Tell donor-assisted children at early age, study says
10 July 2008Parents with children conceived through assisted reproduction are likely to have good family relationships, but if they are going to tell their child about their...
New centre to research biological relationship between a mother and her fetus
08 July 2008A new centre which will research the vital biological interactions between a mother and her fetus launched today, Wednesday 9 July, at the University of...
Schools get valuable lesson on disease dynamics
04 July 2008Teenagers from two schools visited the Centre for Mathematical Sciences this week to show how they'd unearthed valuable data on disease dynamics during a nine-month...
Plan to conserve forests may be detrimental to other ecosystems
12 June 2008Conserving biodiversity must be considered when developing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, researchers warn in today’s edition of Science. Scientists support plan...
High impulsivity predicts the switch to compulsive cocaine-taking
07 June 2008Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found impulsivity, a trait often associated with addicts’ behaviour, predicts whether casual drug use will lead to compulsive...
Planes ready for take-off in fraction of the time
06 June 2008A new project which could help slash airport delays by reducing snarl-ups in the chain of operations that prepare an aircraft for its next flight...
Cambridge astronomer identify the Galaxy’s youngest supernova remnant
19 May 2008A Cambridge astronomer’s identification of the remnant of the most recent supernova in the Milky Way is set to fill in major gaps in our...
Tracing the history of modern globalisation in China
01 May 2008A Sino-British project is examining the history of China’s first age of modern globalisation, enabling China and Britain to rediscover their interconnected past.
Making sense of the cosmos in ancient China
01 May 2008China’s rich history of scientific and technical contributions to human culture stretches back to antiquity, as Christopher Cullen has been discovering when it comes to...
Unlocking Nature's biochemical secrets
01 May 2008Research led by the Department of Pharmacology is discovering the drugs of tomorrow from traditional Chinese medicine.