Vaughan Williams work performed for first time
12 October 2010An early work by composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 138 years ago today, is to be performed for the first time after being spotted in...
Blood pressure breakthrough holds real hope
07 October 2010Scientists have discovered a mechanism which raises blood pressure in pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly condition which occurs during pregnancy.
Matriarchs of Thoroughbreds unmasked
06 October 2010Thoroughbred racehorses have typically been associated with the highly-prized breeds of the Arabian Peninsula; but according to new research, their origins may be far more...
Professor Robert Edwards awarded Nobel Prize
04 October 2010Professor Robert Edwards, Pensioner Fellow at Churchill College and Emeritus Professor of Human Reproduction at the University, was today awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology...
Helping African science to THRiVE
01 October 2010Cambridge academics are helping to strengthen research expertise in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda.
Babylonian bounces back
29 September 2010Almost 2,000 years after its last native speakers disappeared, the sound of Ancient Babylonian is being lined up for an unlikely comeback, in an online...
Antidepressants can alter peoples’ moral judgement
28 September 2010The most common type of antidepressants, serotonin enhancers, alters peoples moral judgement and leads to a reduction in aggressive behaviour, a study published today in...
Cambridge becomes a home for Ukrainian Studies
28 September 2010A major gift from prominent Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash to the University of Cambridge has permanently endowed Western Europe's premier programme in the study of...
Feelings by phone
28 September 2010A system which enables psychologists to track people's emotional behaviour through their mobile phones has been successfully road-tested by researchers.
Schoolgirls unearth Roman village under College garden
22 September 2010It may look peaceful today, but Newnham College, Cambridge was once the site of a sprawling Roman settlement.