BA Festival of Science Webcast
05 September 2005Cambridge University Science Productions (CUSP) is broadcasting distinguished popular lectures from the BA Festival of Science at Trinity College Dublin between September 5 and 9 September, 2005.
More Room at the UL
01 September 2005A six million pound extension to the University Library’s storage facilities comes on line this Autumn.
"God bears me a grudge"
26 August 2005A forgotten diary has revealed some previously unseen sides to Winston Churchill’s personality.
Real Madagascar
26 August 2005If a talking zebra, giraffe and hippo seemed strange in the animated movie ’‘Madagascar’, then the real life furry inhabitants of the island in the Indian Ocean will seem truly bizarre.
Top SET - AWAITING DETAILS OF OTHER SHORTLISTED STUDENTS
23 August 2005A University of Cambridge student has reached the final of the Science, Engineering & Technology (SET) Students of the Year Civil Engineering Award. DO NOT USE THIS STORY BEFORE CHECKING WITH ALEXANDRA BIODE OF SET AWARDS WHETHER WE HAVE STUDENTS SHORTLISTED IN OTHER CATEGORIES AS WELL. (ALEX IS ON 020 7464 8581.)
Dementia in England and Wales
19 August 2005Improved health and mortality are not likely to guard against the risk of developing dementia, according to a recent study by Professor Carol Brayne from the University of Cambridge and Dr Fiona Matthews of the MRC Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge.
Major grant from the U.S.
18 August 2005Charles ffrench-Constant, Professor of Neurological Genetics and Robin Franklin, Professor of Neuroscience have recently received a $3.8 million grant from the United States National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) society and will be leading an international team in an exploration on how to enhance the body’s myelin repair abilities by focusing on the development and regeneration of the oligodendrocyte.
Engineers discover blue phase
18 August 2005Researchers at the University’s Department of Engineering have discovered a class of blue-phase liquid crystals that remain stable over a wide range: from 16 to 60 degrees.
Fitzwilliam Painting short-listed for the Greatest Painting in Britain
18 August 2005‘The Last of England’, painted by Ford Madox Brown and housed at the Fitzwilliam Museum has been short-listed in a poll by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and the National Gallery to find the Greatest Painting in Britain.
