Masters of the universe
19 June 2015The ‘world’s largest IT project’ — a system with the power of one hundred million home computers — may help to unravel many of the...
Novel Thoughts #4: Simon Redfern on Chinghiz Aitmatov's Jamila
19 June 2015New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a...
Archive of Margaret Thatcher acquired for the nation
18 June 2015Margaret Thatcher’s previously unpublished memoir of the Falklands War has been acquired for the nation - after Arts Council England today announced the acceptance in lieu...
MRSA contamination found in supermarket sausages and minced pork
18 June 2015A survey carried out earlier this year has found the first evidence of the ‘superbug’ bacteria Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in sausages and minced pork...
Preparing social scientists for the world of big data
18 June 2015The UK lags behind other countries in preparing social scientists for the world of big data, says Dr Brendan Burchell, Director of a new centre...
Food poisoning: the bacteria lurking in your chicken
17 June 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, C is for Chicken – a popular source of protein...
Computer tutor
17 June 2015Millions of English language tests are taken each year by non-native English speakers. Researchers at Cambridge’s ALTA Institute are building ‘computer tutors’ to help learners...
Hope for first treatment targeting cause of debilitating heart and lung disease
17 June 2015A protein that targets the effects of a faulty gene could offer the first treatment targeting the major genetic cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension, according...
A real piece of work
16 June 2015In 2003, researchers embarked on a project to piece together a picture of changes in British working life over the course of 600 years. The...
Tool use is 'innate' in chimpanzees but not bonobos, their closest evolutionary relative
16 June 2015First evidence for a species difference in the innate predisposition for tool use in our closest evolutionary cousins could provide insight into how humans became...