Turbocharging a new Green Revolution
07 July 2011Plant scientists in Cambridge have embarked on ambitious plans to improve crop yields by solving one of the chief limitations of photosynthesis.
Musical notes from Stalin’s prize-givers
07 July 2011The voices of the artistic elite of Stalin’s Soviet Union, among them Dmitri Shostakovich, are being heard afresh in a new comprehensive study of a...
Merck-Serono Prize for Science and Literature and the Christopher Zeeman Medal
07 July 2011John D, Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, DAMTP, and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, has been awarded the 2011 Merck-Serono Prize for Science and...
Invigorating plants
06 July 2011Understanding how plants ‘silence’ invading viruses could hold the key to releasing their hidden potential.
Wittgenstein’s camera
05 July 2011To mark the 60th anniversary of his death, an exhibition exploring Wittgenstein’s experiments in photography, and how they relate to his philosophy, can be seen...
New ways to reduce bullying and youth violence
05 July 2011Many children and adolescents suffer physically and mentally from being bullied or physically attacked and threatened by their peers. A conference at Cambridge University will...
The future of food: your chance to ask the experts
04 July 2011How can we feed the world’s expanding population? Should we be using GM technologies more to boost the yield of our crops? How will global...
Predictive modelling of plant growth for food and fuel
04 July 2011Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.
The next generation of computing
04 July 2011Progress in electronics has relied heavily on reducing the size of the transistor to create small, powerful computers. Now spintronics, hailed as the successor to...
How flowers use a touch of bling to woo the bees
04 July 2011Beetles use it, birds use it. Plants use it too. Iridescence is the shimmery colour effect that makes things eye-catching.