Charting the Rise and Decline of the Gothic Cathedral
14 January 2012A comprehensive exploration into Gothic cathedrals and their place in medieval society will be the focus of a series of Cambridge University Slade Lectures in...
New clue in the battle against Australian Hendra virus
13 January 2012Researchers find that African bats have antibodies that neutralise a deadly virus.
Scientists: they are surprisingly normal
13 January 2012One in four of us suffer from mental illness at some point in our lives – but the stigma surrounding mental health has proved hard...
Royal Astronomical Society honours leading astronomers
13 January 2012The Royal Astronomical Society has recently announced the recipients of its annual prizes and medals. While the quality of the Institute’s research leads to numerous...
Picture This # 12 – They’re going on a bear hunt, Madingley Hall
11 January 2012This image of a bear hunt is taken from one of three remarkable wall paintings in the Murals Room at Madingley Hall.
Test your memory!
10 January 2012Online test allows public to assess their recall; scientists will use data to study long-term memory.
Ice Age, interrupted
09 January 2012Research shows that a new Ice Age could well have been upon us in the next millennium were it not for increases in CO2 due...
Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the naked eye
08 January 2012New research lays groundwork for new generation of ultrasensitive gyroscopes to measure gravity, magnetic field, and create quantum circuits.
Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients
06 January 2012Proof of principle study suggests the age-associated decline of the remyelination process is reversible.
Reprogrammed oestrogen binding linked to more aggressive breast cancer
05 January 2012Researchers have discovered how receptors for the female sex hormone oestrogen attach to a different part of the DNA in breast cancer patients who are...