Six steps to a better material world
30 November 2011Every year we make 10 times our own bodyweight of steel, aluminium, cement, plastics and paper, for every person alive, using a fifth of all...
Environment and Diet leave their prints on the heart
29 November 2011A University of Cambridge study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the "missing link" between our lifestyle and our...
The communicative brain
29 November 2011What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.
Research reveals shocking new way to create nanoporous materials
29 November 2011Research demonstrates simple, scalable method with realistic capability of industrial cross-over.
New database for vital model organism launched
28 November 2011The database, PomBase, important new tool for scientists researching fission yeast.
Cambridge-Elan Centre for Research Innovation and Drug Discovery launched
28 November 2011World’s leading researchers work together on therapeutic advances in neuroscience.
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.
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...