It’s a material world
15 September 2011A spin-out from Cambridge's Engineering Department and a leading supplier of materials information technology software to industry, Granta Design has achieved an average growth of...
'Picture This #5' - Baroness Thatcher's handbag, Churchill Archive Centre.
14 September 2011Belonging to a woman in a man's world there was intense curiosity and speculation about the contents of the Thatcher handbag.
SPICE Project announced at British Science Festival
14 September 2011Preparations are underway for a unique test of engineering technology that could open up new ways to reduce atmospheric temperatures caused by climate change, and...
Scientists create mammalian cells with single chromosome set
13 September 2011Researchers have created mammalian cells containing a single set of chromosomes instead of two.
Criminal rehabilitation: a spotlight on Europe
12 September 2011With recent reports stating that almost three quarters of those charged with offences during the London riots had prior convictions, attention has turned to Justice...
Gene that controls chronic pain identified
12 September 2011Research lays groundwork for the development of new, targeted pain medications.
The edible nature of words
12 September 2011A workshop at Cambridge University tomorrow will celebrate the rich and varied relationship between words and food, both metaphorically and literally.
Intertwined Worlds
09 September 2011A conference which aims to establish wider recognition for a "Judaeo-Islamic tradition"; the shared, cultural past common to Muslims, Arabs and Jews, will take place...
Mother tongue comes from your prehistoric father
09 September 2011Language change among our prehistoric ancestors came about via the arrival of immigrant men - rather than women - into new settlements, according to new...
Indians and Europeans share a milky past
09 September 2011Cambridge University researchers have discovered that lactose tolerant milk-drinkers in India and Europe could be related to the same person who lived at some point...