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Plextek and CNIguard develop new IoT system to prevent manhole cover explosions and fires on city streets
UK engineering and design consultancy, Plextek ,has been working with US-based CNIguard to develop a new IoT-based system to prevent manhole explosions, primarily caused by bad weather and flooding interacting with aging underground power infrastructures. For example, a mixture of melting snow and road salt can wash into manholes, leading to the electricity cables arcing. The first city…
Repositive appoints new Head of Strategic Growth and leading commercial advisers to drive scale-up
Repositive – the Cambridge-based startup that connects researchers with the right preclinical cancer models for their research – today announced the appointment of Slaven Stekovic as Head of Strategic Growth, along with leading commercial experts (Mariana Vaschetto and Francesca Crawford) to its advisory board, to drive the company’s scale-up and global growth ambitions within the pharma and…
One in five surgeons set to retire early due to physical toll
Survey exposes the physical impact on surgeons of conducting minimal access/keyhole procedures that threaten to shorten surgical careers and put further pressure on health systems.
Tencent funds postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Engineering
Technology giant Tencent has made a generous gift to fund a new five-year postdoctoral research fellowship in the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, one of the leading centres of engineering in the world.
UKRI-funded pioneering data research centres to enable cutting-edge research and innovation to benefit UK patients
Pioneering data hubs that enable cutting-edge research for health discoveries and aim to give patients across the UK faster access to pioneering new treatments will be rolled out next month.
Wentworth Laboratories appoints new Engineering Manager
In his new position, Ioannis will head up a team of software, electronics and mechanical design engineers, and ensure streamlined procedures and a smooth co-operation between sales, purchasing and engineering departments.
Charity treasure hunt increases Cambridge knowledge
The official conference and events bureau for Cambridge recently invited staff from its member venues to take part in a networking treasure hunt to brush up on their local knowledge – and raise funds for its designated charity at the same time.
Programme announced for TWI Hellas Innovation Summit
The TWI Hellas Innovation Summit – a one-day conference for European SMEs and research and technology organisations (RTOs) seeking technology partners – is taking place on 7 November 2019 at the President Hotel in Athens, Greece.
Penningtons Manches Cooper puts Kettle’s Yard in the frame once again
The Cambridge office of top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper is delighted to announce the renewal of its sponsorship of Kettle’s Yard, the University of Cambridge’s world-class modern and contemporary art gallery.
How to motivate your team in 2020 without spending £££££s
People go to work for nine different reasons, and money is only one of them!
Cambridge MP urges Transport Secretary to commit to climate-friendly East West Rail and scrapping Expressway
Following a major East-West Conference held in London today, Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner has written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP to ask for his assurances that East West Rail will be electrified, not diesel, and that it will be a public railway.
'The Lost Words - forget-me-not' are written in stone
A new exhibition, 'The Lost Words - forget-me-not', which opens in Cambridge soon, shows artworks created by letter carvers featuring words from nature that have been deleted from the Oxford Children's Junior Dictionary. Conker, bluebell, newt and weasel have been replaced with website, celebrity and blog...
Plextek launches new defence business unit
UK-based engineering and design consultancy, Plextek, is launching a new defence business unit called Plextek DTS (Defence Technology Solutions), to help government agencies, defence suppliers and military stakeholders find new exploitation paths to support UK forces.
Johnson Matthey technology selected for Louisiana methanol plant
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces that it has been awarded the methanol plant licence for Methanex Corporation’s Geismar 3 plant in Louisiana, USA, incorporating the world’s largest standalone autothermal reformer (ATR) in the methanol marketplace.
‘Game-changing’ research could solve evolution mysteries
An evolution revolution has begun after scientists extracted genetic information from a 1.7 million-year-old rhino tooth – the largest and oldest genetic data to ever be recorded.
Arm joins CXL - establishing key industry standard to streamline heterogeneous compute
Compute Express Link (CXL) is a new high-speed CPU interconnect interface to accelerators and memory expansion. Arm joins forces in CXL with industry leaders Alibaba, Facebook, Google and Microsoft and hardware providers Cisco, Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei and Intel Corporation, aiming to develop the necessary specifications.
Cambridge and district pubs listed in the 2020 Good Beer Guide
The 47th edition of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide features 4,500 of the best real ale pubs from across the United Kingdom. The entries from the Cambridge and district branch area showcase the top 26 of these pubs, both city and rural.
Sustainable fuels could play an important role in reducing transport emissions, says study
While electric vehicles are becoming cheaper, sustainable fuels could also play an important role in reducing transport emissions in order to meet climate-change goals, says a new study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Are you an early stage innovator who wants to know how the NHS evaluates and purchases digital solutions?
The Eastern Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) is running an event in Peterborough on Monday 30 September entitled ’How the NHS evaluates and purchases digital solutions’’.
Porphyromonas gingivalis vaccines - gum disease is just the beginning...
This month VacZine Analytics, a UK-based strategic research publisher exclusively focused on vaccines and infectious diseases, releases a brand-new commercial assessment of Porphyromonas gingivalis vaccines.
MRC’s first decade of translational research funding leads to £1.1bn private-sector investment and new therapies for patients
A new report has found that MRC funding schemes for translational research have boosted the UK’s life sciences industry since they were introduced in 2008. Over £530 million of new translational research funding since 2008 has led to MRC-linked spin-outs securing £1.1 billion in private sector investment and delivering health benefits, such as new gene therapies and medical devices.
Spark partners with Hyundai, Wayra and the Connected Places Catapult to drive greater electric vehicle adoption
Extensive real-world range prediction trials saw Hyundai Kona EV models equipped with Spark’s technology for a month.
Festival offers a classical music experience for the playlist generation
Classical music lovers are often stereotyped as older people who already know their Brahms from their Beethoven. But this year’s Cambridge Music Festival aims to reach a very different type of listener: a growing legion of fans who are getting their classical fix in bite-sized morsels on streaming platforms, and may never have set foot in a concert hall at all – until now.
Adder lands at IBC with ‘world first’ 4K IP KVM
Adder Technology, a global specialist in connectivity and IP KVM, will be bringing the world’s first dual-head high performance, 4K IP KVM matrix over a single fibre to IBC 2019.
AVEVA builds on continued success to deliver end-to-end digital transformation capability
New software leader paves the way for industries to realise Digital Transformation, with offerings enabling value capture across Engineering, Operations and Maintenance by empowering the workforce.