BA Festival of Science arrives in Norwich
31 August 2006The BA Festival of Science will take place in Norwich from 2 – 9 September, bringing together over 300 of the UK’s top scientists and...
Cambridge and Oxford capture Seabright Cup in first battle on home turf
30 August 2006Cambridge and Oxford have enjoyed their first victory for six years in a transatlantic student tennis competition, played out against opponents from Harvard and Yale.
James Secord appointed Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project
29 August 2006Professor James Secord from the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Cambridge has been appointed director of the Darwin Correspondence Project.
Endangered vultures at risk from tainted cows
21 August 2006Asian vultures are at risk of lethal kidney failure if they feed from carcasses of a cow that died after treatment with the anti-inflammatory drug...
You've got your exam results. What next?
16 August 2006Clearing 2006: Please note The University of Cambridge has NO COURSE VACANCIES through Clearing. Further information about Clearing is available from the UCAS website.
Strategy helps eliminate blindness
11 August 2006By promoting better hygiene, health education and donated antibiotics, blindness could be drastically reduced, according to an article by a University of Cambridge PhD candidate...
Naked Scientists science radio show goes platinum
10 August 2006The ‘Naked Scientists’ do not warrant the alarming image that they inspire. It’s actually an interactive science radio show produced at the University of Cambridge...
Women off the sidelines in time-honoured tennis tour
09 August 2006For the first time ever, women are joining their male counterparts on an 85-year-old tennis tour that climaxes in a showdown between Cambridge/Oxford and Harvard/Yale.
Researchers appeal for new regulations to save coral reefs from live fish trade
04 August 2006Researchers are calling for tighter controls on the live reef fish trade, a growing threat to coral reefs, in letters to the international journal Science.
Cambridge scholar makes rare 30,000-year-old find.
01 August 2006Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of our earliest European ancestors.