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Vinegarroon, Thelyphonida, uropygids, insect 19 Sept 2010

Like an arrow: jumping insects use archery techniques

01 Oct 2008

Froghoppers, the champion jumpers of the insect world, can leap 100 times their body length by using a structure similar to an archer's bow.

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CAPE

Enhancing CAPE-abilities in photonics and electronics

01 Sep 2008

A unique model of industrial-academic partnership is demonstrating how UK R&D can stay ahead of the game in a rapidly moving electronics market...

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New Classroom

Schools get valuable lesson on disease dynamics

04 Jul 2008

Teenagers from two schools visited the Centre for Mathematical Sciences this week to show how they'd unearthed valuable data on disease dynamics...

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Cinema

Celebrating cinema, from 1895 to the digital age

01 May 2008

Why have writers been so fascinated by cinema? What role might this 19th-century invention play in the digital age?

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Watch amazing footage of how nanotubes form

02 Mar 2007

A Cambridge University-led team of scientists have successfully produced live video footage that shows how carbon nanotubes, more than 10,000 times...

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