What Cambridge women did for us
A series of events at Cambridge’s Folk Museum this summer will draw attention to the struggle for equality for women in education and at work. Among the speakers are Cambridge academics Dr Lucy Delap, Dr Phil Howell and Dr Deborah Thom.
Work starts on Cambridge Sports Centre
Construction work has begun on the site of the £16 million Phase One of the long-awaited Cambridge Sports Centre at West Cambridge.
PublicHealth@Cambridge
This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses public health. To begin, Professor Carol Brayne, Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, explains how the goals of a new University Strategic Network, PublicHealth@Cambridge, will generate fresh insight into the health and well-being of populations.
Salmonella infection, but not as we know it
Cambridge University researchers, funded by the BBSRC, have shed new light on a common food poisoning bug.
New lab to focus on creating sustainable energy source
A state-of-the-art laboratory, which aims to use sunlight to power the sustainable conversion of CO2 and water to form syngas, a high-energy gas mixture with potential as a future fuel source, has opened in Cambridge University's Department of Chemistry.
Call of the wired
For generations, we have dreamed of machines with artificial intelligence with which we can have real conversations but, despite amazing technological advances, such devices seem some way off. Now researchers at Cambridge are changing the picture, by remodelling the essence of spoken dialogue systems
Twinkle, twinkle, little star: I’m going to know what you are
A team of astronomers at the University of Cambridge is taking the next big step in a European-wide programme which will lead to the creation of the first three-dimensional map of more than a billion stars.
Zero interest and growing fast
From humble beginnings, Islamic finance is now a trillion dollar industry and growing at a rate some in the West find alarming. A new analysis suggests it can be accommodated by the existing global financial system for everyone’s benefit.
Teaching old cells new tricks
Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier’s research in the Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine shows how stem cells can further our understanding of disease and help deliver much-needed new treatments.
Pioneering School for Public Health Research launches
Eight leading academic centres, including the Cambridge Institute for Public Health (CIPH), are to begin a collaboration that will play a key role in increasing the evidence base for effective public health practice.
Hay gears up for Greek marathon
Following a successful talk at Hay in 2010, Cambridge University's Professor Paul Cartledge will be playing a major part in a series of 10 discussions on Ancient Greece at this year's festival, alongside Cambridge's own regular programme.
Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913 – 2012)
Churchill College, University of Cambridge, is saddened to report the death on 16 April 2012 of Mr Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, the Danish shipowner, Honorary Fellow since 1991 and Benefactor to the College, at the age of 98.
Burglary at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Police have launched an investigation after a group of Chinese works of art were stolen from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
The Regius Professor Of Physic
A new Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge has been approved by Her Majesty The Queen to succeed Professor Sir Patrick Sissons who will retire on 30 September 2012.
Solar-grade silicon at low cost
A new process developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge has the potential to drive down the cost of manufacturing solar-grade silicon and could increase the use of photovoltaic devices for capturing the sun’s energy.
History’s great books meet today’s technology
A lecture series by Sidney Sussex College about great ideas and works is now available on iTunes.
Earlier relatives may have climbed out of family tree
The first study into rarely-documented ground nest-building by wild chimpanzees has offered new clues about the ancient transition of early hominins – our “human-like” ancestors – from sleeping in trees to sleeping on the ground.
Use a laser, save a tree
Laser un-printers that can remove toner from scrap paper so that it can be used again may be coming to an office near you in the future, results from a new Cambridge study show.
Breathing new life into building ventilation design
Breathing Buildings was formed as a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge in 2006, following the discovery and development of a proprietary low energy e-stack mixing ventilation system as part of a major research programme at the BP Institute, through the Cambridge-MIT Institute.
Building our capacity to endure
In its inaugural list of the top 50 most influential people for sustainability in the UK, 'Building Design' magazine has listed three Cambridge academics. The range of work they do gives us an overview of just how broad the meaning of sustainability is.
Wiring the brain
Scientists have created a simple new model of the human brain which reproduces the statistics of its complex network organization.
Confronting global challenges at Hay
Is democracy up to our 21st-century problems? Will the UK ever sort out its relationship with Europe? Is tragedy the perfect form for the modern plight?
Scientists map genome for deadliest form of breast cancer
University of Cambridge scientists, led by Professor Carlos Caldas, based at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, working with BC Cancer Agency scientists in Vancouver (led by Professor Sam Aparicio) have jointly decoded the genetic make-up of triple negative breast cancer, which could lead to more effective treatment.
Controlling quantum tunnelling with light
Scientists at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge have used light to help push electrons through a classically impenetrable barrier. While quantum tunnelling is at the heart of the peculiar wave nature of particles, this is the first time that it has been controlled by light.
Lighting up plant cells to engineer biology
Cambridge researchers have developed a new technique for measuring and mapping gene and cell activity through fluorescence in living plant tissue.