Opinion: Forget Super Thursday, the Bank of England can only offer Mildly Useful Thursday
03 August 2016Michael Kitson (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses how the Bank of England may try to give the economy a boost.
Peter Pan and Wendy: how J M Barrie understood and demonstrated key aspects of cognition
03 August 2016In a fascinating study of J M Barrie’s classic works for children, Dr Rosalind Ridley (Newnham College) reveals that the creator of Peter Pan, and a panoply of other characters, had a deep understanding of the science of cognition – and was decades ahead of his time in identifying key stages of child development.
‘Red gene’ in birds and turtles suggests dinosaurs had bird-like colour vision
03 August 2016A gene for red colour vision that originated in the reptile lineage around 250m years ago has resulted in the bright red bird feathers and ‘painted’ turtles we see today, and may be evidence that dinosaurs could see as many shades of red as birds - and perhaps even displayed more red than we might think.
Opinion: How to save inbred, short-faced dogs such as pugs and bulldogs from poor health
02 August 2016David Sargan (Department of Veterinary Medicine) discusses the health implications of breeding the perfect pets.
FAMIN or feast? Newly-discovered mechanism influences how immune cells ‘eat’ invading bacteria
01 August 2016A new mechanism that affects how our immune cells perform – and hence their ability to prevent disease – has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by Cambridge scientists.
Exhibition reunites artworks from Captain Scott’s final expedition – a century on
01 August 2016A new exhibition has reunited the iconic photography of Herbert Ponting with the watercolours of Edward Wilson – more than a century after the two Antarctic explorers first dreamt up their plan for a joint exhibition.
COLOUR: The art and science of illuminated manuscripts
30 July 2016Some of the finest illuminated manuscripts in the world – treasures combining gold and precious pigments – will go on display today in celebration of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s bicentenary.
Lines of Thought: From Darwin to DNA
29 July 2016Darwin’s stuffed pigeons, the letter which first coined the term ‘genetics’ and a paper by Crick and Watson which helped decode DNA all feature in the latest film to celebrate Cambridge University Library’s 600th anniversary.
Financial cycles of acquisitions and ‘buybacks’ threaten public access to breakthrough drugs
28 July 2016An analysis of a new drug’s journey to market, published today in the BMJ, shines a light on financial practices that see some major pharmaceutical companies relying on a cycle of acquisitions, profits from high prices, and shareholder-driven manoeuvres that threatens access to medicines for current and future patients.
Carbon dioxide can be stored underground for ten times the length needed to avoid climatic impact
28 July 2016Study of natural-occurring 100,000 year-old CO2 reservoirs shows no significant corroding of ‘cap rock’, suggesting the greenhouse gas hasn’t leaked back out - one of the main concerns with greenhouse gas reduction proposal of carbon capture and storage.
