Professor Lawrence Sherman awarded Benjamin Franklin Medal
31 August 2011The Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in London will award the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Medal to the Wolfson...
Graphene goes plasmonic
30 August 2011Researchers have discovered a crucial recipe for improving the characteristics of graphene devices for use as photodetectors in the next generation of pholtovoltaic devices for...
Eating chocolate cuts risk of heart disease
30 August 2011Eating high levels of chocolate could be associated with a significant reduction in the risk of certain cardiovascular disorders, reveals Cambridge research published in the...
Europe’s forgotten “religion”
25 August 2011Hundreds of millions of people in Europe alone are “non-religious”, but non-religion remains an understudied field. To mark the launch of a new journal on...
‘Picture This #3’ – 'The Blimp', Christ's College.
24 August 2011‘The Blimp’ is one of the items telling the story of Christ’s College during the First World War.
Scientists discover how antibiotic molecule found in bacteria stops breast cancer
23 August 2011Scientists have discovered how a molecule that was first discovered in bacteria blocks a protein which causes breast cancer to develop and spread, reveals research...
A brighter forecast for weather-beaten Britain?
22 August 2011Ever headed out for the day expecting bright sunshine, only to end up getting soaked in a downpour instead? If you’re reading this in the...
Placing water into the picture for climate change
22 August 2011As World Water Week, an annual week-long global conference on water provision and sustainability, begins in Stockholm, Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown explains how the world needs...
Dr Darin Weinberg wins Pollner Prize
20 August 2011Dr Darin Weinberg’s book ‘Of Others Inside: Insanity, Addiction and Belonging in America’, published by Temple University Press, has won the American Sociological Association Pollner...
Police dog treated by Queen’s Vet School
19 August 2011Police dog ‘Obi’ treated by Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge using their new scanner