The quest for the perfect lettuce
Dr Nicola Patron is cultivating a new kind of biotechnology, where we can read nature’s blueprints and direct its energy to more potent ends. Step into her office.
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News - Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms
A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia.
News - Trial of new semiconductor technologies
The University of Cambridge is part of a collaboration to develop and manufacture prototypes of their products based on photonic chips.
News - Scientists discover a giant black hole 'napping'
Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is ‘napping’ after stuffing itself with too much food.
Events
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Lecture - Alan Rusbridger on the state of the media: 25 February 2025
Journalist and former editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, will share insights from his long and distinguished career in journalism in an event hosted by the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College.
Admissions - Think Cambridge webinars: Monday 27 January to Friday 31 January 2025
Are you in Year 11 or Year 12? Our Think Cambridge webinars will inspire you and help you to discover what we offer – reserve your place now.
Exhibitions - Endless Stories: until Saturday 22 February 2025
Cambridge University Library invites you to explore Endless Stories: a collection of manuscripts from the 17th century in a dazzling array of languages including Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Malay.
