Egg Cetera #5: Nature’s paradoxical packaging
09 April 2012In the fifth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, engineers and zoologists work together to discover the secrets of the eggshell.
Plastic electronics: a neat solution
09 April 2012A breakthrough in the development of a new generation of plastic electronic circuits by researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory brings flexible and transparent intelligent materials...
Egg Cetera #4: Mayonnaise and the making of masterpieces
08 April 2012In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the richness...
Egg Cetera #3: Take thirty Eggs, fifteen whites, beat them well…
07 April 2012In the third report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, Dr Joe Moshenska delves into Sir Kenelm Digby’s fantastical and exotic 17th-century recipes...
Egg Cetera #2: The answer to the riddle of which came first
06 April 2012In the second report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, let’s begin with the age-old question: which came first, the chicken or the...
Controlling quantum tunnelling with light
05 April 2012New work suggests constructing novel particle opens the door to taming the mysteries of quantum tunnelling.
Egg Cetera #1: The immortal egg
05 April 2012In the first report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, biologists Dr Harry Leitch and Professor Azim Surani describe how advances in understanding...
Lighting up plant cells to engineer biology
05 April 2012Cambridge researchers have developed a new technique for measuring and mapping gene and cell activity through fluorescence in living plant tissue.
How Usain Bolt can run faster – effortlessly
04 April 2012Usain Bolt can achieve faster running times with no extra effort on his part or improvement to his fitness, according to a new study by...
Look familiar?
04 April 2012Introducing the online game for Londoners which researchers hope will one day influence the shape of the nation’s capital.