Towards the ‘holy grail’ of anticoagulant drugs
17 Jun 2013New Cambridge spin-out raises $11 million in funding to develop revolutionary new drug for thrombosis, which causes heart attacks and strokes.
Born to rule: two public talks look at royal births of the past
16 Jun 2013The hype surrounding the birth of a royal baby is nothing new. Two public lectures (18 and 25 June) will explore the Tudor and Stuart obsession with producing a male heir.
Literacy, not income, key to improving public health in India
13 Jun 2013New research suggests public health in developing countries may be better improved by reducing illiteracy rather than raising average income.
Cambridge named Academic Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research
13 Jun 2013Cambridge formally recognised as centre of excellence for cybsersecurity research.
Molecular ‘sieves’ harness ultraviolet irradiation for greener power generation
12 Jun 2013Latest research uses membrane technology for ‘energy efficient’ gas separation - a crucial part of many major industrial processes and important focus for increased sustainability in global energy production.
Cambridge unveils plans to become Retrofit City
12 Jun 2013A new network of public and private sector organisations aims to carry out retrofits across Cambridge, bringing down carbon emissions, cutting energy costs, and helping to make it the first city to meet the UK Climate Change Act carbon reduction target of 80% by 2050.
Fractal patterns spontaneously emerge during bacterial cell growth
11 Jun 2013Scientists discover highly asymmetric and branched patterns are the result of physical forces and local instabilities; research has important implications for understanding biofilms and multicellular systems.
Genetic studies lead to clinical trial of new treatment for type 1 diabetes
10 Jun 2013New treatment could reduce insulin injections to just once or twice a week.
How to care for carers
10 Jun 2013Carers’ week (10-16 June) will focus on the 6.5 million people who are carers. Many are providing palliative care for a relative or friend at home. A new tool has been developed to identify carers’ needs during end-of-life care at home and enable them to work more smoothly with healthcare professionals.
New Centre will bring together frontier physics research and the needs of industry
06 Jun 2013A centrepiece building for exploratory ‘blue skies’ research and industrial partnerships in the physical sciences will be created at the University of Cambridge to investigate new approaches to fundamental science and to solving global challenges, such as natural resource demand.