Nanotubes used to create smallest ever hologram pixels
21 Sep 2012A breakthrough in the use of carbon nanotubes as optical projectors has enabled scientists to generate holograms using the smallest ever pixels.
News from Fitzwilliam College.
Royal Society announces new Fellows
20 Apr 2012Six Cambridge researchers are among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Royal Society this week.
Canopy commerce: forest conservation and poverty alleviation
03 Feb 2012Innovative approaches for protecting the future of Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest – globally important for its biodiversity and its carbon reserves – are being developed by a collaboration of conservation agencies and University of Cambridge researchers.
Whose fault is famine? What the world failed to learn from 1840s Ireland
19 Jul 2011A new book by a Cambridge University academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. The Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible consequences: 1 million people died and several million left Ireland. Today the world is watching as millions in Africa face a similar fate: starvation in the midst of plenty. Dr David Nally’s analysis of what happened in his native Ireland less than two centuries ago reveals some shocking parallels with what is happening in Africa.
Sixty international Gates scholars selected
11 Apr 2011Sixty of the world's most brilliant students have been awarded a prestigious Gates scholarship, including for the first time students from Bolivia, Tanzania and Brunei Darussalam.
Celebrating the life and work of Dr Emile Perreau–Saussine
17 Feb 2011The life and work of Dr Emile Perreau-Saussine will celebrated at an evening of open discussion, today, (Thursday 17 February, 2011), at Fitzwilliam College.
Blyth scholarships to bring Canadians to Cambridge
06 Jan 2011Four outstanding Canadian high school students have been awarded Blyth Scholarships which will fund their studies at University of Cambridge.
HE Advisers put themselves to the test
22 Sep 2010Higher Education Advisers from across the country have had the chance to put themselves in the shoes of a Cambridge Admissions tutor as part of a two day residential conference organised recently by the Cambridge Admissions Office.
Commonwealth Games call-up for Cambridge squash Blue
24 Aug 2010Fitzwilliam College postgraduate student Harry Leitch has been named as one of the six players to represent Team Scotland at squash at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October.
Personality test to explore rules of attraction
30 Jul 2010A major new investigation which aims to solve two of the biggest unanswered questions in psychology is being launched by researchers at the University of Cambridge in partnership with the BBC.
