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TWI holds successful cold spray technology course
Drawing on over 10 years’ experience, TWI recently held a successful two-day course on cold spray technology.
Businesses to hear from China experts at Global Business Network
This month the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce will offer a unique insight into China and offer help and advice on how to enter and grow your business in the Chinese market.
Cambridge Festival of Ideas: India uncovered
India, one of the world's oldest civilisations, features strongly in many of the events at this year's Cambridge Festival of Ideas as it celebrates 70 years since independence and faces up to a host of critical issues for its future, from nationalism to development.
Pirates, reindeer, magic & games: Cambridge Festival of Ideas events for children/families
Children, young people and families are invited to be a part of this year’s 10th annual Cambridge Festival of Ideas (16-29 October) with a packed series of talks, story-telling, games, exhibitions and interactive fun.
Town and gown work together to make Open Cambridge 2017 the biggest yet
What do an 800-year old charter, a ballistic separator, and a mosaic of WWII aircraft all have in common? You can see them all, and much more besides, as part of the Open Cambridge festival this September.
College breweries: when drinking ale at University was safer than sipping tap water
From a College brewery to 3D photography, there’s lots to discover behind the scenes in Cambridge libraries in Open Cambridge 2017.
Fashion tech startup Metail raises £10m in Series B funding round
British retail tech company Metail announces it has closed a £10m Series B funding round to scale operations and expand its presence in Asia, one of the world’s fastest growing retail markets.
Tolerance, understanding and compassion at the Stephen Perse Foundation
Principal of the Stephen Perse Foundation, Tricia Kelleher, blogs about the need to teach tolerance, understand and compassion now more than ever and why we should take inspiration from the views of Jo Cox MP, who was murdered last June.
Transports of delight
Personal transport may be in for some revolutionary changes, predicts The Scientific Alliance.
New report shows EU is biggest export market for 61 of Britain’s 62 cities
Every British city but one sells more of its exports to the EU than anywhere else across the globe, underlining the vital importance of securing the best possible EU trade deal in the Government’s Brexit negotiations – according to a major new report by the think tank Centre for Cities.
CyanConnode Holdings plc reports strong growth
CyanConnode, the world leader in narrowband radio mesh networks, announces a trading update for the 12 months ended 31 December 2016. Trading for the period was in line with management’s expectations with revenues of approximately £1.8 million, which is an increase of 560% compared to the same period last year.
Your chance to comment on Theresa May's Brexit speech
Cambridge Network members are invited to comment on today's speech by Prime Minister Rt Hon Theresa May MP at Lancaster House, which is reproduced in its entirety below.
International Trade Minister Greg Hands visits fast-growing Cambridge life sciences company
Horizon Discovery Group, world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, last week hosted International Trade Minister Greg Hands at its facility in Cambridge.
Marrakech versus Washington
COP 22 climate change talks started the same week as America elected President Trump. The Scientific Alliance comments.
Domino expands in Liverpool - ground-breaking ceremony at new state-of-the-art factory
Domino, the global developer and manufacturer of coding and marking technologies with headquarters at Bar Hill, is celebrating the expansion of its fluids operation in Liverpool with a groundbreaking ceremony on the site of its new state-of-the-art factory on the Senate Business Park in Bootle.
Nuclear con-fusion
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions may have much more potential than is generally realised, suggests The Scientific Alliance.
Could cryptocurrency help the ‘bottom billion’?
Many of the world’s poorest poor don’t have access to a bank account and yet depend on being able to transfer money across borders. Could digital currency help? ask researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.
Particle Works launches range of high quality magnetic nanoparticles
Particle Works – the nano- and microstructured material specialist – has developed magnetic nanoparticles offering superior performance and physical characteristics.
Healing little hearts with the aid of point-of-care ultrasound
Surgical teams from the UK-based charity Healing Little Hearts are using point-of-care ultrasound to help accelerate recoveries and improve outcomes for paediatric patients with congenital heart defects.
FiveAI announces $2.7m funding to apply artificial intelligence to autonomous vehicles
FiveAI, a UK start-up which is using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to accelerate the arrival of fully autonomous vehicles, announces its initial $2.7M of equity funding, led by Amadeus Capital Partners with Spring Partners and Notion Capital.
Taylor Vinters advises Cyan Holdings plc on £6.8 million acquisition of the Connode Group
Taylor Vinters has advised AIM-quoted Cyan Holdings plc (AIM:CYAN.L), the integrated system and software design company delivering mesh based flexible wireless solutions for utility metering and lighting control, on its acquisition of the Connode Group for £6.8 million.
The wrong kind of sponsorship
Activists continue to campaign against BP's sponsorship of the arts. The Scientific Alliance discusses the issues.
Bango launches Direct Carrier Billing in India with Google Play and Idea Cellular
Bango plc, the mobile payments company, announces that it has implemented Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) for Google Play with Idea Cellular in India. This is the first time Android users in India have been able to charge purchases in the Google Play store to their phone bills.
Cricketers are better off batting the ‘wrong’ way
Cricketers have a significant advantage if they bat with the “wrong” hand, according to new research published in the journal Sports Medicine.
Amadeus invests in India’s largest online marketplace, IndiaMART
IndiaMART, India’s largest online marketplace, announced that it has raised a new round of financing led by Amadeus Capital with participation from Westbridge Capital, the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital in addition to Intel Capital, the existing investor in the Company.