Power to the people?
26 May 2010Greece was the birthplace of democracy, but our own political system would be unrecognisable to voters in Ancient Athens. As Classicist Paul Cartledge explains, however,...
Closing the gender gap
25 May 2010The total amount of work done by men and women in the UK is roughly equal, but the bulk of unpaid work is still done...
Detection of huge carbon burp that helped end ice age
25 May 2010Scientists have found the possible source of a huge carbon dioxide "burp" that happened some 18,000 years ago and which helped to end the last...
Major new study into brain ageing
25 May 2010Efforts to understand the effects of ageing on the brain have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new £5m grant from...
Swarming locusts need larger brains
24 May 2010One of the most devastating events in the insect world - the locust swarm - has extraordinary effects on the insect's brains, scientists in Cambridge...
Royal Society announces new Fellows
21 May 2010Seven Cambridge researchers are among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Royal Society this week.
Researcher gets green light for new Hep B test
21 May 2010A ‘dipstick’ test that detects Hepatitis B within 30 minutes – and could be used in some of the world’s poorest countries – has been...
Watching religiously
20 May 2010A new survey of the boom in religious broadcasting in the Middle East reveals how the small screen is becoming an increasingly important battlefield in...
Scientists home in on lithium battery safety flaws
14 May 2010Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of "seeing" chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery.
Longitude project to chart new waters in untold story
12 May 2010The forgotten story of the British organisation that enabled the development of a system for measuring Longitude, only to disappear from memory after its demise,...