Fruit flies and test tubes shed new light on Alzheimer’s
11 March 2010A team of scientists from Cambridge and Sweden have discovered a molecule that can prevent a toxic protein involved Alzheimer's disease from building up in...
Mother knows best even before birth
10 March 2010Mother birds communicate with their developing chicks before they even hatch by leaving them messages in the egg, new research by a team from the...
Asteroid killed off the dinosaurs
04 March 2010The Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth, was caused by an asteroid colliding with Earth...
Towards a ‘super-vaccine’ for swine bacterial diseases
01 March 2010A new multidisciplinary research programme aims to develop a single vaccine that will combat four major respiratory pathogens of pigs.
Academic advises on young girls’ body perceptions
26 February 2010A recent study by a Cambridge researcher has uncovered the startling way in which young girls view and feel about their bodies.
Researchers show Chip and PIN system vulnerability
11 February 2010Researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have uncovered flaws in the Chip and PIN system that allow criminals to use stolen credit and...
Student gets up close and personal with orang-utans
10 February 2010A Cambridge PhD student is swapping the comforts of city life for a small hammock in the jungle while he studies orang-utans in Borneo for...
Pay it Forward: Elevation Leads to Altruistic Behaviour
09 February 2010Seeing someone perform a virtuous deed, especially if they are helping another person, makes us feel good, according to a recent study by psychological scientists.
Artificial pancreas a step closer for diabetic children
04 February 2010Scientists in Cambridge have made a significant step towards developing a so-called "artificial pancreas" system for managing type 1 diabetes in children. The team has...
How the butterflies got their spots
04 February 2010How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has intrigued biologists since Darwin's day. Now, scientists at Cambridge have...