Building ‘invisible’ materials with light
28 July 2014A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such as cloaking devices one...
Age of puberty in girls influenced by which parent their genes are inherited from
23 July 2014The age at which girls reach sexual maturity is influenced by ‘imprinted’ genes, a small sub-set of genes whose activity differs depending on which parent...
Antipsychotic drugs linked to slight decrease in brain volume
18 July 2014A study published today has confirmed a link between antipsychotic medication and a slight, but measureable, decrease in brain volume in patients with schizophrenia. For...
A taste of early modern medicine
18 July 2014Historic recipe books and physicians’ manuals featuring home-made cures from the 17th century have gone on display to the public for the first time, as part...
High-quality traffic-free routes encourage more walking and cycling
17 July 2014New study finds overall physical activity is increased by proximity to routes.
How people power saved Bloomsbury from destruction
17 July 2014The story of how ‘one of the last villages in London’ was saved from demolition to make way for the British Library is the subject...
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and the books that made the father of anatomy
17 July 2014Born 500 years ago, Andreas Vesalius has iconic status in the history of science. Cambridge University Library holds several copies of the remarkable books that...
Males and females with autism show an extreme of the typical male mind
16 July 2014The largest ever psychological study of sex differences in adults with autism has found that both males and females with autism on average show an...
Prehistoric ‘book keeping’ continued long after invention of writing
14 July 2014An ancient token-based recording system from before the dawn of history was rendered obsolete by the birth of writing, according to popular wisdom. But now,...
Animal, vegetable, mineral: the making of Buddhist texts
12 July 2014The wide-ranging objects on display at Buddha’s Word, an exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, show how Tibetan book makers used the resources...