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Neuroscience has transformed our understanding of the brain and promises treatments for devastating disorders that affect millions.

Charts map rapid growth and slow decline of brains

06 April 2022

An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan – from a 15 week old fetus to 100 year old adult – that show how our brains expand rapidly in early life and slowly shrink as we age. 

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Seven Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of The British Academy

16 Jul 2009

The British Academy today announced 35 scholars who have been elected to Fellowships this year in recognition of their research achievements. The...

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Generation to Reproduction – Wellcome Trust support for History of Medicine

13 Jul 2009

A major new research programme which proposes a comprehensive reassessment of the history of reproduction is to be launched at the University of...

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Neuron Connection

Brain stem cell discovery

01 Jul 2009

Insight could lead to new therapies to repair damage caused by MS.

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Intensive care unit

A tool for monitoring neurological intensive care

27 May 2009

Clinical researchers have developed software for interpreting the enormous quantities of data generated by bedside monitors.

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Natural disasters and Christian theology: Acts of God or human folly?

26 May 2009

The changing attitudes towards natural disasters both in theology and society in general, and the impacts this can have, will be the subject of a...

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ACDiversity visit to Cambridge creates positive connections

22 May 2009

The director of the London-based educational group African & Caribbean Diversity was in Cambridge yesterday to learn more about the University’s...

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Scientists discover area of brain that makes a 'people person'

20 May 2009

Cambridge University researchers have discovered that whether someone is a ‘people-person’ may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater...

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Scientists discover area of brain that makes a 'people person'

20 May 2009

Cambridge University researchers have discovered that whether someone is a "people-person" may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater...

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King's College Cambridge

Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

15 May 2009

Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises...

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The Secret History of Victorian Evolution

12 May 2009

A little-known publication that set the tone for the Victorian evolution debate prior to Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ will be the...

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God, Darwin and Intelligent Design

24 Apr 2009

American evolutionary science expert Professor Ken Miller will give a talk next Tuesday about the increasing support of the anti-evolutionary...

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Delaying gratification

20 Mar 2009

Whether saving for retirement or living a healthier lifestyle, a new report from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology hopes to inform...

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