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BP turns away from wind as traditional sources and energy efficiency reposition outlook
Dominic Emery, Chief Development Officer at BP plc will keynote at the 5th Smart Grids & Cleanpower Conference on 5 June at Murray Edwards College, describing BP's new strategy in 2013, and its changes in direction back towards traditional sources as energy efficiencies and other trends have taken effect. His talk explaining this strategy is called "BP Energy Outlook 2030".
The failure of climate change mitigation policy
The latest vote in the European Parliament sounds the death knell for the European Emissions Trading Scheme, says The Scientific Alliance.
Cambridge-based iTrinegy announced as finalist for Best of Interop 2013
iTrinegy announced that its AppQoS APM technology had been selected as a Best of Interop Finalist for the Management Monitoring Award category, recognising iTrinegy’sinnovation and technological advancements in this specific category.
Cambridge Cognition IPO raises £6.4million
Cambridge Cognition, the leading British developer of computerised neuropsychological tests, has floated on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The listing, which took place yesterday (Thurs), raised £5million. Shareholders realised a further £1.4m through the sale of existing Ordinary Shares.
The House Collection gives Magpas Helimedix a lift
With its boutique hotel Poets House set to open on 29 April, The House Collection is delighted to announce that it will be supporting Magpas, The Emergency Medical Charity.
Cancer Research Technology moves into newly completed Jonas Webb Building
Babraham Bioscience Technologies (BBT) has announced that Cancer Research Technology Limited (CRT), the cancer-focused technology development and commercialisation arm of Cancer Research UK, has moved its Cambridge drug discovery activity into a new chemistry-focused building on the Babraham Research Campus. The new building has been named ‘The Jonas Webb Building’.
Evolving genes lead to evolving genes
Researchers have designed a method that can universally test for evolutionary adaption, or positive (Darwinian) selection, in any chosen set of genes, using re-sequencing data such as that generated by the 1000 Genomes Project. The method identifies gene sets that show evidence for positive selection in comparison with matched controls, and thus highlights genes for further functional studies.
Autism prevalence in China
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) met yesterday (Thurs) to launch a new collaborative study into the prevalence of autism in mainland China.
CEO Energy Saving Trust keynotes on consumer convenience at Smart Grids & Cleanpower 2013
Philip Sellwood, CEO of the Energy Saving Trust, keynotes at the Smart Grids Conference Cambridge on 5 June with a presentation entitled: 'Consumer convenience and supplier simplification via connected devices.' Philip will look at how smart meters and smart grids can help to shape the UK’s energy future, with a particular focus on how this will help consumers be more energy efficient in the…
Exploiting smart phone technology - explained
UK Computer board manufacturer Blue Chip Technology has announced that it will be presenting a workshop at this year's UK Device Developers' Conference. The workshop will discuss and demonstrate how engineers can best exploit the new generation of hardware that has resulted from smartphone development.
Cambridge spin-out helps to fight online banking fraud
A security solution which protects against the most serious threat to online banking customers, responsible for millions in annual losses, is being rolled out across Europe by a Cambridge spin-out.
Metaswitch join the community at the Broers Building
The R&D community at the University of Cambridge, West Cambridge site expands as Metaswitch takes space in the Broers Building, Hauser Forum.
Somersault Video Productions begins time lapse project with Urban&Civic
Somersault Video Productions has been appointed by leading property group, Urban&Civic, to document the creation of a brand new development situated between Cambridge and Peterborough.
Entrepreneurial initiative to enable better digital healthcare solutions
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) at Cambridge Judge Business School has teamed up with Doctorpreneurs.com, as well as a host of industry leaders and design experts, to create a fantastic opportunity to explore and develop digital health solutions.
Marketing budgets set to increase in 2013
This week the IPA Bellwether report which looks at marketing budgets within the UK has been released. Three hundred senior marketers from top businesses were surveyed and the results reveal that 36% of those surveyed are setting higher marketing budgets for the next financial year, while 23% are setting lower budgets compared to those set last year.
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Future Business Centre to be home to Cambridge Cleantech
The Future Business Centre – Cambridge’s first purpose-built incubation centre to help social and environmental businesses start up and succeed - has confirmed that Cambridge Cleantech have signed up as the first tenant to be based at the new Centre.
DEM Solutions named 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Europe winner
DEM Solutions has been selected as a Red Herring Top 100 winner, recognising the Company as one of Europe’s leading privately-held technology companies with disruptive technology in the Computer-Aided-Engineering (CAE) simulation software sector.
ViewRanger app maps outdoor recreation in Denmark
ViewRanger has made exploring Denmark by cycle and on foot easier following the release of topographic maps from the Danish Geodata Agency (Geodatastyrelsen) and more than 200 free-to-download guided walking and cycling trails for the ViewRanger app, which is popular with outdoor enthusiasts worldwide.
The Device Developers' Conference - A new UK event for the entire design team
An event created by engineers – for engineers, taking place in Bristol (14th May), Cambridge (16th May) and Manchester (22nd May).
Family ties: Relationship between human and zebrafish genomes
Researchers demonstrate today that 70 per cent of protein-coding human genes are related to genes found in the zebrafish and that 84 per cent of genes known to be associated with human disease have a zebrafish counterpart. Their study highlights the importance of zebrafish as a model organism for human disease research.
Fishing for solutions
Equipped with the zebrafish genome, researchers have designed a method to assay the function of each and every gene and to explore the effects genetic variation has on zebrafish. So far the team has generated one or more mutations in almost 40% of all zebrafish genes. The resource will be a comprehensive catalogue of how changes to our genes can have physical and biochemical consequences, giving…
Neul hires new CEO
CAMBRIDGE, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Neul, the Cambridge startup developing products and services to realise the industrial internet, announced that it has hired Stan Boland as its new CEO.