Type 1 diabetes and Crohn's disease genes identified
07 June 2007A major collaboration of UK scientists has provided an insight into the genetics underlying a number of diseases including Crohn's disease, a type of inflammatory...
CAPE beams up new partner for nanotech research
07 June 2007A new partnership is set to give nanotechnology researchers at the University of Cambridge access to the latest electron-beam imaging equipment.
The Copyright Cup
06 June 2007Books were replaced by boots as a team from Cambridge University Library travelled to Edinburgh last weekend for the inaugural Copyright Cup football tournament.
High-performance problem-solving
01 June 2007Computers already make an enormous impact on our quality of life by reducing the cost of developing new products and enhancing their safety. According to...
Polar science: IPY and SPRI
01 June 2007The largest coordinated programme of international polar activities in 50 years – International Polar Year (IPY) – kicked off globally on 1 March 2007. Building...
Monkey business
01 June 2007Ground-breaking discoveries by two Cambridge researchers have placed monkey behaviour closer to humans than had previously been thought. Dr Antonio Moura and Paco Bertolani, both...
Royal Society announces new Cambridge fellows
18 May 2007The Royal Society today recognised 44 scientists for their contributions to society by electing them to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.
5000 Darwin letters go online
17 May 2007"The scheme is a most magnificent one. We spend about two years in South America, the rest of time larking round the world,"; said a...
A life on the opera stage
17 May 2007One of the most distinguished sopranos of her generation will visit Cambridge this evening to speak about her life and career with the world's foremost...
Pieces de Resistance: The tacit defiance of the Channel Islands
09 May 2007Cambridge University study charts the symbolic resistance of the Channel Islanders during the occupation of World War II.
