Engineering atoms inside the jet engine: the Great British Take Off
29 June 2015The Periodic Table may not sound like a list of ingredients but, for a group of materials scientists, it’s the starting point for designing the...
Study suggests new treatment for impulsivity in some dementia patients
25 June 2015Restoring the low levels of the chemical serotonin may help improve brain function and reduce impulsivity in some dementia patients, according to Cambridge researchers. A...
I always feel like somebody’s watching me…
25 June 2015What power can individuals have over their data when their every move online is being tracked? Researchers at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory are building new...
Newly-discovered ‘ring of teeth’ helps determine what common ancestor of moulting animals looked like
24 June 2015A new analysis of one of the most bizarre-looking fossils ever discovered has definitively sorted its head from its tail, and turned up a previously...
Where to find a dragon in Cambridge
24 June 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, D is for Dragon. Watch out for fire-breathers among the treasures of the...
‘Pick & mix’ smart materials for robotics
24 June 2015Researchers have successfully combined multiple functions into a single smart life-like material for the first time. These ‘designer’ materials could be used in the robotics,...
How to read a digital footprint
23 June 2015Researchers are using social media data to build a picture of the personalities of millions, changing core ideas of how psychological profiling works. They say...
New technique for ‘seeing’ ions at work in a supercapacitor
22 June 2015A new technique which enables researchers to visualise the activity of individual ions inside battery-like devices called supercapacitors, could enable greater control over their properties...
Expanding the DNA alphabet: ‘extra’ DNA base found to be stable in mammals
22 June 2015A rare DNA base, previously thought to be a temporary modification, has been shown to be stable in mammalian DNA, suggesting that it plays a...
Novel Thoughts #5: Juliet Foster on Susan Fromberg Schaeffer's The Madness of a Seduced Woman
22 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...