Tackling inequality in computer science
26 January 2016Riaz Moola is a Gates Cambridge Scholar doing a master's in Technology Policy, but he also runs a company which aims to revolutionise the study of Computer Science in South Africa.
Lizards camouflage themselves by choosing rocks that best match the colour of their backs
25 January 2016New research shows wild Aegean wall lizards found on Greek islands choose to sit on rocks that better match their individual colouring. This improves camouflage and so reduces the risk of being attacked by birds when they sit out in the open, raising the intriguing question of how the lizards know what colour they are.
Boat Race name reflects support for cancer research
25 January 2016The Boat Races will now be known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Races.
Cambridge joins consortium to launch £40 million Apollo Therapeutics Fund
25 January 2016Three global pharmaceutical companies and the technology transfer offices of three world-leading universities – Imperial College London, University College London and the University of Cambridge – have joined forces with a combined £40 million to create the Apollo Therapeutics Fund.
Agreement brings Cambridge closer to Mexico
25 January 2016Annual visiting fellowship created with the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP).
Remedies for infertility: how performative rituals entered early medical literature
24 January 2016A study of one of the most important medieval texts devoted to women’s medicine has opened a window into the many rituals associated with conception and childbirth. Research into the shifting communication of knowledge contributes to a wider project looking at the history of reproduction from ‘magical’ practices right through to IVF.
Opinion: Scientists find way to predict who is likely to wake up during surgery
22 January 2016Srivas Chennu (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) discusses how doctors could use brain waves to help predict how patients will respond to general anaesthetics.
Neighbourhood watch and more: how reed warblers watch out when there’s a cuckoo about
22 January 2016A study of reed warbler behaviour reveals for the first time that in assessing the risks posed by cuckoos the birds combine information from multiple sources. An ‘information highway’ provides one set of clues and personal encounters another. Only when both add up, do the birds take defensive action.
Ebola legacy lab will improve Sierra Leone’s resilience to future epidemics
22 January 2016Samples from the recently confirmed case of Ebola in Sierra Leone have been analysed at a new infectious diseases laboratory in the country, set up in partnership with the University of Cambridge in the wake of the epidemic.
How to get teams to share information
22 January 2016Are you happy to share information with your colleagues? And do they share their valuable information with you? A number of companies have realised that withholding key information within organisational silos might happen more often that we might like to admit. Now a new study suggests how and when companies should restore meaningful communication across the organisation.
