Botanic dinosaurs arrive at Cambridge Botanic Garden
17 July 2006Two specimens of one of the world’s oldest and rarest plants, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs, are now on view at the...
Speaking in China
17 July 2006Professor Ian Leslie from the University of Cambridge has spoken as Britain's only representative at a major international conference of university delegates in China.
Wild meerkats school their young
14 July 2006Older meerkats teach younger meerkats how to handle prey.
Queen's Birthday Honours
16 June 2006The Head of Education at the Fitzwillam Museum and an eminent University astronomer have each been honoured with an OBE in the 2006 Queen’s Birthday...
Business leaders support tougher stance on climate change
08 June 2006The Cambridge Programme for Industry has announced that fourteen senior executives of some of the UK’s leading businesses have approached the Prime Minister offering their...
£3.8 million gift for Conservation Biology
24 March 2006The Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund has provided £3.8 million to endow in perpetuity a professorship in Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge.
‘Sugar-coated pill’ helps the medicine go down
02 February 2006Cambridge scientists have discovered a solution for controlling one of the world’s biggest environmental and ecological pests – the zebra mussel.
Doctor Of Medicine Prizes
31 January 2006Four doctors have received prizes from the University’s School of Clinical Medicine in recognition of outstanding work on their MD dissertations.