Research hopes to increase available donor kidneys
19 August 2010Donor kidneys from individuals who have recently died from cardiac arrest perform just as well in recipients as kidneys from traditional 'brain-dead' donors, scientists have...
Sustainable Shells in running for 2010 Earth Awards
19 August 2010An innovative building concept co-created by a University of Cambridge architect has reached the finals of the 2010 Earth Awards.
Calls for a global nuclear renaissance in new study
13 August 2010Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London today outlined a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy. Their research...
An endangered culture, on top of the world
12 August 2010A project to document the unique language and culture of a remote Inuit community which is threatened by the effects of climate change is being...
Donation is music to University Library’s ears
09 August 2010Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of musician, broadcaster and writer Deryck Cooke (1919-1976).
Domesday database launched online
09 August 2010An online database which promises to change our understanding of English society on the eve and in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been...
Trawling survives selling previously discarded fish
03 August 2010Fishermen barely eking out a profit because of overfishing of their target stock, shrimp, are now surviving by selling their bycatch (the low-value fish also...
Smell the love
03 August 2010Mandrills can use body odour to identify potential mates, researchers have found, in a study which lends new support to the theory that humans also...
Bioenergy research blooms in Cambridge
01 August 2010The Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
A legacy of talented researchers
01 August 2010From quantum physics to stem cells: the research of the University's first cohort of Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellows demonstrates the impact of a legacy.