Farming loved but misunderstood, survey shows
23 August 2012A YouGov Cambridge poll has revealed widespread affection for agriculture, even though there is a surprising level of ignorance about the sector and its contribution...
Understanding the placenta: the key to healthy life
22 August 2012The placenta is the interface between the mother and her baby, which means it is not only key to a successful pregnancy, it determines the...
The man who discovered a ‘lost’ wonder of the world
22 August 2012Among the numerous treasures at Cambridge University Library are the private documents of the explorer, John Lewis Burckhardt, who rediscovered Petra 200 years ago today.
Genetic roulette in a new world
17 August 2012Dr Robin Hesketh, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry and author of Betrayed by Nature, explains how advances in inexpensive, rapid gene sequencing and...
How offshore wind turbines could be more efficient
17 August 2012A Cambridge University study suggests that offshore wind farms could be 100 per cent more efficient in terms of energy payback if manufacturers embraced new...
Cambridge academic to give Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures
17 August 2012Peter Wothers of the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge will give this year’s Christmas Lectures.
Breast cancer: Back to basics
16 August 2012Ahead of the first in a series of pub-based science talks, called “SciBar” this evening (16 August), Hayley Frend explains why fundamental knowledge about the...
New technology delivers sustained release of drugs for up to six months
15 August 2012A new technology which delivers sustained release of therapeutics for up to six months could be used in conditions which require routine injections, including diabetes,...
Science Night Returns to Radio 5 live
14 August 2012Following the huge success of BBC Radio 5 live’s inaugural Science Night last December, the University of Cambridge’s Dr Chris Smith and his fellow ‘Naked...
Doubts about whether modern humans and Neanderthals interbred
13 August 2012Findings point to common ancestry to explain genetic similarities.