Siblings’ brain scans could hold the key to drug addiction
03 February 2012Research provides insight into why some individuals with a family history of drug abuse are at higher risk of addiction.
All set and ready to glow
03 February 2012A breakthrough technique for manufacturing LEDs on silicon is to be exploited in the UK, putting mass-produced, energy-efficient lighting within reach.
Canopy commerce: forest conservation and poverty alleviation
03 February 2012Innovative approaches for protecting the future of Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest – globally important for its biodiversity and its carbon reserves – are being developed...
Flower power: how to get ahead in advertising
02 February 2012Some plants go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. A unique collaboration between plant scientists and physicists is revealing the full extent of botanical advertising.
Objects of devotion
02 February 2012Why did Renaissance shoppers fill their baskets with rosaries, crucifixes, Christ-dolls and devotional paintings? A new study by historian Dr Mary Laven investigates the significance...
Q&A with Scott Centenary Tour composer
01 February 2012The Scott Polar Research Institute is proud to have provided the inspiration for a major new composition by leading British composer, Cecilia McDowall.
Biodiversity conservation for life
01 February 2012This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses biodiversity conservation. To begin, Dr Mike Rands, Executive Director of Cambridge Conservation Initiative,...
‘Picture This #14′ Polymelus, Museum of Zoology
01 February 2012All British thoroughbred racehorses, including Polymelus, are descended from three stallions – the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerley Turk.
Project to improve radiotherapy planning
30 January 2012A collaborative project between physicists, oncologists and computer scientists at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, launched last month, will develop improved tools for the planning of...
Great handbags - but what about the politics?
28 January 2012Audiences are spellbound by Meryl Streep’s performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. As a PhD student looking at British politics in the same...