Tate too: Pedigree sculpture comes to Cambridge
17 January 2007Previously displayed in the Tate Britain’s Sculpture Court, ‘Beast Alerted 1’ a metallic work by one of Britain’s greatest sculptors is now on public view...
Cambridge scientists lay groundwork for safer nuclear waste storage
11 January 2007Mineral-based waste forms could enable safer, cheaper and more publicly acceptable disposal.
Fitzwilliam toasts success of Japanese year abroad scheme
09 January 2007The graduates of a programme which allows alumni from Fitzwilliam College to spend a year studying in Japan will reunite at Westminster today to celebrate...
Whos the boss? Why female meerkats come out on top
22 December 2006A new study by the Kalahari Meerkat project of the University of Cambridge shows that female meerkats fight more than their male counterparts for dominance.
Science award boosts physics research at Cambridge
21 December 2006The University of Cambridge is to form one third of a new £6 million research collaboration looking at quantum physics.
Energy survey reveals gap between attitudes and action
20 December 2006A new survey of public attitudes towards energy and the environment has shown a clear divergence between people’s views as citizens and their actions as...
Churchill borrowed some of his biggest ideas from HG Wells
27 November 2006Winston Churchill was a “closet science-fiction fan” who borrowed the lines for one of his most famous speeches from H. G. Wells, a Cambridge academic...
Grand Mufti to speak at Cambridge
02 November 2006Egypt’s highest-ranking Muslim official, the Grand Mufti Dr Ali Goma, will be speaking at the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge this evening.
University research team wins major housing contract
24 October 2006A Cambridge University research group has been awarded a major contract to analyse trends affecting affordable housing in England.
Darwin evolves on to the internet
19 October 2006In the first ever undertaking of its kind, the complete works of one of history’s greatest scientists are to be made available for free on...