G24 Innovations energy harvesting device wins 2012 IDTechEx award
G24 Innovations (G24i), the manufacturer of next-generation Dye Sensitized Photo Electric Cells, was awarded the prestigious IDTechEx prize for the 2012 Best Technical Development of an Energy Harvesting Device at the Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2012 conference and exhibition award dinner in Berlin this week.
Untangling the development of breast cancer
In two back-to-back reports published online in Cell, researchers have sequenced the genomes of 21 breast cancers and analysed the mutations that emerged during the tumours’ development. Led by researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the team created a catalogue of all the mutations in the genomes of the 21 cancer genomes and identified the mutational processes that lead to breast…
Butterfly genome reveals a promiscuous past
An international collaborative study to map the genome of a South American butterfly has identified the secret behind its mimetic nature.
Huppert receives assurances on Green Deal's credentials
MP Julian Huppert has received assurances from the government that its new Green Deal will give investors long-term confidence to invest in companies tackling climate change, such as the newly-launched Cambridge Retrofit scheme.
Somersault announced as official partner of the Think! Sponsorship Conference
Somersault Video Productions have recently been announced as the official production partner of the Think! Sponsorship Conference, which takes place at Rich Mix, East London on May 29th.
Salimetrics-One World: profiles of leaders in salivary bioscience: Dr Mark A Wetherell
Each month Salimetrics will feature an expert from its Saliva Research Community. The intention is to bring together university researchers from around the world, to encourage the sharing of ideas.
Real Status appoints James Easton as Pre-Sales Consultant
Real Status, a company focused on innovation in modelling and visualising IT and cloud computing infrastructure, has appointed James Easton to the position of Pre-Sales Consultant working throughout the EMEA.
Amantys CEO on Electronics & the Smart Grid at Cambridge's flagship Grids & Cleanpower Event
At Smart Grids 2012 Cambridge, Bryn Parry, CEO Amantys Ltd, notes that the current market dynamic pits growing demand and global population against the pressure for a reduced emissions and lower dependency on fossil fuels. This introduces instability at both ends of the system. Renewable energy sources are inherently variable, unstable and remote at one end. And meanwhile, consumers are being…
V-Groove assemblies for arrayed waveguide (AWG) devices
OZ Optics V-Groove array assemblies assist in developing next generation photonic devices.
University of Cambridge launches new investment scheme for start-ups
Cambridge is launching a new investment scheme that will help support new companies connected to the University.
Parmee Prize awarded to research student Felice Torrisi
Felice Torrisi, of the Electrical Engineering Division's Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy Group at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded this year's Parmee Prize for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise for his project on graphene printing technology.
A new dimension to DNA and personalised medicine of the future
By investigating the existence of an unusual four-stranded structure of DNA in human cells, scientists have opened the door to novel cancer therapeutics and a new era for personalised medicine.
£16M boost for UK robotics
Cambridge and Cranfield Universities are at the heart of a £16 million government initiative to boost the use of robotics in UK industry. The research project is a government-industry-academic partnership designed to develop smart machines that think for themselves.
Bianca Forte reviews bioenergy in the East of England at Cleanpower 2012 on 14 June
Taking place within the biomass session of Cleanpower on June 14, this new talk by Bianca Forte of InCrops will showcase some innovative technologies being developed in the East of England, including thermochemical and biological processes for biomass conversion. The combined capabilities in biological sciences, climate change and agricultural R&D found across the InCrops partnership is perhaps…
Selling for engineers - a guide to 'turning technology into revenue'
Energi Technical, an expert in the marketing of technical products, has announced the launch of a series of one-day training courses that will help engineers, technicians and scientists to gain critical knowledge that will help them market and sell their products.
How to have those difficult conversations
elconsulting, the Cambridge based management and leadership training specialists, have launched eltalking.com, a portal which provides busy managers, regardless of skill and experience, access to 20 short streamed film clips on how to have those difficult conversations.
Understanding breast cancer
In a study just published in Nature, researchers describe nine new genes that drive the development of breast cancer. This takes the tally of all genes associated with breast cancer development to 40.
Watch and learn: new training videos from erpho
Erpho (the East of England Public Health Observatory) has produced a series of short video tutorials to introduce you to its work and online tools, as well as to explain some commonly used methods in analysing population health data.
Voyage Manager partners with AST
Voyage Manager Ltd. has partnered with global satellite communications company, Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST Ltd), in order to provide Voyage Manager with access to Iridium as well as other major satellite communication platforms.
Ethical dilemmas and global health
Sociologists Sridhar Venkatapuram and David Stuckler discuss how tensions within society are slowing down the process of combating disease worldwide.
Prism's Bill is 30 years not out
Staff at contract electronics manufacturing services provider Prism Electronics are celebrating! One of the team has reached a remarkable milestone. Long-serving member of staff Bill Smettem has now been with the company for 30 years, joining in 1982 as a temporary production assistant.
Signify a double finalist in prestigious industry awards
Signify has been shortlisted in the Cloud and Security technology categories in the MicroScope Awards for Channel Excellence (ACEs).
Oxford ECI Low Carbon Futures leader to chair 4th annual Smart Grids Conference
An Oxford Don will join the Cambridge Smart Grids Conference on 14 June at Murray Edwards College as Chairwoman. Sarah Darby is deputy leader of the Lower Carbon Futures programme at the Environmental Change Institute, where she researches behavioural aspects of energy use. She works mainly on demand response, tariffs and customer-supplier relations in distributed electricity systems; smart…
KISS Future helps to create new brand for Pilot Fish Partnership
A newly formed partnership has turned to KISS Communications’ standalone service, KISS Future to create a brand and marketing launchpad for their new business.
RSP does Environmental Management!
What is Environmental Management? Environmental Management is not the management of the environment, but the management of the impact and interaction of human society on the environment!