Cambridge Graduate gets MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
20 September 2011Cambridge graduate Jacob Soll is among this year’s recipients of a Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation in the US.
Serotonin levels affect the brain’s response to anger
15 September 2011Research provides new insight into why some individuals may be more aggressive than others.
It’s a material world
15 September 2011A spin-out from Cambridge's Engineering Department and a leading supplier of materials information technology software to industry, Granta Design has achieved an average growth of...
Scientists create mammalian cells with single chromosome set
13 September 2011Researchers have created mammalian cells containing a single set of chromosomes instead of two.
Criminal rehabilitation: a spotlight on Europe
12 September 2011With recent reports stating that almost three quarters of those charged with offences during the London riots had prior convictions, attention has turned to Justice...
Indians and Europeans share a milky past
09 September 2011Cambridge University researchers have discovered that lactose tolerant milk-drinkers in India and Europe could be related to the same person who lived at some point...
The 800-year-old story of Stourbridge Fair
08 September 2011In medieval times Stourbridge Common was the site of one of Europe’s largest fairs – a bustling centre for shopping, eating and revelry, offering temptations...
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
07 September 2011To mark Roald Dahl Day on September 13th and the 50th anniversary of James And The Giant Peach, Professor Maria Nikolajeva explains why he remains...
Natural born killers
07 September 2011Newly hatched chicks of African honeyguide birds bite to death their foster siblings to eliminate competition.
Media models for the digital age
06 September 2011The headlines don’t look too good for newspapers. With falling readership and growing competition from the Internet, newspapers are questioning how and whether they can...