Getting a grip: ‘Velcro’-like structure helps bees stick to flowers
14 May 2009When bees collect nectar, how do they hold onto the flower? Cambridge University scientists have shown that it is down to small cone-shaped cells on...
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When bees collect nectar, how do they hold onto the flower? Cambridge University scientists have shown that it is down to small cone-shaped cells on...
The University of Cambridge will host one of just three genetic research hubs created by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to provide scientists access to...
Collaboration between the University Herbarium and Microsoft Research Ltd has made a unique botanical collection available to a world-wide audience.
Scientists in the Department of Veterinary Medicine are studying viruses as pathogens in host populations, endeavouring to understand the implications of our shared evolutionary history.
By adopting the principles of natural selection, engineers are using survival of the fittest to breed better design solutions.
Through the Darwin Correspondence Project, a rich collection of letters held at Cambridge University Library is both transforming our understanding of one of the greatest...
Cambridge anthropologists are increasingly looking at human evolution not just as a path through the remote past, but also as a way to explore humanity...
A large interdisciplinary network is aiming to shed light on the practices, rituals and attitudes surrounding intoxication.
Researchers in Cambridge are studying how the generation of fluid flow by organisms may have played a role in the evolution of biological complexity.
Since Darwin’s time, Amazonian butterflies have intrigued biologists as examples of evolution in action.