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Can federated learning save the world?
Training the artificial intelligence models that underpin web search engines, power smart assistants and enable driverless cars, consumes megawatts of energy and generates worrying carbon dioxide emissions. But new ways of training these models are proven to be greener.
Unhealthy patterns of diet, exercise, and sleep linked to high risk of cardiovascular disease in autistic people
Autistic people have far greater risks of long term physical health conditions than others, but the reasons for this remain unclear. New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that unhealthy lifestyle habits may be an important contributing factor.
IDTechEx explores graphene for 6G communications
6G communications need graphene, says IDTechEx in its latest report.
Council offers free mental health webinars for businesses
South Cambridgeshire District Council has organised a series of free webinars for local businesses addressing different aspects of mental health.
Applications open for cash to spend on South Cambridgeshire projects to tackle climate change
South Cambridgeshire’s community groups can now bid for a share of £100,000 from the District Council’s Zero Carbon Communities Grant scheme, which has already funded more than 35 grassroots projects to tackle climate change.
CIIPM training focuses on IP management and commercialisation
CIIPM offers three virtual training courses focusing on IP management and commercialisation.
Hubrecht Institute licenses Flow Eighteen38 reagent antibodies for cancer research
Porto, Portugal and Utrecht, Netherlands... Flow Eighteen38 and FairJourney Biologics S.A. (FJB), leaders in the discovery and optimization of antibodies, have today announced an agreement with the Hubrecht Institute to harness the potential of FJB’s proprietary llama naïve libraries to develop antibodies to be used as research tools for the group of Hans Clevers.
One person dies on-farm every two weeks: life-saving agri-tech launched
Digital technologies aim to embed safety and compliance into farm culture.
Integration of Mcule’s purchasable compound library in Blaze™ virtual screening platform provides greater chemical diversity for outsourced projects
Cresset Discovery Services, a contract research organisation (CRO) for early phase small molecule discovery, and Mcule, provider of an online compound database, announces that Cresset Discovery Services now has access to Mcule’s purchasable compound library thorough the Blaze™ virtual screening platform.
Medovate collaborates on ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia awareness, education and training at ASRA 2021
Building on their existing partnership to promote ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia, Medovate and Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc will showcase their combined solution and sponsor educational and training sessions at the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) 46th Annual Meeting.
Set designs for Cambridge Arts Theatre by celebrated East Anglian artist Edward Seago set to go to under the hammer
Three set designs for Cambridge Arts Theatre by celebrated East Anglian artist, Edward Seago, will go under the hammer at Cheffins at the Art & Design sale on Thursday 27th May.
Phico Therapeutics raises £7 million investment
Phico Therapeutics Ltd, a biotechnology company developing engineered phage technology as the basis of a new generation of antibiotics to overcome antibacterial resistance, today announced £7 million in new investment.
Bango and NTT DATA partner to expand payments across Asia
Bango plc (AIM: BGO), the global platform for data-driven commerce, announces that merchants using the Bango Platform to offer online payments can now expand their footprint to hundreds of millions more users in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, and other key Asian markets. Merchants integrated to Bango now have access to the most popular mobile wallets and direct account…
Landmark skills training report calls for wide-ranging reboot of UK system
In his first update as Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, Vic Annells shares the Workplace Training and Development Commission Report.
SARS-CoV-2 drug discovery: COVID-19 virus ion channels
By Dr Marc Rogers, Chief Scientific Officer at Metrion Biosciences
New mental health service caring for NHS Trust staff
NHS staff across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough now have access to a pioneering service providing specialist mental health care and support for NHS Trust staff dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bamboo Systems’ Victoria Grey featured on CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel list
Bamboo Systems, a provider of revolutionary Arm-based, enterprise-class servers architected to meet the needs of today’s software design and data centre demands, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Bamboo Systems’ CMO Victoria Grey to the Women of the Channel list for 2021.
Smarter entertainment: How full fibre can transform our downtime and upgrade our lives
Rapid growth of home broadband has changed all of our lives and has had a transformative impact on the entertainment we consume.
Cambridge battery tech spinout Echion continues to scale
Echion Technologies, spin-out company from the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, supplies high-power Li-ion battery anode materials that enable superfast charging for a range of applications, from consumer electronics to electric vehicles.
Qualcomm debuts new video series 'The Future of'
Qualcomm Senior VP and General Manager Alex Katouzian kicks off his “The Future of…” series with an insightful, forward-looking discussion about the mobile PC.
Plant protein plastic start-up continues rapid growth with expert hires
Creator of natural alternatives to single-use plastics, Xampla, has welcomed two expert hires ahead of bringing its first products to market later this year.
Identifying the rise of multi drug resistant E.coli
Antibiotic resistance in E.coli has been steadily increasing since the early 2000s despite attempts to control it, a new study suggests.
Cambridge Index falls 1.3%
The Cambridge Index declined 359.3 points or 1.3% to close at 27670.1, as five of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
Strong economic recovery lowers forecast for business borrowing in 2021 by £7bn
UK firms are now expected to borrow a net £19bn this year – £7bn less than forecast in February – as the economy rebounds quicker than anticipated and the demand for loans to support cashflow reduces, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Interim Bank Lending Forecast.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – incorporate nature into your wellbeing strategy
Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 and this year, the Mental Health Foundation decided that Nature should be the key theme. This is due to the increase in the number of people turning to nature during the pandemic to maintain positive mental health.