Thoroughbred speed gene has its origins in native breeds
Research by a team of scientists suggests that a variant of the so-called speed gene found in top racehorses can be traced back to a single British mare living around 300 years ago. That mare may have had a similar genetic make-up to today's sturdy native ponies.
Conquering the Antarctic: The Scott Centenary Concert Tour
City of London Sinfonia, in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), will embark on an ambitious concert tour in February to celebrate the centenary of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12.
How wings really work
A 1-minute video released by the University of Cambridge sets the record straight on a much misunderstood concept – how wings lift.
Weaving electronics into the fabric of our physical world
The integration of electronics with materials opens up a world of possibilities, the surface of which is just being scratched. Professor Arokia Nathan has joined Cambridge University to take up a new Chair in Engineering. He will be exploring the application of research that allows us to glimpse a world rivalling our wildest dreams of the future.
Arts Council England to support University of Cambridge Museums partnership
Arts Council England has announced that the eight accredited University of Cambridge Museums (UCM), led by The Fitzwilliam Museum, have been successful in their bid for significant funding over the next three years as a Renaissance Major partner.
English Language Teaching author receives honorary degree from Cambridge
Author Ray Murphy has been honoured for his unique contribution to English Language Teaching (ELT) with admission to an honorary Master of Arts (MA) degree by the University of Cambridge, parent institution of his publisher, Cambridge University Press.
What the Olympic Games have done for us
The genuine scientific benefits that have emerged from the modern Olympic Games have often been lost in the hype surrounding these high profile international events. Dr Vanessa Heggie, a Teaching Associate in Cambridge University's Department of History and Philosophy of Science, puts the record straight.
Rock ‘n roll royalty comes to Kettle’s Yard
Kettle’s Yard has unveiled its 2012 New Music Series featuring 12 cutting edge concerts performed by world class musicians.
Small things, big thinking
Using an electron microscope it’s possible for the human eye to see in minute detail the foot of the fruit fly – an appendage that is just about the same width as a human hair.
University Library’s greatest treasures on show
An unpublished Rupert Brooke poem sits alongside some of Cambridge University Library’s greatest treasures in a free exhibition of highlights from its priceless collections, now open to the public.
The 10th Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development
Leading experts from Cambridge University as well as from other leading universities, government bodies, multi-national corporations and international organisations will present Cambridge University's 10th Annual Lecture Series in Sustainable Development.
How advanced behaviour modelling is helping to identify online fraud
An enterprise with its research roots in Cambridge University's Department of Engineering has developed software that allows companies to track fraud.
Breeding better grasses for food and fuel
Researchers from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) have discovered a family of genes that could help us breed grasses with improved properties for diet and bioenergy.
Smooth muscle cells created from patients’ skin cells
Scientists have created cells which make up the walls of blood vessels; research could lead to new treatments and better screening for cardiovascular disease.
Competition to find architects and landscape architects for North West Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is looking for a number of complementary architectural and landscape firms – large and small – for its ambitious new urban extension in North West Cambridge.
Charting the rise and decline of the Gothic Cathedral
A comprehensive exploration into Gothic cathedrals and their place in medieval society will be the focus of a series of Cambridge University Slade Lectures in Fine Art entitled 'The Gothic Cathedral: A New Heaven and a New Earth'.
Participants sought for ICT learning study
A Cambridge PhD student seeks people over the age of 65 to participate in a study looking at how to make the learning and use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) easier.
Cambridge success in leading equality survey
The University of Cambridge ranks among the very best employers in the country for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff, according to a leading survey of workplace equality.
Test your memory!
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have launched what could be the world’s biggest ever memory experiment.
Stephen Hawking 70th Birthday Symposium
A capacity 550-strong audience gave a standing ovation at the end of a moving, amusing and wide-ranging autobiographical speech by Stephen Hawking on the occasion of his 70th birthday on Sunday.
Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the naked eye
A Cambridge team have built a semiconductor chip that converts electrons into a quantum state that emits light but is large enough to see by eye. Because their quantum superfluid is simply set up by shining laser beams on the device, it can lead to practical ultrasensitive detectors.
International Relations student awarded MBE
A student on the Master of Studies in International Relations course at Cambridge University, Damian Platt, has been awarded the MBE for his work in the favelas, or shantytowns, of Rio de Janeiro. Damian was given the award by HRH the Prince of Wales at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in December.
Ice age, interrupted
Research shows that a new ice age could well have been upon us in the next millennium were it not for increases in CO2 due to humans, despite the advantageous trend in solar radiation of our current age.
Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients
New research highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study has been published in the journal 'Cell Stem Cell'.
Reprogrammed oestrogen binding linked to more aggressive breast cancer
Researchers have discovered how receptors for the female sex hormone oestrogen attach to a different part of the DNA in breast cancer patients who are more likely to relapse.