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Hewitsons helps the homeless
Hewitsons managing partner Colin Jones last week visited an initiative the firm is supporting which will provide micro-homes for homeless people in Cambridge.
Birketts’ Corporate Team appoints new Legal Director
Top 100 law firm Birketts has announced the appointment of Melanie Harvey as a Legal Director in its highly regarded Corporate Team.
Why ion channels are important for drug discovery
This guest blog post is an interview conducted by BioStrata and the ELRIG Committee with Dr Marc Rogers, Chief Scientific Officer at Metrion Biosciences
People in England’s poorest towns ‘lose over a decade of good health’, research finds
Cambridge researchers find major health inequalities – as well as a geographic divide – between the most and least deprived English towns. They say that life expectancy in cities is now overtaking towns for the first time.
UK modelling study finds case isolation and contact tracing vital to COVID-19 epidemic control
In the absence of a vaccine or highly effective treatments for COVID-19, combining isolation and intensive contact tracing with physical distancing measures—such as limits on daily social or workplace contacts—might be the most effective and efficient way to achieve and maintain epidemic control, according to new modelling research.
Redgate database monitoring survey highlights the challenges of the new remote working era
Redgate’s third annual State of Database Monitoring Report found that businesses are reprioritizing cloud adoption and automated database monitoring due to the effects of a global lockdown, remote working and a focus on business continuity.
Redgate brings local experts together for APAC Database DevOps event
With the current pandemic causing the cancellation and postponement of IT conferences and events around the world, Redgate Software has accelerated its programme of free virtual events so that IT professionals can continue to develop their skills and enhance their knowledge.
Caring4Elders offer now online
Caring4Elders, local provider of professional wellbeing workshops for employers, delivered its first Webinar version last week of the popular ‘The Final 15’ workshop to a large audience of Arup staff from across the UK.
IQ Capital welcomes Simon Hirtzel as General Partner and COO
IQ Capital, the deep-tech venture capital firm based in Cambridge and London, has appointed Simon Hirtzel as General Partner.
Paragraf partners with CERN to demonstrate unique properties of new graphene Hall effect sensor
Paragraf has embarked on a working partnership with the Magnetic Measurement section at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, with both parties set to demonstrate how new opportunities for magnetic measurements are opened up through the unique properties of its graphene sensor, particularly its negligible planar Hall effect.
Adapting your China business strategy to the post-Covid-19 world
By Ting Zhang, Founder and CEO of Crayfish.ioAs our economies start to reopen round the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth companies starting to reimagine their business models to adapt to the ‘new normal’.
Keen to return to a scientific career? Applications are open for the Janet Thornton Fellowship
Have you had a career break from science, and would like to return? The Wellcome Sanger Institute has created a postdoctoral fellowship specifically for people who have been out of scientific research for 12 months or more.
GCP Executive Board withdraws Cambourne to Cambridge report
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) has withdrawn the report on the Cambourne to Cambridge Better Public Transport Scheme from the agenda for the Executive Board meeting for 25th June.
Case study - Contact centre sales through customer journey and product improvements
Even well-performing sales operations can be improved, as this case study on Hoover Candy demonstrates.
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Trump's restrictions are good for business...
USA Immigration restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump have provided Cambridge based Compandben International with new business opportunities.
Preliminary trial results find dexamethasone reduces death in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19
The ‘RECOVERY’ trial has released preliminary results showing low-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19.
Professor David Abulafia awarded Wolfson History Prize 2020
Abulafia wins for his epic history of humanity’s relationship with the world’s oceans, 'The Boundless Sea'.
AI reduces ‘communication gap’ for nonverbal people by as much as half
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to reduce the ‘communication gap’ for nonverbal people with motor disabilities who rely on computers to converse with others.
Unique axial linear position sensor from CambridgeIC works with a free rotating target
CambridgeIC has released a new axial linear position sensor which works with a rotating target and a big gap to the sensor.
Council urges SMEs ‘Help us to help you’ by sharing reopening stories
With some non-essential businesses reopening this week for the first time in three months, South Cambridgeshire District Council is urging all customer-facing SMEs to complete a short survey to share experiences and concerns about reopening – which the Council will use to inform the support it offers businesses over the coming months.
Meet Cambridge wins Silver Award for sustainability
The official, free venue-finding service for spaces at the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, hotels and other unique properties in and around the city, is celebrating receiving a Silver Award for its environmental achievements.
Continue your professional development online with CPD accredited courses
Cambridge Network’s Learning Collaboration team is delighted to confirm that its online training courses are accredited for valuable Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.
Bit Bio secures $41.5 million of funding from top life science investors
Bit Bio, a Cambridge-based synthetic biology company combining data science and biology to code cells for the wellbeing of humanity, has announced the close of a $41.5 million Series A investment, bringing the company’s total funding to $50 million.