Gaia satellite and amateur astronomers spot one in a billion star
17 July 2015The Gaia satellite has discovered a unique binary system where one star is ‘eating’ the other, but neither star has any hydrogen, the most common...
The British Academy welcomes new Fellows for 2015
16 July 2015Seven Cambridge academics have been elected to the fellowship of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding research.
'Mini bile ducts' help identify new drugs that could prevent the need for liver transplantation
16 July 2015An experimental cystic fibrosis drug has been shown to prevent the disease’s damage to the liver, thanks to a world-first where scientists grew mini bile...
Men in stripes: spot the difference in early modern woodcuts
16 July 2015Sixteenth-century woodcuts often depict young men wearing striped doublets or striped hose. When historian of science Tillmann Taape embarked on a journey into the meaning...
New technique to synthesise nanostructured nanowires
16 July 2015Researchers have developed a new method for growing ‘hybrid’ crystals at the nanoscale, in which quantum dots – essentially nanoscale semiconductors – of different materials...
Going to the dogs: the 500-year old greyhounds of King’s and in the fight against cancer
15 July 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, G is for Greyhound – as heraldic symbols of...
MRC, GSK and five leading UK universities collaborate to crack difficult disease areas
15 July 2015Cambridge has been part of a successful £16 million bid to work with the MRC, GSK and four other UK universities in a unique open...
Antidepressants and pain killers: should we be worried?
15 July 2015New research has identified an increased risk of brain haemorrhage from the combined use of antidepressant medicines and medicines such as ibuprofen. Should we be...
Health costs of ageing will shoot up without technological innovation
14 July 2015New report urges government and designers to work together to break down the barriers to innovation in order to adapt to an ageing population.
Fighting board rubber-stamping
14 July 2015Public companies should appoint a ‘Contrarian Director’ – inspired by the ‘Devil’s Advocate’ – to challenge board decisions and suggest alternatives, according to new Cambridge...