Golden touch makes low-temperature graphene production a reality
12 October 2011A method which more than halves the temperature at which high-quality graphene can be produced has been pioneered by researchers.
Tweeting disasters
12 October 2011Social networks like Twitter cannot help prevent disasters, but can quickly correct misinformation resulting from false rumours preventing possible further loss of lives, a leading...
Researchers develop new test for children with vision loss
11 October 2011Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially...
The Case for Children’s Poetry
11 October 2011Morag Styles may be the only Professor of Children’s Poetry out there. Having recently taken up her new role, here she explains why poetry for...
The Idea of the University
10 October 2011The idea of the university and the roles assigned to universities in the 21st Century will be the subject of a lecture series beginning in...
Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis
10 October 2011Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei that causes melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious disease, develops resistance to the standard antibiotic...
A Greek tragedy in health?
10 October 2011Cambridge-led research documents rises in HIV, heroin use, prostitution, homicides and suicides in the wake of the Greek financial crisis.
Born identity revealed in newly-opened archive
07 October 2011A Nobel Prize Medal, a postcard from Einstein and a Hitler-stamped letter of expulsion are among a fascinating archive of documents and other material belonging...
Possible tool to help cocaine users kick the habit
06 October 2011Medicines which increase levels of the brain chemical dopamine may hold the key to helping those addicted to cocaine and amphetamines kick the habit, researchers...
Paterson Medal and Prize
06 October 2011Dr Jochen Guck from the University’s Department of Physics has been awarded the Paterson Medal and Prize for distinguished early career research in applied physics...