Professor Robert Edwards awarded Nobel Prize
04 October 2010Professor Robert Edwards, Pensioner Fellow at Churchill College and Emeritus Professor of Human Reproduction at the University, was today awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology...
Antidepressants can alter peoples’ moral judgement
28 September 2010The most common type of antidepressants, serotonin enhancers, alters peoples moral judgement and leads to a reduction in aggressive behaviour, a study published today in...
Reassessing the industrial revolution
21 September 2010It was the dawn of an age of prosperity and transformed Britain into an economic superpower but our rose-tinted view of the industrial revolution masks...
Bright future for British solar company
16 September 2010Solar energy company to develop and manufacture high performance, lower cost plastic solar cells.
First biodiversity symposium looks to future
16 September 2010Cambridge Conservation Initiative’s (CCI), inaugural symposium, held on Wednesday, focused on how to conserve natural capital and the future of biodiversity.
Bleak housing
15 September 2010Britain faces a future of more volatility in the housing market and worsening housing affordability if drastic measures are not taken, senior academics are to...
Translating science for conservation: bees benefit first
08 September 2010A project to make conservation science accessible and relevant to conservationists and policymakers launches its first major synopsis of evidence, on bee conservation.
The Twilight Zone?
03 September 2010The effect on the teenage brain of books like Twilight and the Harry Potter series is to be examined at Cambridge University.
Cambridge Service Alliance
01 September 2010BAE Systems and IBM have joined forces with the University of Cambridge to launch a new research initiative designed to equip business with the skills...
Research hopes to increase available donor kidneys
19 August 2010Donor kidneys from individuals who have recently died from cardiac arrest perform just as well in recipients as kidneys from traditional 'brain-dead' donors, scientists have...