Big ideas in small packages
20 March 2013A video project demonstrates how academic research can be communicated in an engaging format that puts across complex ideas in a nutshell.
Research
A video project demonstrates how academic research can be communicated in an engaging format that puts across complex ideas in a nutshell.
The realisation of quantum networks is one of the major challenges of modern physics. Now, new research shows how high-quality photons can be generated from...
Meet Zoe: a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand with “unprecedented realism” and could herald a new era of human-computer interaction.
Were dinosaurs really the most exciting and interesting creatures ever to roam the planet? Zoologist Nick Crumpton tells the Cambridge Science Festival that it’s high...
Using augmented reality to encourage autistic children to engage in imaginative play.
For many years Paul Kosmetatos worked in the City of London’s financial sector, where he became fascinated by the unfolding of periodic crises. Today he’s...
Fossils of a creature that lived on the ocean floor 505 million years ago have been identified by scientists as those of a previously-unknown marine...
Breast tumour DNA circulating in the bloodstream could be used to measure how well a woman’s cancer is responding to treatment, according to a new...
Research paves way for the development of a vaccine for the contagious cancer which is driving Tasmanian devils to the brink of extinction.
Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from ‘traces’ left by seemingly innocuous digital behaviour, in this case...