Facebook: Changing the nature of friendship
23 October 2008Facebook encourages people to be more sociable and acts as a form of personal biography, according to a research project conducted by a Cambridge University...
UK research held back by over regulation
17 October 2008Clinical research in the UK is being stifled by over regulation according to a group of leading academics.
Science of music exhibition goes on schools roadshow
10 October 2008Hundreds of schoolchildren in South Cambridgeshire will learn about the science of musical sound this week as part of a touring outreach exercise.
Cambridge graduate wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
08 October 2008A University of Cambridge graduate is one of three winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
New international nanomaterials research programme launched
02 October 2008As part of a unique collaborative agreement, the Japanese government has located a new research satellite at The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge.
Single component biology is past; bioengineering has begun
01 October 2008Professor Nigel Slater, from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, describes how the influx of ideas and principles from non-biological disciplines is shaping a...
Like an arrow: jumping insects use archery techniques
01 October 2008Froghoppers, the champion jumpers of the insect world, can leap 100 times their body length by using a structure similar to an archer's bow.
Possible cause of antisocial behaviour identified by Cambridge scientists
30 September 2008A link between reduced levels of the "stress hormone" cortisol and antisocial behaviour in male adolescents has been discovered by a research team at the...
Anti-ageing for arteries
26 September 2008New research has revealed that statins can prevent the premature ageing of arteries in patients in the advanced stages of heart disease - suggesting a...
Shielding children from HIV
19 September 2008A novel method for preventing HIV transmission from mother to child has been devised with the help of a Cambridge University engineer.