Students launch project to send rocket into space for under £1,000
15 September 2006A group of students from the University of Cambridge who plan on launching a rocket into space for less than £1,000 have taken the first...
Cambridge University volunteers webcast BA Festival of Science
06 September 2006Listen to lectures by some of the UK’s premier scientists without leaving your home.
Cambridge teaching for adult learners enters cyberspace
04 September 2006Adult learners are to be given the chance to study everything from climate change to ancient Rome online with the University of Cambridge, starting this...
Coastal communities face greater threat of flooding due to land reclamation
01 September 2006Seafront communities are being left wide open to the risk of flooding because of the loss of coastal ecosystems, a Cambridge academic has warned.
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...