From Punnett to personal genomics: a century of genetics in Cambridge
02 October 2012The Balfour Chair of Genetics was established at Cambridge in 1912. As part of its centenary celebrations the Department of Genetics has produced a short...
Crash, crisis, calamity: system shock in a globalised world
01 October 2012Threats that cause supply chains and other networks to break down can cascade through today’s interconnected world of social, economic and financial interaction. New research...
Risk and uncertainty
01 October 2012This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses risk and uncertainty. To begin, Professor David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public...
Study to reduce radiotherapy toxicity
01 October 2012A new research programme at the University of Cambridge hopes to improve cancer cure rates by reducing toxicity from radiotherapy.
Therapy over the phone as effective as face-to-face
28 September 2012Phone therapy also increases access and potentially decreases costs.
Massacre and metaphor: remembering Katyn
28 September 2012Swathed in conspiracy and suppressed by the Soviet establishment, the historical truth about the Katyn murders remained obscure for more than half a century. Yet...
Secrets of the plant kingdom uncovered after over a century in storage
26 September 2012The relocation of the Herbarium’s one million pressed and dried plants to their new home in the University’s state-of-the-art Sainsbury Laboratory is turning up hundreds...
How to crowdsource your happy space
26 September 2012A new online platform will harness crowdsourcing to identify the visual cues that lead people to perceive an urban space as happy, quiet or beautiful...
How the brain is made
24 September 2012By combining advanced imaging with powerful genetic labelling techniques, Professor Bill Harris has imaged the entire process of retinal development in four dimensions, providing new...
Nanotubes used to create smallest ever hologram pixels
21 September 2012A breakthrough in the use of carbon nanotubes as optical projectors has enabled scientists to generate holograms using the smallest ever pixels.