Tired of London? Maybe it’s time to change postal districts
12 January 2015“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,” observed the writer Samuel Johnson in the eighteenth century. In fact, research published...
Practice really does make perfect
08 January 2015New research into the way in which we learn new skills finds that a single skill can be learned faster if its follow-through motion is...
Responsive material could be the ‘golden ticket’ of sensing
07 January 2015A new responsive material ‘glued’ together with short strands of DNA, and capable of translating thermal and chemical signals into visible physical changes, could underpin...
Geochemical reactions may decrease effectiveness of carbon storage schemes
05 January 2015New research shows that the natural reactions taking place in some of the underground reservoirs used to store carbon dioxide may prevent carbon emissions from...
HMS Beagle sketchbooks added to Cambridge Digital Library
05 January 2015Tiny sketchbooks that bring to life one of the most famous voyages in history have been digitised and made available online for the first time.
First scientific report shows police body-worn-cameras can prevent unacceptable use-of-force
23 December 2014As Obama pledges investment in body-worn-camera technology for police officers, researchers say cameras induce ‘self-awareness’ that can prevent unacceptable uses-of-force seen to have tragic consequences...
Watts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric
23 December 2014An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in...
Hunter-gatherer past shows our fragile bones result from physical inactivity since invention of farming
22 December 2014Latest analysis of prehistoric bones show there is no anatomical reason why a person born today could not develop the skeletal strength of a prehistoric...
Gone in 45 nanoseconds – but a new opportunity for quantum control?
22 December 2014In a breakthrough study scientists have revealed the coherence, or the visibility lifespan, of the spin of an electron in an emerging colour centre in...
OCD patients’ brains light up to reveal how compulsive habits develop
19 December 2014Misfiring of the brain’s control system might underpin compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to researchers at the University of Cambridge, writing in the American...