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...
Opinion: What makes the Cambridge cluster special?
13 November 2017Andy Neely is Cambridge’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations, a role which oversees the University’s activities in innovation, commercialisation and entrepreneurship. After six months...
Children with disabilities are being denied equal opportunities for a quality education across the world, including in the UK
13 November 2017Researchers from the Faculty of Education have produced a new report on the current state of education for children with disabilities in both England...
Archaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old sundial during Roman theatre excavation
08 November 2017A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial – one of only a handful known to have survived – has been recovered during the excavation of a...
Sheep are able to recognise human faces from photographs
08 November 2017Sheep can be trained to recognise human faces from photographic portraits – and can even identify the picture of their handler without prior training –...
Height and weight evolved at different speeds in the bodies of our ancestors
08 November 2017The largest study to date of body sizes over millions of years finds a “pulse and stasis” pattern to hominin evolution, with surges of growth...
Fully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric
08 November 2017Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new possibilities for smart textiles and wearable electronics. The circuits were...