The remarkable notebook of a 19th-century naturalist
09 January 2013A notebook recording the fauna of Cambridgeshire observed and collected by the Reverend Leonard Jenyns between 1820 and 1849 has been published in full for...
Can your phone double up as your life-coach?
29 December 2012Researchers are developing a smartphone platform that enables careful monitoring of lifestyle to pinpoint and help avert triggers for stress and negative emotion.
Lethal weapon: bacteria’s high-risk suicide strategy
24 December 2012New research shows how some bacterial cells keep a ‘suicide complex’ ready to hand at all times.
World-leading cancer expert to head-up Cambridge Institute
21 December 2012The University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK have appointed Professor Simon Tavaré to be the next director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.
Cambridge researchers support the WHO
20 December 2012A newly designated Collaborating Centre at the University of Cambridge will support the World Health Organization (WHO) in detecting and responding to major epidemic- and...
Changing our material future, layer by layer
20 December 2012Researchers are aiming to develop a new class of materials with remarkable properties using one atom-thick substances such as graphene and other two dimensional crystals...
Schizophrenia linked to social inequality
14 December 2012Urban neighbourhoods with high deprivation, population density and inequality found to have higher rates of schizophrenia.
Heroic Age campsite location discovered near summit of Antarctic volcano
14 December 2012A century after members of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition climbed Mount Erebus, the University of Cambridge’s Professor Clive Oppenheimer has located their highest campsite.
Top conservation issues to look out for in 2013
06 December 2012Researchers have identified 15 issues that could affect the diversity of life on Earth in 2013.
New patient-friendly way to make stem cells for fight against heart disease
30 November 2012Promising new technique for creating stem cells using a routine blood sample.