Games for nature
24 February 2012Can digital games and virtual worlds help us save nature? Conservation scientists Bruno Monteferri, Chris Sandbrook and Bill Adams explore whether computer gaming is a...
Head of World Bank to deliver prestigious Roskill Lecture at Churchill College
22 February 2012The President of the World Bank, Robert B Zoellick, is to deliver the biennial Roskill Lecture at Cambridge University’s Churchill College this evening, one of...
Exposure to micronutrients prior to pregnancy has been associated with gene modifications in offspring
22 February 2012Scientists find that micronutrients affect methylation, which has been associated with changes in the immune system.
'Picture This #17' - Ezra Pound by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Kettle's Yard
22 February 2012Jim Ede, creator of Kettle’s Yard, acquired the estate of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska after his death and Kettle’s Yard now contains one of the largest collections...
Conservation clusters: making the case
21 February 2012A new study reveals how the gathering together of conservation organisations in one location – a ‘conservation cluster’ – can work best to reap global...
Under the Microscope #10 - Mouse tail skin
21 February 2012The epidermis, which is the outer layer of mammalian skin, is maintained by numerous stem cell populations.
How quickly things spread
20 February 2012Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If the UK was facing a flu pandemic, how could we...
Archaeologists discover Jordan’s earliest buildings
18 February 2012Some of the earliest evidence of prehistoric architecture has been discovered in the Jordanian desert, providing archaeologists with a new perspective on how humans lived...
The fate of a thin liquid filament
17 February 2012Scientists have solved one of the ink-jet printing industry's greatest challenges - whether a liquid thread will break up into drops.
Building the future with BRICs
17 February 2012A major conference examining how the emergence of Brazil, Russia, India and China as leading world powers should be accommodated by the international community will...