Synthetic biology takes root
01 September 2008Creating circuits from multiple components is routine in engineering. Can living systems be constructed using similar principles?
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Creating circuits from multiple components is routine in engineering. Can living systems be constructed using similar principles?
Cambridge’s new NanoPhotonics Centre is creating novel properties of light and matter at the nanoscale.
At the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials, a highly interdisciplinary approach is meeting the challenge of bioengineering new materials for the human body.
A UK-wide collaboration led by the Department of Earth Sciences is uncovering the counterintuitive properties of flexible materials.
Professor Lindsay Greer, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, highlights the vital role of materials research in meeting many of today’s challenges.
The Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative enters its second phase with the launch of the Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine.
An industrial-grade aerospace gas turbine combustion simulator – the first of its kind in the UK and one of only a dozen worldwide – is...
Only a single class of engineering materials can withstand the extreme conditions deep within a jet aeroplane engine – the nickel-base superalloys.
A magnificent new collection at the University Library makes Cambridge a major international centre for Montaigne scholarship.
New research could help improve the learning experience of students from backgrounds where there is little tradition of higher education.