Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves
29 November 2017Making eye contact with an infant makes adults’ and babies’ brainwaves ‘get in sync’ with each other – which is likely to support communication and...
Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with landmark exhibition
24 November 2017A box full of diamonds, volcanic rock from Mount Vesuvius, and the geology guide that Darwin packed for his epic voyage on the Beagle will...
How to cut your lawn for grasshoppers
22 November 2017Picture a grasshopper landing randomly on a lawn of fixed area. If it then jumps a certain distance in a random direction, what shape should...
Report highlights opportunities and risks associated with synthetic biology and bioengineering
21 November 2017Human genome editing, 3D-printed replacement organs and artificial photosynthesis – the field of bioengineering offers great promise for tackling the major challenges that face our...
Opinion: Charles Manson: death of America's 1960s bogeyman
21 November 2017Charles Manson, one of America's most notorious criminals and cult leaders, has died. In an article written for The Conversation, James Riley from Cambridge's Faculty...
Ancient fish scales and vertebrate teeth share an embryonic origin
20 November 2017Latest findings support the theory that teeth in the animal kingdom evolved from the jagged scales of ancient fish, the remnants of which can be...
The beauty of engineering
20 November 2017Crystal tigers, metal peacock feathers and a 'nano man' are just some of the striking images featured in the Department of Engineering's annual photo competition, the winners of...
‘Mini liver tumours’ created in a dish for the first time
16 November 2017Scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first time. In a paper published in...
Keyhole surgery more effective than open surgery for ruptured aneurysm
15 November 2017The use of keyhole surgery to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is both clinically and cost effective and should be adopted more widely, concludes a...
Opinion: What can we learn about you from just one click?
14 November 2017How effective is psychological targeting in advertising? Dr Sandra Matz, a former PhD student at Cambridge now based at Columbia University, and her co-authors, including...