Held every year in February in San Francisco, the IEEE's International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) is the world showcase for innovative circuit design. This is the 60th conference, and year's theme is '60 years of (em)powering ...
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Cancer researchers have joined forces with astronomers to identify biomarkers that signal a cancer's aggressiveness. In a study published by the British Journal of Cancer, experts from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and the ...
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High-tech venture capital in the UK and Ireland ended the year on a high note with £209m invested in 60 companies compared to £129m in 48 deals in Q4 2011, says Ascendant, the tech-focussed investment company. Over 2012 as a ...
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On 26 February at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (1–5pm at the Barcelona Mandarin Oriental), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes gallium nitride (GaN) RF components, and fabless semiconductor firm Eta Devices ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK has released details of test results that demonstrate how its envelope tracking (ET) technology can unlocks the potential of RF CMOS power amplifiers (PAs) for high-end 3G and 4G ...
East of England firms were urged to explore new trade opportunities with Russia following a three-day trade mission with Lord Green during December to the UK’s fastest growing major export market. As part of the mission, Lord Green ...
More than 1 billion Euro in funding has been raised by companies with roots in Cambridge research, according to year-end results from Cambridge Enterprise, the University's commercialisation arm. The company works with University inventors ...
Over 80 per cent of patients with suspected cancer are being referred to their GP in the first two consultations. This is according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer, which also found that more than half of those sent ...
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Twitter has confirmed that it acquired Bluefin Labs, a vendor of data that uses commentary on social networks to measure the effectiveness of commercials and programs on TV. "We believe that Bluefin's data science capabilities and social ...
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Canada-based Delft Blue is voluntarily recalling Compliments brand Breaded Veal as it may contain mustard which is not declared on the label, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The affected product, Compliments brand ...
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Neul has announced its first transceiver chip for 'white space' communications in 470-790MHz UHF TV bands. Called Iceni, the chip is intended for secure non-line-of-sight machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Both 6 and 8MHz ...
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Nujira says the first 4G LTE smartphones to use its power efficient RF technology will be on the market next year. “In the past it was an aspiration to get envelope-tracking (ET) technology designed into volume handsets, now we know ...
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Cambridge Consultants has developed a sticky radio tag that will detect bad handling of parcels by delivery firms. Called DropTag, the gadget combines a battery, a low-energy Bluetooth transmitter, an accelerometer and a memory chip. ...
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Exterior Lighting manufacturer DW Windsor Lighting is extremely proud to have been involved in the redevelopment of Divinity School, Cambridge. Completed in 1879, the Neo-Tudor building was designed for St John’s College by Basil ...
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Trinity College Cambridge gets unanimous support for the installation of solar panels on the roof of the Grade I-listed New Court student accommodation. Objections were raised by English Heritage who did not understand the justification ...