Scientists at the Centre for Neuroscience in Education have been awarded more than £1 million by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to investigate developmental dyscalculia using brain imaging techniques.
An innovative volume of fifteen essays on Prehistoric Material and Spiritual Culture has been published by Cambridge University Press and The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
The winner of the second category in our summer school diary-writing competition is Ieva Lismane, who took part in a residential run by Fitzwilliam and Emmanuel Colleges. Seventeen-year-old Ieva goes to Hounslow Manor School in West London. She and her family came from Latvia to the UK as asylum seekers when she was six years old, and Ieva will be the first in her family to go to university.
What’s Cambridge University really like? Some 700 students from schools and colleges around the country have been finding out by taking part in residential summer schools organised by Cambridge Admissions Office and individual Cambridge colleges.
Scientists have located a region of DNA which – when altered – can increase the risk of ovarian cancer, according to research published in Nature Genetics over the weekend.
Understanding flow – whether it’s of oil, air, lubricants, lava, seawater or CO2 – lies at the heart of Cambridge’s BP Institute.
Cambridge scientists are helping to improve the chances of success of oil exploration in some of the Earth’s most hostile frontiers.
A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.
The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the fascinating story behind the development of a new type of electronic reader.
The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the 30-year journey behind the development of a drug now being used to treat multiple sclerosis.
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