Perspectives on the Nepal earthquake
28 April 2015As the death toll continues to rise in Nepal, Senior Lecturer Dr Ian Willis, and PhD student Evan Miles, from the Scott Polar Research Institute...
Using the internet to boost participation in clinical trials
28 April 2015The success of a clinical trial hinges on its ability to recruit enough patients. Dr Frank Waldron-Lynch from the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research explains...
Nepal shows its vulnerability after devastating earthquake
27 April 2015Following the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal this weekend, Simon Redfern, Professor in Earth Sciences at University of Cambridge, explains in The Conversation how a...
Upside down and inside out
27 April 2015Researchers have captured the first 3D video of a living algal embryo turning itself inside out, from a sphere to a mushroom shape and back...
Fighting cancer: Animal research at Cambridge
24 April 2015A new film from the University of Cambridge looks at how mice are helping the fight against cancer and the facilities in which they are...
Link between proteins points to possibilities for future Alzheimer’s treatments
23 April 2015Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease are linked in a pathway that controls its progression, and that drugs...
“When you are in it, war is hateful and utterly horrible.” A major Rupert Brooke collection comes to Cambridge
23 April 2015On the centenary of the death of Rupert Brooke, King’s College announces the acquisition of a major collection of materials relating to one of the...
"The Professor is World Cup": understanding ‘secret’ urban languages
22 April 2015Research into a ‘playful’ and increasingly popular urban language that grew out of the necessity for criminals to hide their true intent could help organisations...
Listen to your heart: why your brain may give away how well you know yourself
21 April 2015“Listen to your heart,” sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their heartbeat, according to...
Mountain gorilla genome study provides optimism about population numbers
09 April 2015An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservationists new insight into the impact of population decline on...