University Enterprise Zone aims to drive innovation across Cambridge
20 September 2019Cambridge is to establish a University Enterprise Zone as part of a new government initiative announced today by Universities Minister Chris Skidmore.
London’s forgotten businesswomen
20 September 2019A new exhibition celebrates the City of London's 18th-century female entrepreneurs
Women in STEM: Sheen Gurrib
19 September 2019Sheen Gurrib is a PhD candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, where she is researching ways to improve chronic lower back pain....
Cambridge appoints first DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning
18 September 2019Following an international search, Professor Neil Lawrence has been appointed as the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at Cambridge, supported by a benefaction from...
Shakespeare’s mystery annotator identified as John Milton
17 September 2019A Cambridge literary scholar suggests that the handwriting on a Shakespeare First Folio in Philadelphia matches that of the Paradise Lost poet, John Milton.
Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells
17 September 2019Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a platform that uses nanoparticles known as metal-organic frameworks to deliver a promising anti-cancer agent to cells.
Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops
16 September 2019Once dismissed as ‘junk DNA’ that served no purpose, a family of ‘jumping genes’ found in tomatoes has the potential to accelerate crop breeding for...
Women in STEM: Dr Cohl Furey
12 September 2019Dr Cohl Furey is a Walter Grant Scott Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and a member of Trinity Hall....
‘Game-changing’ research could solve evolution mysteries
11 September 2019An evolution revolution has begun after scientists extracted genetic information from a 1.7 million-year-old rhino tooth – the largest and oldest genetic data to ever...
The Pict warrior fighting her inner demons
11 September 2019How games developers, a Cambridge psychiatrist and people who live with hearing voices helped bring to life the psychoses experienced by the lead character in...