adopting a well thought-through system of feedback, with equal weighting between managers and employees, organisations can use appraisals to help create a motivated workforce.
How to dodge the fraudsters
Online fraud is the bane of modern businesses, but it’s easy to stay a step ahead of the fraudsters by taking a few simple precautions, says Santander.
2014 Microsoft Research Awards for SEIF announced
Arjmand Samuel, Senior Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Connections, writes:
The art of Bach: Angela Hewitt comes to Cambridge
One of the world’s leading pianists, Angela Hewitt, is coming to Cambridge later this month to tackle Bach’s The Art of Fugue, a composition so challenging that it is rarely performed. She will also give a masterclass for students and take part in a public symposium.
The complex world of trains, cranes and drains
Anglia Ruskin University's Professor Chris Ivory is shining a light on the complex world of modern big business in a new book which examines how manufacturers have shifted from providing traditional products to a more complex array of services.
Huppert hosts Parliamentary event to push for default 20mph limits
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert has hosted a Parliamentary reception in support of a national campaign to make 20mph the default urban speed limit.
Funding aims to help businesses realise the graphene revolution
In a a new competition which opens today (Monday), the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are investing up to £2.5m in feasibility studies to accelerate commercial applications in the novel material, graphene. It will include related carbon-based, two-dimensional nanotechnologies that have recently emerged from the science base.
New Catalyst programme launched to drive innovation in energy
A new Energy ‘Catalyst' fund to support innovative UK companies and researchers in developing their early-stage innovations into commercial successes has been launched by the Technology Strategy Board, with an initial competition funded to the tune of £25m.
Planned roadworks in the East of England
If you are travelling around the region this week, it will be useful to know where there may be traffic holdups. The Highways Agency has issued a summary of planned roadworks in the East of England for Monday 7 – Sunday 13 April 2014.
Immunisation saves lives!
It is estimated that 26 million lives could be saved if immunisation programmes are implemented by international governments, says The Travel Clinic.
Digital art set to light up city for Tour de France
Windows belonging to shops and businesses in Cambridge are set to be transformed by artists and Cambridge film-makers this summer, for a project to mark the Tour de France’s visit in July.
Winners announced in national programming challenge
Schoolchildren and undergraduates gathered this week at London’s Science Museum for the final of PA Consulting Group’s second Raspberry Pi programming competition. Thirteen groups of finalists presented their inventions – which would ‘help the environment’ – to a high-profile judging panel.
Fortescue Metals choose Sepura for their railway TETRA network
Sepura TETRA radios have been selected to operate on the first long haul railway radio network owned by the major Australian mining organisation Fortescue Metals Group (FMG).
Fran May Photography - commissioned to produce the photography for the Emmanuel Review 2014
Fran May has been creating images for the University College publications since 1982.
A new computer screen sharing app from RealVNC is now available for iPad and iPhone
RealVNC launches deskhop on the App Store - its computer screen sharing app for Facebook friends.
New talent joins Somersault
Somersault has added two new faces to its production ranks, with Stefan Georgiou joining as a Producer/Editor and Chris Stylianou as a Production Assistant.
Lord Baker officially tops out new UTC Cambridge
Cambridge’s visionary new University Technical College marked a key moment when former Education Secretary Lord Baker performed a topping out ceremony – and predicted it would be a “great success”.
Raspberry Pi launches £1 million education fund
The Raspberry Pi Foundation - originator of the low cost, credit-card sized computer that is taking the world by storm - has today launched a £1 million education fund.