American military bases are situated around the world, but what happens when the relationship takes a turn for the worse? This is the subject of ‘Embattled Garrisons’ a new book by Dr Kent Calder Director of the SAIS Reischauer Centre For East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and the topic of his talk here at Cambridge University next week.
Scientists have uncovered the underlying biological reason why locusts form migrating swarms. Their findings, reported in today's edition of Science, could be used in the future to prevent the plagues which devastate crops (notably in developing countries), affecting the livelihood of one in ten people across the globe.
A leading member of the Orthodox Union will address whether a creation-based religion can be consistent with science and evolution at a lecture on 4th February.
More than 1000 University staff will swell the crowd at Cambridge United on Thursday evening as the city’s football team take on rivals Oxford United, 7.45pm kick-off.
Cambridge research that explores the use of stem cells to treat sight-threatening conditions such as glaucoma, while also replacing the use of animals, has today been recognised with a national prize by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).
A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75% in five years time, thanks to research at Cambridge University.
Cambridge University has today (27 January) been named one of six research hubs in the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council’s new £27M Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC).
When Professor Alison Richard rang a handbell at an alumni gathering in Mumbai on Saturday 17 January she was celebrating the start of the University’s 800th anniversary year but also the culmination of a busy ten-day visit to India.
The Reverend Professor Keith Ward will be discussing the so-called ‘new atheists’ in a lecture entitled God, Science and New Atheism at the Faraday Institutes termly Public Lecture this afternoon
One of Cambridge University’s largest lecture theatres was full to capacity last Saturday as almost 300 high-achieving students from all over the East of England and London took part in an event offering advice about post-GCSE subject choices.
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