Farming and the fate of wild nature
19 July 2011As the drive to increase food production gathers pace, conservation scientists suggest that reconciling food security with protecting biodiversity might require unexpected solutions.
Six hours of total performance
14 July 2011A “total immersion” event in Cambridge this weekend marks the climax of a conference examining the work of performers and their creative role in making...
Facebook's precursor
14 July 2011'Commonplace books' were scrapbooks into which people copied their favourite poems and collected together other items – and were used as the basis for an...
Dr Patricia Fara awarded the BSHS Dingle Prize
14 July 2011Dr Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor and Fellow of Clare College, has been awarded the prestigious 2011 British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) Dingle...
In soil we trust
14 July 2011Far from being merely ‘dirt’, soil plays a fundamental role in food production, water availability and biodiversity. A new research programme aims to safeguard its...
Whistleblowers, zombies… and how to stay out of prison
13 July 2011Freedom, revolution and communication have shaped human history since the earliest days of mankind.
Biomarker for autism discovered
12 July 2011Research provides opportunity for identifying genes linked to autism.
Nature’s value to business
12 July 2011A programme convening business leaders and policy makers is helping to identify the value to business of nature – and the step changes needed to...
Modelling the root of crop disease
11 July 2011Mathematical modelling is an important weapon in the armoury against crop disease, as plant epidemiologists demonstrated when they turned their sights on root madness in...
Three from Cambridge elected as Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering
11 July 2011Fifty new Fellows have been elected members of The Royal Academy of Engineering at its Annual General Meeting on 11 July, a list that includes...