Becoming Human
05 August 2009An 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 summer school diaries: this week – conquerors and creepy crawlies
04 August 2009The 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.
The summer school diaries: this week – a voyage into the unknown
04 August 2009What’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.
Genetic link to increased risk of ovarian cancer found
03 August 2009Scientists 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.
BP Institute for Multiphase Flow
01 August 2009Understanding flow – whether it’s of oil, air, lubricants, lava, seawater or CO2 – lies at the heart of Cambridge’s BP Institute.
‘Elephant hunting’ with less risk
01 August 2009Cambridge scientists are helping to improve the chances of success of oil exploration in some of the Earth’s most hostile frontiers.
Lighting for the 21st century
01 August 2009A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.
Plastic Logic: from innovation to impact
01 August 2009The 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.
Campath: from innovation to impact
01 August 2009The 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.
Behaviour of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution
31 July 2009A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and holons.
