Engineering alumni at London 2012
Good luck to the six University of Cambridge Engineering alumni who have been chosen to represent their country at the Olympic Games in London.
Aesop’s Fable unlocks how we think
Cambridge scientists have used an age-old fable to help illustrate how we think differently to other animals.
Energy efficiency symposium – new attendees welcome
The inaugural, one-day Winton Symposium on energy efficiency will be held on Monday, 1 October 2012 at Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. The event will bring together some of the leading scientists from around the world to explore the fundamental limits set by science and engineering to the efficiency with which we can generate, store and use energy.
GPS backpacks reveal sheep flocking strategy
UK researchers have shown for the first time that instead of fleeing randomly when faced with danger, sheep head straight for the centre of the flock. Understanding this behaviour in healthy animals may help researchers understand the breakdown in social behaviours caused by neurological disorders in sheep, as well as those in humans, such as Huntington’s disease.
Cambridge wins employer inclusion award
The University of Cambridge has been recognised for its commitment to workplace equality.
Hawking launches supercomputer
The new COSMOS@DiRAC supercomputer will advance our understanding of the origin and structure of our universe.
See behind the scenes at this year's Open Cambridge weekend
Open Cambridge is a free weekend celebrating history, heritage and culture from the University of Cambridge which will take place 7–9 September 2012. Bookings open today!
Salters’ Chemistry Camps at the University of Cambridge
As the second hand reaches the start of a new minute, Orange Team tip their reactants into their beakers and stand back, watching the clock impatiently.
Preferred architects announced for first phase of North West Cambridge Development
Cambridge University has today announced the team of preferred architects for a first phase of its proposed development at North West Cambridge. The architects were selected following an architectural competition and include established UK and international practices as well as local and smaller, new practices.
Commercialising medical device innovation
New medical devices take a long time to reach the market – and many never make it. Jon Johnson, a researcher at Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing, is looking at ways of making the process of commercialisation more efficient.
Ski team tests technique in wind tunnel
The Markham wind tunnel in Cambridge University's Engineering Department played host to a number of British competitive skiers who came along to help in the development of a new piece of aerodynamic testing equipment.
Tenth anniversary for charity catering course at St John’s College
An innovative collaboration between St John’s College and a local charity for people with learning disabilities celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
Cambridge scientists receive Royal Society awards
The Royal Society, the UK’s independent academy for science, has announced the recipients of its 2012 Awards, Medals and Prize Lectures. The scientists receive the awards in recognition of their achievements in a wide variety of fields of research – the uniting factor is the excellence of their work and the profound implications their findings have had for others working in their relevant fields…
Inter-faith summer schools train future leaders in art of 'intelligent disagreement'
Emerging religious leaders from around the world have arrived in Cambridge for a programme which aims to build understanding between faiths and teach them to “live well with disagreement”.
A Soviet Design for Life
A unique tour through the Soviet century – via one woman’s extraordinary collection of books, propaganda posters, ration coupons and even cigarette packets – is the focus of a new exhibition now open to the public.
Particle consistent with Higgs Boson found
Andy Parker, Professor of High Energy Physics at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, sheds light on yesterday’s announcement and ‘what next’.
Cookery meets new technology
Two second year undergraduates have combined their passions for food and design to produce an innovative multi-touch summer recipe book for the iPad
The prebound effect
Many homes with poor energy efficiency are actually consuming far less energy than predicted, new research has found. The study has implications for national energy-saving policies and the economic viability of thermal retrofit programmes.
New light shed on explosive solar activity
The first images of an upward surge of the Sun’s gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. The discovery is one more step towards understanding the origins of extreme space storms, which can destroy satellite communications and damage power grids on Earth.
Cambridge scientist appointed inaugural Jubilee Professor of the Indian Academy of Sciences
The Indian Academy of Sciences has appointed Professor Ashok Venkitaraman from the University of Cambridge as its first Jubilee Professor in 2012.
Pilkington Prizes recognise outstanding teaching
Twelve of the University of Cambridge’s very best teaching talents have been honoured at the annual Pilkington Prizes awards ceremony.
Welcome to Bastion: warzone ethnography with the combat surgeons
A Cambridge academic was given unprecedented access to the military hospital at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, to study the teamwork of the combat surgeons. The unique photographs he took reveal the realities of life and death in the operating theatre of modern war.
Charting gender’s “incomplete revolution”
A major investigation into gender equality across Europe expresses “deep concern” about the prospects for further closing the gender-pay gap, and finds evidence for the survival of “male breadwinner” ideals. At the same time, it also reveals that men are happier when doing their fair share of housework.
Judge team to advise on Togo’s development
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.
Recently retired VP of research at General Motors to give the Kelly Lecture
Dr Alan Taub, recently retired VP of research at General Motors, will give the Fourteenth Kelly Lecture at 5.30pm in the Babbage Lecture Theatre as part of the Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum, tomorrow (Wednesday 27 June 2012). Dr Taub will speak on "Materials challenges for a sustainable automotive industry"