A natural industriousness?
13 January 2014To make an impact on policy, you need to get your hands dirty, as Dr Kamal Munir, author of Pakistan’s industrial policy, explains.
Professor Dame Ann Dowling has been nominated as the first female President of the Royal Academy of Engineering
10 January 2014The Council of the Royal Academy of Engineering has nominated Professor Dame Ann Dowling FREng FRS, Head of the Department of Engineering, as its Presidential...
Rewiring stem cells
09 January 2014A new technique for determining what causes stem cells to convert into other cell types could revolutionise our understanding of how genes function.
Black Power in Britain becoming “forgotten history”
05 January 2014A new biography of Darcus Howe, which offers the first detailed history of Britain’s little-known Black Power movement, claims that the racism it fought is...
Scientists highlight the resurrection of extinct animals as both a strong possibility and a major potential conservation issue
23 December 2013Scientists from across the world have “scanned the horizon” in order to identify potentially significant medium and long-term threats to conservation efforts.
Professor Sir David Baulcombe has won the first Barbara McClintock prize for Plant Genetics and Genome studies
19 December 2013Professor Sir David Baulcombe, from the Department of Plant Sciences, is the first recipient of the McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies awarded...
Flights of fancy: the evolution of plumage patterns in male and female birds
18 December 2013Research published today looks at the evolutionary pathways to differences in bird plumage patterns between males and females – and concludes that birds are able...
Study confirms a gene linked to Asperger Syndrome and empathy
17 December 2013Scientists have confirmed that variations in a particular gene play a key role in the autism spectrum condition known as Asperger Syndrome. They have also...
Quantum waves at the heart of organic solar cells
12 December 2013Researchers have been able to tune ‘coherence’ in organic nanostructures due to the surprise discovery of wavelike electrons in organic materials, revealing the key to...
Professor Michael Green awarded the 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
12 December 2013Professor Michael Green, FRS, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, has been jointly awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with Professor John H. Schwarz,...