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Built by undergraduates working for their exams, with funds raised by the students themselves, Cambridge’s solar car is the only British entry into the World Solar Challenge. Despite the odds, however, its radical design could still secure victory.
CUER wins 'most enterprising' award - and £10,000
The Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) team has won the 2013 RBS ESSA most enterprising student society award and a prize of £10,000.
Huppert leads debate to keep cycling at the top of the agenda
MP Julian Huppert will today (Monday, September 2) lead a Parliamentary debate aimed at keeping cycling firmly at the top of the government’s agenda.
Chunghwa Telecom International launches CDN services in Taiwan using SwiftServe technology
Chunghwa Telecom International, SwiftServe's parent company Conversant and partner Weitech collaborate to provide a better quality of Internet content viewing experience for the operator's multinational customers.
Mosaic3DX 2013 conference programme published
The conference programme for Mosaic3DX 2013 has been published today, detailing more than 27 hours of content for scientists, engineers, developers, artists, entrepreneurs and students.
Search is on for 'Rupert Murdock' of Cambridge TV
Cambridge Presents Ltd is looking for angels and corporate partners to develop a TV channel dedicated to Cambridge. Its application to broadcast to the Cambridge area on Freeview goes in soon, in early September ("L-DTPS license"). The company says: "With our experience from Cambridge Red TV, we have high expectations of success.
Mills & Reeve appoints non-executive director
Mills & Reeve has announced the appointment of Christopher Newell as a non-executive director.
More sales reported at Glenmore Business Park
The latest occupiers at Glenmore Business Park, Waterbeach, are medical training firm, Norvic, and leading petro-engineering consultancy, CTS. Both have purchased units of around 1,100 sq ft each, leaving just one unit in Phase One remaining of 1,500 sq ft.
Opportunity to save business rates at Haverhill Research Park
Business rate relief up to £275,000 is being offered to the first company having a purpose-built property at Haverhill Research Park.
Transportable Hydrocarbon Dew-Point Analyzer available to rent
Michell Instruments’ new Condumax II Transportable Hydrocarbon and Water Dew-Point Analyzer is now available to rent in Europe. It allows users to make spot-checks of hydrocarbon and water dew point – critical parameters of natural gas quality – at any point in their process or pipeline.
GRO to map world’s fragility to resource shortages
The Global Resource Observatory (GRO) – the most ambitious project to map the world’s resources in over 40 years – is being launched by Anglia Ruskin University.
Our galaxy’s giant black hole rejects ‘food’ because it’s too ‘hot’
Astronomers working with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have seen the giant black hole Sagittarius A* rejecting its ‘food’ of vast gas clouds as they aren’t sufficiently cool enough for it to swallow.
Moss growth in Antarctica linked to climate change
Increases in temperature on the Antarctic Peninsula during the latter part of the 20th century were accompanied by an acceleration in moss growth, scientists have learned. Writing in the journal Current Biology they describe the activity as unprecedented in the last 150 years.
Final excavations underway at Ham Hill
Archaeologists from the Universities of Cambridge and Cardiff are currently undertaking their third, and final, round of excavations at Ham Hill, Britain’s biggest Iron-Age hill fort.
Counting down to Leadership & Hubris on 19 September
Lord Owen, chairman of the Daedalus Trust, is looking forward to the Leadership & Hubris themed meeting this month being “not just a listening conference”.
Biobusiness leaders explore new ideas at Cambridge conference
Beating the Odds: Growing Biobusinesses Today will take place on Thursday 3 October 2013 at Clare College, Cambridge.
Local entrepreneur set to give great advice to boost global sales for Cambridgeshire firms
Cambridgeshire-based entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Dr Hermann Hauser - a founder and Director of the Cambridge Network - is encouraging small and medium businesses to go global at a flagship event next week, backed by the GREAT campaign.
Would you like to be able to present like Steve Jobs?
An Executive Career Spotlight workshop will dispel the myth that good presenters are born - not made, and show how you can present like Steve Jobs, one of the greatest public speakers of recent times!
High-tech recruitment experts ECM team up with Centre for Computing History
ECM, the high-tech recruitment experts, are pleased to be sponsors of the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge. Now ECM have teamed up with the Centre to offer half-price admission to their candidates.
VirtualStudio.TV Video Newsletter August 2013
This month’s VirtualStudio.TV video newsletter features recent work with Siemens in the UK and Denmark. It also includes the addition of new professional presenter, Jez, to VirtualStudio.TV's site and its search for a new member of the team in Cambridge!
About Sound launches new brand identity
Cambridge based recording and installation specialists About Sound has appointed design agency, Provoke Me, to give a new lease of life to its brand identity.
42 Technology appoints David Griffin to strengthen senior team
42 Technology (42T) is further strengthening its in-house engineering skills with the appointment of David Griffin, an experienced senior consultant who is known and respected within the life sciences sector for his contribution in bringing several market-leading products and processes to market.
Eurotech establishes new embedded devices business unit
Eurotech has announced the creation of a new organizational entity, Eurotech Systems Business Unit, to offer Machine to Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and systems in Japan and South Korea under the Eurotech brand.
Cambridge MBA Open Day takes place on 14 September
An Open Day on Saturday 14 September is a valuable opportunity to visit the Judge Business School, hear about its strengths, and discuss your MBA future directly with staff and current students.
Sixty Seconds to Success Tip #31: How do you know when to give up?
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve asked yourself a variation on, ‘How do I know when to stop, leave, quit, walk out, give up or make a change?’