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Confocal image of zebrafish retina

How the brain is made

24 Sep 2012

By combining advanced imaging with powerful genetic labelling techniques, Professor Bill Harris has imaged the entire process of retinal development...

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Kristen MacAskill at work in Christchurch, New Zealand

Where are they now?

13 Aug 2012

Last month graduates of Cambridge’s MPhil course in Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) came back to the Engineering Department from all...

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Lake Togo

Judge team to advise on Togo's development

26 Jun 2012

A team of Cambridge alumni led by Sir Paul Judge will help to prepare a framework for the development of Togo over the next 10-20 years.

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Recently fertilised egg

Egg Cetera #1: The immortal egg

05 Apr 2012

In the first report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, biologists Dr Harry Leitch and Professor Azim Surani describe how advances in...

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A mouse embryo in which the outer membranes of all cells are glowing red.  A subset of cells are expressing a green glowing protein that identifies them as cells that will signal head development.

Critical stage of embryonic development now observable

14 Feb 2012

Scientists now able to view critical aspects of mammalian embryonic development using new technique.

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Douglas Crawford-Brown.

Placing water into the picture for climate change

22 Aug 2011

As World Water Week, an annual week-long global conference on water provision and sustainability, begins in Stockholm, Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown...

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Live imaging of the growing tips of plants

Predictive modelling of plant growth for food and fuel

04 Jul 2011

Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.

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un-techo-voluntario

Innovating sustainable housing design

06 Jun 2011

A new building initiative aims to innovate sustainable housing design for the developing world.

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JustMilk device

Preventing HIV transmission during breastfeeding

20 Oct 2010

In order to reduce the transmission of HIV from mother to baby during breastfeeding, scientists are developing a low-cost, modified nipple shield...

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La Paz, Chile

Prenatal origins of heart disease

04 Jan 2009

Studies in La Paz, the highest city in the world, are helping to uncover a link between prenatal conditions and heart disease in later life.

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