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.
New Year Honours for members of the University of Cambridge
Six members of the University of Cambridge have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.