“Trojan horse” treatment could beat brain tumours
13 August 2014A smart technology which involves smuggling gold nanoparticles into brain cancer cells has proven highly effective in lab-based tests.
How some of the first animals lived - and died
11 August 2014New three-dimensional reconstructions show how some of the earliest animals on Earth developed, and provide some answers as to why they went extinct.
New research aims to improve energy efficiency, cut carbon emissions and reduce costs
07 August 2014Cambridge project is among those benefiting from £3 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding.
Speech recognition pioneer honoured
06 August 2014Cambridge academic's pioneering speech technology work recognised.
Royal Society honours Cambridge scientists
06 August 2014The Royal Society has announced the recipients of its awards, medals and prizes for 2104.
LEDs made from ‘wonder material’ perovskite
05 August 2014Colourful LEDs made from a material known as perovskite could lead to LED displays which are both cheaper and easier to manufacture in future.
Looking for the good
03 August 2014Anthropology looks at human differences in its study of the ‘other’ and at human commonalities in its more recent focus on the ‘suffering’. In identifying...
‘A sunlit picture of hell’: Sassoon’s war diaries go online for first time
01 August 2014Siegfried Sassoon’s First World War diaries – some bearing traces of mud from the Somme – are among 4,100 pages from his personal archive being...
Urbanisation of rural Africa associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes
29 July 2014The increasing urbanisation of rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to an explosion in incidences of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new...