A move towards understanding
04 January 2011Professor Daniel Wolpert at Cambridge’s Department of Engineering has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Programme Grant to study the computations the brain performs when controlling...
Alzheimer’s: working with Drosophila
04 January 2011There are over 15 million people suffering from Alzheimer's disease globally and the current cost to the economy represents at least one per cent of...
Amniocentesis: a key to identify autism in the womb?
04 January 2011Cambridge researchers are pioneering a new test for autism in the womb, by measuring the levels of testosterone produced by the foetus, which makes its...
Addiction treatment – genes can play a part
04 January 2011Imagine a one-off cure for drug addiction or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) instead of today’s life-long therapy regimes.
Doctor’s orders, Roman style
04 January 2011Rebecca Flemming from the Faculty of Classics works with ancient texts on health and reproduction.
Assisted reproduction and family functioning
04 January 2011A longitudinal study is accessing the psychological well-being of children created by assisted reproductive technologies.
Building the Future
04 January 2011Vice-Chancellor Professor Alison Richard on how new buildings and refurbishments across the University are helping research to flourish.
Astronomers find evidence of cosmic climate change
23 December 2010Evidence of an intense warming period in the Universe’s early history, described as a form of “cosmic climate change”, has been found by an international...
Sustainability revolution
17 December 2010A sustainability revolution could follow the agricultural, industrial and digital revolutions, according to speakers at a discussion hosted by These Young Minds.
Identity of Pompeii’s mystery horse revealed
17 December 2010The identity of a mysterious breed of “horse” which has baffled experts since its remains were uncovered at Pompeii has been resolved by a Cambridge...