Opinion: Dreaming big with biomimetics: could future buildings be made with bone and eggshells?
09 Mar 2016Michelle Oyen (Department of Engineering) discusses how we could reduce our dependence on "dirty" materials like steel and concrete.
News from Homerton College.
Breast cancer genetic variants found to alter how cells respond to oestrogen
29 Feb 2016An international study of almost 120,000 women has newly identified five genetic variants affecting risk of breast cancer, all of which are believed to influence how breast cells respond to the female sex hormone oestrogen.
Brain, body and mind: understanding consciousness
23 Feb 2016A bedside device that measures ‘brain signatures’ could help diagnose patients who have consciousness disorders – such as a vegetative state – to work out the best course of treatment and to support family counselling.
Opinion: Scientists find way to predict who is likely to wake up during surgery
22 Jan 2016Srivas Chennu (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) discusses how doctors could use brain waves to help predict how patients will respond to general anaesthetics.
Brain waves could help predict how we respond to general anaesthetics
14 Jan 2016The complex pattern of ‘chatter’ between different areas of an individual’s brain while they are awake could help doctors better track and even predict their response to general anaesthesia – and better identify the amount of anaesthetic necessary – according to new research from the University of Cambridge.
Law in Focus: 'Parliament’s Role in Voting on the Syrian Conflict'
30 Nov 2015This video discusses six issues arising out of the recent statement of Prime Minister David Cameron to the House of Commons on the extension of offensive British military operations in Syria.
Young male chimpanzees play more than females with objects, but do not become better tool users
07 Oct 2015Research into differences between chimpanzees and bonobos in ‘preparation’ for tool use reveals intriguing sex bias in object manipulation in young chimpanzees – one that is partly mirrored in human children.
Bunnies in children’s books: from Alice in Wonderland to Peter Rabbit
30 Sep 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, R is for Rabbit, as we talk to Dr Zoe Jaques about the bunny's crucial place in the history of children's fiction.
![Talal Al-Mayhani discusses the Syrian crisis in an interview in "The World this Evening", a programme by BBC Arabic](https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/focus-on-135x137/public/news/research/discussion/150921talalbbc.jpg?itok=ak4jL-SS "Talal Al-Mayhani discusses the Syrian crisis in an interview in "The World this Evening", a programme by BBC Arabic, Credit: None")
Q&A with neuroscientist Dr Talal Al-Mayhani: I believe that peace will come to Syria
22 Sep 2015He trained as a medical doctor in Syria and did a PhD at Cambridge in order to set up a cancer research unit in Aleppo. In 2012, Dr Talal Al-Mayhani found himself in an impossible situation and decided to settle in the UK. He has worked hard for peace in Syria ever since – and is convinced that it will come. When it does, he will return to Aleppo.
Alice through the ages: revisiting a classic at 150
14 Sep 2015A five-day programme of events at Homerton College, Cambridge, will celebrate the publication, 150 years ago, of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Here, Dr Zoe Jaques, a lecturer in children’s literature, explores images of Alice from the first edition onwards.
