Articles about 'Clare College'

Research indicates the out-of-Africa spread of humans was dictated by the appearance of favourable climatic windows.

Research reconciles competing theories about the origin of the domestic horse.

Research provides new insights about what caused the extinction of many of the world’s big animals over the last 100,000 years.

Professor Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge, has been researching cognitive enhancers for over a decade. Here she discusses the emergence of ‘smart drugs’ and the ethical and practical issues they raise.

Financial Services Authority Chairman Adair Turner will outline his vision for a financially stable future at Clare College, Cambridge this Friday.

Local charities were awarded £45,000 in a prizegiving ceremony held at the University of Cambridge on Tuesday.

Schools from all over the country are being invited to take part in a competition for budding art historians.

Fishermen barely eking out a profit because of overfishing of their target stock, shrimp, are now surviving by selling their bycatch (the low-value fish also caught in the large, indiscriminate nets). Although good for the fishermen, scientists warn that the prolonged trawl fishing along certain areas will lead to an "ecological catastrophe" and the "permanent loss of livelihoods for fishers" as well as other individuals who work in the industry.

An international summit which aims to give young Muslims the skills, ideas and inspiration to become “agents of change” in their own communities begins in Cambridge this weekend.

The Chancellor, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, visited the University yesterday to visit two colleges and preside over the 2010 Honorary Degree Congregation.