Beyond the blinding starlight
11 March 2013Study reveals chemical composites of exoplanet atmospheres 128 light years away. Scientists say techniques will “one day provide evidence of life beyond Earth”.
Plants and patterning: how shapes are made
11 March 2013A Cambridge Science Festival lecture on Wednesday (13 March 2013) will look at how plants grow through repeating patterns and discuss what we can learn...
Cambridge in Sharjah: Building the foundations of research
10 March 2013Parody as resistance, religious broadcasting in the Arab world and China’s relationship with the Gulf will all come under scrutiny as academics from Cambridge’s Centre...
From shape-shifting to therapy
09 March 2013The latest research into the intricate processes that let substances into and out of cells will help to lay the foundations for the next generation...
Darwin’s ‘forgotten women’ celebrated on International Women's Day
08 March 2013Forgotten female correspondents of Charles Darwin; women who all made substantive contributions to nineteenth century society, are to be brought from the shadows to global...
7,000BC: The dawn of cinema brought to life at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
08 March 2013Some of the world’s oldest engravings of the human form – prehistoric rock art from the Italian Alps – have been brought to life by...
Breathtaking: new treatments for a fatal lung disease
07 March 2013Research paves the way for new approaches in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a progressive lung disease that can lead to heart failure within...
Building a better battery
07 March 2013A new battery technology provides double the energy storage at lower cost than the batteries that are used in handheld electronics, electric vehicles, aerospace and...
Totalitarianism, violence and the silent majority
06 March 2013The ‘horrifying genius’ of Soviet totalitarianism and its ability to control and quell protest will be examined tonight by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum.
Female butterflies can smell if a male butterfly is inbred
06 March 2013Research discovers that whether a female butterfly will mate with a male depends on the quality of his sex pheromones.