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• Condoms safety fear

  - 2008-10-20

  STUDENTS were uraed not to use free STUDENTS were urged not to use free condoms handed out at a Cambridge University freshers' fair over safety fears. The Cambridge University Student Union CUSU said the contraceptives did not have a BSI Kitemark - a symbol showing the product has been independently...

  Tags: Handhelds, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, University of Cambridge

• Convergence Technologies Group Incorporated Secures Support Contract with Cambridge University Press

  - 2008-09-02

  STAFFORD, England -- Convergence Technologies Group Inc (Pink Sheets:CNVG) UK subsidiary Voice 2 Voice Limited secures Support/Maintenance Contract with Cambridge University Press worth $30,000 per Annum. Cambridge University Press publishes the finest academic and educational writing from around the world. As a department of the University of Cambridge, its...

  Tags: convergence, HARDWARE, Printers, READERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, University of Cambridge

• Top UK Hospital Commences Treating Cancer Patients with the TomoTherapy® Hi-Art® Radiation Therapy System

  - 2007-11-12

  MADISON, Wis. -- TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TTPY) today announced that Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, England has begun treating cancer patients with the TomoTherapy([R]) Hi-Art([R]) system. Addenbrooke's, run by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is the first National Health Service NHS-affiliated institution to install the Hi-Art system, an innovative technology...

  Tags: England, HARDWARE, patient, Scanners, therapy, University of Cambridge

• Energy: Holding Tight

  - 2007-01-29

  Nuclear power is enjoying a renaissance as a green alternative to coal, but what should be done with all the radioactive byproducts? One idea is to combine them with radiation-resistant ceramics and bury them underground until they're harmless--which would take about 240,000 years. Physicist Ian Farnan of Cambridge University has...

  Tags: HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, renaissance, Scanners, technique, University of Cambridge

• Energy: Holding Tight.(Brief article)

  - 2007-01-29

  Byline: Rebecca Hall Nuclear power is enjoying a renaissance as a green alternative to coal, but what should be done with all the radioactive byproducts? One idea is to combine them with radiation-resistant ceramics and bury them underground until they're harmless--which would take...

  Tags: coal, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, renaissance, Scanners, technique, University of Cambridge

• Setback for safe storage of nuclear waste.

  - 2007-01-16

  Jan 16, 2007 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A new study shows that zircon is not as effective in trapping nuclear waste as previously believed. Until now, scientists thought zircon could hold nuclear waste within its crystalline structures for at least 241,000 years. ...

  Tags: HARDWARE, MARKETING, scientist, Storage, University of Cambridge

• Government invests GBP800,000 to develop new hand-held technology to detect diseases in the field.

  - 2006-10-13

  M2 PRESSWIRE-13 October 2006-UK Government: Government invests GBP800,000 to develop new hand-held technology to detect diseases in the fieldC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12102006 A new portable and low cost, rapid response disease diagnosis device, which could help doctors make instant and...

  Tags: Government, Handhelds, HARDWARE, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Technology, University of Cambridge

• WAX info exhibits at the Tokyo Security Expo.

  - 2006-08-29

  M2 PRESSWIRE-29 August 2006-Wax ActiveLibrary: WAX info exhibits at the Tokyo Security ExpoC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29082006 Wax ActiveLibrary, a network application used by PC users for the secure publication, storage, search, and retrieval of information, has been successfully launched by...

  Tags: Desktops, HARDWARE, network, PC, Strategy, University of Cambridge

• WAX Info breaks into Japan with prestigious Tokyo installation.

  - 2006-08-23

  M2 PRESSWIRE-23 August 2006-WAX info: WAX Info breaks into Japan with prestigious Tokyo installationC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23082006 Wax info Limited of Cambridge www.waxinfo.com - one of the country's leading developers of secure distributed content management software - has completed the...

  Tags: Desktops, HARDWARE, Japan, PC, Servers, Tokyo, University of Cambridge

• CAPE Engineers Collaborating With Advance Nanotech Receive Prestigious Grant for Work in Ultrafast Photonics Devices

  - 2006-06-22

  NEW YORK -- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Grants $163,700 for Developing Ultrafast Laser, Optical Networking and Interconnect Devices Advance Nanotech, Inc., (OTCBB:AVNA), the premier provider of financing and support services to expedite the commercialization of nanotechnology discoveries, today announced the United Kingdom's Engineering and Physical Sciences...

  Tags: commercialization, HARDWARE, laser, Nanotechnology, nanotube, Semiconductors, University of Cambridge