New database for vital model organism launched
28 November 2011The database, PomBase, important new tool for scientists researching fission yeast.
Recreating ‘The Great Escape’
28 November 2011First it was the Dambusters raid, now Cambridge University’s Dr Hugh Hunt has helped to recreate ‘The Great Escape’ from Germany’s infamous Stalag Luft III.
Cambridge-Elan Centre for Research Innovation and Drug Discovery launched
28 November 2011World’s leading researchers work together on therapeutic advances in neuroscience.
Where God meets physics
28 November 2011Eminent thinker and commentator Revd Dr John Polkinghorne, Fellow of the Royal Society, will be giving a public talk – titled A Destiny Beyond Death...
Living with the Inugguit
25 November 2011A film documenting the disappearing oral traditions of the northernmost settled people on Earth offers a glimpse into how their way of life is threatened by...
Graphene: the future in a pencil trace
24 November 2011The European programme for research into graphene, for which the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Lancaster are leading the technology roadmap, today unveiled an exhibition...
Music – or language in action?
24 November 2011Music is more than just sound. Sharing many features with language, it has all the hallmarks of a communicative system, as Cambridge researchers are showing.
Who owns the City?
22 November 2011Foreign investors now own the majority of City of London offices, according to a new study from the Department of Land Economy.
Two for joy
21 November 2011An innovative dance performance with creative input from Professor Nicky Clayton, a expert on bird cognition, goes on tour this week. The Rambert Dance Company's...
Mining the language of science
18 November 2011Scientists are developing a computer that can read vast amounts of scientific literature, make connections between facts and develop hypotheses.