Enhancing CAPE-abilities in photonics and electronics
01 September 2008A unique model of industrial-academic partnership is demonstrating how UK R&D can stay ahead of the game in a rapidly moving electronics market.
Making connections: what lies beyond the ‘terrible twos’?
01 September 2008New research shows that it's not just having conversations with children that matter, it's the quality of the content.
Expanding horizons for medical imaging
01 September 2008Medical imaging in Cambridge is pushing the boundaries in diagnosis and therapy as well as helping scientists within their own disciplines.
Virtual violins
01 September 2008Why does one violin sound different to another? Investigating this question has brought together researchers from music, engineering, experimental psychology and computer science.
Professor Simon Blackburn
01 September 2008A prolific writer and champion of accessible philosophy, Simon Blackburn was honoured this year by the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his...
Clandestine networks: how dangerous are they?
01 September 2008Terrorist groups, guerrilla movements, drug smuggling: Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni asks whether examining the structural weaknesses of illicit networks holds the key to combating them.
An invention to help repair damaged joints
01 September 2008Medical devices created by a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge are helping the body to heal itself.
Naked Scientist wins Royal Society award for science communication
28 August 2008Radio presenter and Cambridge academic Dr Chris Smith has won the Royal Society's prestigious Kohn Award for his success in bringing science to a wider...
Planning schemes still lack woman’s touch
28 August 2008Local authorities are failing to consider women's needs in their planning schemes, more than a year after legislation designed to stop the problem was introduced,...
Land of the (early) rising sun
20 August 2008They say that early to bed, early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise; but in Japan, it may also be feeding a nationalist...