Study linking 28 genes to developmental disorders will mean diagnoses for around 500 families
Research into the causes of developmental disorders has identified 285 genes linked to these conditions, including 28 newly-associated genes.
New team At Domino drives entry into corrugated box sector
A global leader in coding and marking technologies, with headquarters in Cambridge, has announced three new appointments to spearhead its diversification into the digital corrugated box printing sector.
Glitter litter could be damaging rivers - study
New research indicates that glitter could be causing ecological damage to our rivers and lakes.
Pimloc secures £1.4m for AI-based video security and visual data privacy
Pimloc, the visual privacy and security company, has closed £1.4m in new financing in a seed funding round led by Amadeus Capital Partners with participation from Speedinvest and existing shareholders.
AVEVA and SCG announce strategic partnership to deliver a ‘digital reliability platform’
AVEVA, the global leader in engineering and industrial software, and Chemicals Business, SCG, one of the largest petrochemical companies in Thailand and a key industry player in Asia, today announced their strategic partnership to develop a Digital Reliability Platform (DRP), a complete asset performance management (APM) solution to predict equipment health, monitor performance, and enable…
On-demand training in analytical techniques now available from Anthias Consulting Ltd
Analysts can now benefit from on-demand access to Anthias Consulting’s high-quality Virtual Classroom training courses.
D&A Creative produces Smart graphics for SmartRadio
D&A Creative produces an infographic to visually explain the concept of SmartRadio.
How to be interesting
Are you interesting? I think you probably are. In this very short video, Communication Coach (and introvert who's learnt how to do extrovert stuff) Jon Torrens gives you some quick, simple tips.
New global health research to reduce the impacts of COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to impact the lives and wellbeing of people around the globe, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has announced 12 new research projects specifically aimed at tackling the multiple health consequences of the pandemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Kleinwort Hambros: Monthly House Views - October 2020
September was almost set up to fail.
PDH scoops two top industry awards
Yet another cause for celebration In October after hearing that Priority Digital Health scooped two awards at the prestigious Health Tech Digital Awards 2020. It won the ‘Best COVID-19 Solution for Community Care’ award for the ‘Covid-19 Welfare Platform’, which was mobilised in just seven days during the height of the pandemic.
The art of ambiguity
Smiles from social media and two faced leaving speeches prompt a serious message about the art of ambiguity from author and communications consultant Simon Hall...
Veritas Intercontinental closes €5 million of new financing to expand its leadership in preventive genomics
Veritas Intercontinental, a leader in the application of preventive genomic medicine, has completed a new financing of €5 million that strengthens its international expansion and the development of new operational and technological capabilities.
How Team Consulting and partners developed an emergency ventilator in six weeks
In March 2020, facing a perceived risk of lockdown in global ventilator supply chains, the UK Government acted to bolster existing stocks of safety critical ventilators by issuing a challenge: can the UK industry use its ingenuity to develop, manufacture and deliver safety critical ventilators in just a few weeks? Team Consulting was enlisted as part of a consortium of engineering companies to…
URKI funding puts UK at the forefront of next generation plastic recycling
Projects to reduce landfill and incineration of waste plastics and schemes to recycle waste into new, sustainable plastics have received a funding boost today. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is investing £20m in four cutting edge recycling plants.
Awards recognise AVEVA as a top Hydrocarbon Processing industry innovator
Energy industry professionals from around the world gathered at the virtual 2020 Hydrocarbon Processing Awards earlier this month, where AVEVA was recognised for the most innovative technological advances in the hydrocarbon processing industry in two categories.
Hundreds of thousands in UK aren't getting eye care they need
Almost a quarter of people with severe sight loss in the UK are going without the treatment they need, according to a new study being presented at the World Congress on Public Health today (Friday 16 October).
Kleinwort Hambros podcast - The Wealth Chat - What does it mean to be a responsible bank in 2020?
The latest Kleinwort Hambros podcast asks: what does it mean to have a responsible investing proposition? What is 'greenwashing'? What can we expect to positively transform our industry in the next 10 years?
Kleinwort Hambros: CIO Blog - Remember, remember the fourth of November
With hyper-partisanship forming the central theme of our zeitgeist, the upcoming American pageant will be bombastic.
Study examines cultural fit in big pharma integration
Piyush Durani, an Executive MBA graduate of Cambridge Judge (EMBA 2018), measures cultural fit in the $74 billion merger of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene.
Lockdown or not, personality predicts your likelihood of staying home during the pandemic
Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how likely they are to stay at home during the pandemic - and cannot be entirely overridden.
Repurposing drugs for a pan-coronavirus treatment
Drug targets common across three coronavirus strains could be used for rapid treatment response against emerging coronavirus strains.
New round of Innovation Scholars Secondments: Biomedical Sciences opens
UKRI is launching a second round of the Innovation Scholars Secondments scheme.
Birketts’ webinar discusses ‘Homeworking: the new normal’
Birketts has held the latest in its highly regarded series of webinars, this time on the topic of home working. Abigail Trencher hosted the session with contributions from Matthew Gowen, Julie Gowland and Kitty Rosser. Jeanette Wheeler, Head of Employment, joined her colleagues for the Q&A section.
Poultry farmers and pet bird keepers urged to prepare for winter Avian Flu
Iceni Diagnostics’ 15-minute avian flu test would provide frontline alert of infection.