HMS Beagle sketchbooks added to Cambridge Digital Library
05 January 2015Tiny sketchbooks that bring to life one of the most famous voyages in history have been digitised and made available online for the first time.
First scientific report shows police body-worn-cameras can prevent unacceptable use-of-force
23 December 2014As Obama pledges investment in body-worn-camera technology for police officers, researchers say cameras induce ‘self-awareness’ that can prevent unacceptable uses-of-force seen to have tragic consequences...
Watts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric
23 December 2014An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in...
Hunter-gatherer past shows our fragile bones result from physical inactivity since invention of farming
22 December 2014Latest analysis of prehistoric bones show there is no anatomical reason why a person born today could not develop the skeletal strength of a prehistoric...
Gone in 45 nanoseconds – but a new opportunity for quantum control?
22 December 2014In a breakthrough study scientists have revealed the coherence, or the visibility lifespan, of the spin of an electron in an emerging colour centre in...
OCD patients’ brains light up to reveal how compulsive habits develop
19 December 2014Misfiring of the brain’s control system might underpin compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to researchers at the University of Cambridge, writing in the American...
‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained
18 December 2014New study describes a fundamental mechanism regulating a protein’s shape and function, with potential applications in biotechnology and drug development.
First of new generation of cancer drugs granted European approval
18 December 2014A new drug for ovarian cancer, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and AstraZeneca, has today become the first of new class of...
Research Excellence Framework confirms Cambridge’s global strength and depth in research
18 December 2014Almost nine out of ten (87%) University of Cambridge submissions for the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) have been rated as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally...
Earliest known piece of polyphonic music discovered
17 December 2014New research has uncovered the earliest known practical piece of polyphonic music, an example of the principles that laid the foundations of European musical tradition.