Small steps into giant leaps!
10 Apr 2002Work on a major new nanoscience research building has begun at West Cambridge, the University of Cambridge's new science and technology campus.
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HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 1900 - 2002
09 Apr 2002Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, played a long and full part in the life of our University and the Colleges, as she did in the life of our nation.
New Exhibition Reveals the Colourful History of the Illustrated Book
08 Apr 2002Today we are surrounded by colour printed images - from the pages of magazines to the humble baked beans tin - but there was a time when such images were an expensive luxury, available only to a wealthy elite.
Regional security in the Korean peninsula
05 Apr 2002Ambassador Stephen Bosworth opened the second day of a major Cambridge conference on the future of the Korean penisula with an analysis of relations between North and South Korea, the prospects for reunification and the role of the USA in Northeast Asia.
Leading Korean politician speaks out on reunification
04 Apr 2002Madame Park Geun Hye, South Korean National Assembly Member and former Vice-President of the country’s Grand National Party, opened a significant conference on the international relations of the Korean peninsula yesterday (Wednesday 3 April 2002).
The Queen Mother: a friend remembered
02 Apr 2002Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, died on Saturday 30 March 2002 at the age of 101. The University of Cambridge's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Alec Broers, paid tribute to her: "A dear friend of the University, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, will be sadly missed. Her contributions were much valued and we send our sincere condolences to her family".
Cracked it!
28 Mar 2002Hard-boiled eggs rise up when they are spun, whereas raw eggs remain flat. The mystery of why this is so has been cracked in time for Easter by Cambridge mathematician Professor Keith Moffatt, and Japanese physicist Professor Yutaka Shimomura.
César Milstein, 1927-2002
27 Mar 2002César Milstein, Nobel Laureate and co-inventor of the hybridoma technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies, died this weekend on Sunday 24 October, 2002.
Heart of darkness
22 Mar 2002It is all around us; it fills the universe and yet we cannot see it, touch it or even define what it is. Astronomers the world over are still trying to explain this elusive presence in the Universe - a presence with nothing except its weight to prove its existence. So far all it has is a name: dark matter.
Elements of surprise
20 Mar 2002From the rarest metal, to the planet beneath our feet, everything around us is made up of elements. John Emsley, Science Writer in Residence at Cambridge University's Department of Chemistry, will be exploring some of these elements in his National Science Week talk, Elements of Surprise which will take place today (20 March 2002) at 7pm in the Lady Mitchell Hall.
