Affordable solar power on the horizon
05 October 2007Environmentally friendly solar panels may be an affordable alternative to conventional power sources within the next ten years, as a result of a new initiative...
Lucid in the sky
26 September 2007A New Cambridge University star catalogue is the “most accurate ever”.
Chinese chess masters visit Cambridge
19 September 2007Three of the world's leading players of Xiangqi – the ancient Chinese mind-game sometimes known as “Chinese chess” – will visit the University of Cambridge...
Cambridge plays role in insurance industry's new climate-friendly initiative
14 September 2007The insurance industry this week launched a new initiative to tackle the challenge of climate change and encourage more climate-friendly customer behaviour.
A brief history of ageing
01 September 2007As life expectancy increases, what can historical analysis of longevity tell us about limits to the human lifespan?
Wind turbines turn to bamboo
01 September 2007Bamboo – one of China’s most precious commodities – is showing great promise as the material of choice for building wind turbines.
Taking the long view on climate change
01 September 2007Cambridge Earth Scientists are contributing to our understanding of the climate system by studying the history of climate change recorded in sediments deposited on the...
The making of a Boat Race crew
01 September 2007Mark de Rond spent 200 days with the Cambridge University Boat Club as an organisational ethnographer researching the social dynamics of high performance teams.
Guiding the light
01 September 2007Pioneering research shines new light on our understanding of the way we see the world. Optical fibres have now been found to exist in vertebrate...
The mathematics of avalanches
01 September 2007Each year more than a million avalanches fall worldwide, killing around a hundred people in the Alps alone. Can mathematical models be used to predict...