New Health Services Research Centre opens
10 January 2011A new Health Services Research Centre based at the University of Cambridge has launched.
Cambridge Ideas - The Emotional Computer
10 January 2011Cambridge University film provides a glimpse of how robots and humans could interact in the future.
Ancient Bible fragments reveal a forgotten history
10 January 2011New research has uncovered a forgotten chapter in the history of the Bible, offering a rare glimpse of Byzantine Jewish life and culture.
A move towards understanding
04 January 2011Professor Daniel Wolpert at Cambridge’s Department of Engineering has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Programme Grant to study the computations the brain performs when controlling...
Alzheimer’s: working with Drosophila
04 January 2011There are over 15 million people suffering from Alzheimer's disease globally and the current cost to the economy represents at least one per cent of...
Amniocentesis: a key to identify autism in the womb?
04 January 2011Cambridge researchers are pioneering a new test for autism in the womb, by measuring the levels of testosterone produced by the foetus, which makes its...
Addiction treatment – genes can play a part
04 January 2011Imagine a one-off cure for drug addiction or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) instead of today’s life-long therapy regimes.
Looking into the brain
04 January 2011The Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre is a unique venture that brings together scientists and doctors from Cambridge University and Cambridge’s Addenbrookes Hospital for the development...
Assisted reproduction and family functioning
04 January 2011A longitudinal study is accessing the psychological well-being of children created by assisted reproductive technologies.
Doctor’s orders, Roman style
04 January 2011Rebecca Flemming from the Faculty of Classics works with ancient texts on health and reproduction.