Opinion: The science, drugs and tech pushing our brains to new limits
06 October 2016Rapid advances in neuroscience are driving a huge shift in our understanding of how the brain works and could improve both our cognitive abilities and...
Chicken korma, Eton mess and a genetic variant provide clues to our food choices
04 October 2016People who carry variants in a particular gene have an increased preference for high fat food, but a decreased preference for sugary foods, according to...
Cambridge alumni win 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
04 October 2016Three alumni of the University of Cambridge were today awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work in the field of condensed matter...
Cambridge Enterprise joins largest early stage investment in a university spin-out
04 October 2016Cambridge spin-out Carrick Therapeutics raises $95 million in funding, representing the largest-ever early stage investment in a UK university spin-out company.
Yoshinori Ohsumi – a deserving winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine
03 October 2016Yoshinori Ohsumi is a deserving winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, whose work shows the value of basic research, writes Professor...
Talkin' 'bout a revolution: how to make the digital world work for us
03 October 2016The digital revolution is one of the great social transformations of our time. How can we make the most of it, and also minimise and...
Ten thousand reasons to celebrate Open Access at Cambridge
03 October 2016The University of Cambridge has received its 10,000th Open Access submission – highlighting its commitment to making research freely available to anybody who wants to...
'Extreme sleepover #19' – Living beside Uruguay’s ‘Mother Dump’
30 September 2016In a new podcast, Patrick O’Hare describes his time with the clasificadores – the families who scavenge Montevideo’s pungent ‘wastescape’ to recover and classify anything that...
Use of body-worn cameras sees complaints against police ‘virtually vanish’, study finds
29 September 2016Year-long study of almost 2,000 officers across UK and US forces shows introduction of wearable cameras led to a 93% drop in complaints made against...
Harnessing the possibilities of the nanoworld
29 September 2016Scientists have long suspected that the way materials behave on the nanoscale – that is when particles have dimensions of about 1–100 nanometres – is...