The thinking hominid
01 February 2008The discovery in southern India of a well-preserved quarry dating from a million years ago is helping researchers to answer: how intelligent were our ancestors?
Can machines read?
01 February 2008Enabling computers to understand language might help users to overcome online information overload.
Orchestrating brain activity
01 February 2008New research in Cambridge is deciphering neural control signals that create the right brain state for the right situation.
A campaign of silent resistance
01 February 2008A fascinating study of wartime artefacts is uncovering a story of symbolic resistance and creative necessity in the Channel Islands 60 years ago.
Rebellion, repression, retribution
01 February 2008John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.
Organic chemist, puppet maker, art conservator...
01 February 2008From organic chemist, through maker of rubber monsters, to conservator of fine art, Spike Bucklow describes his career path as "something of a drunkard's walk"....
Finding fault
01 February 2008A multicentre project led by the Faculty of Law has reached its conclusion, having studied over a century's worth of European legal changes relating to...
Proactive IP analysis: helping commercialisation not to (micro)drop out of sight
01 February 2008An innovative new project spearheaded by Cambridge Enterprise Ltd and researchers in the Department of Chemistry is taking a proactive approach to intellectual property (IP)...
Should my invention be patented?
01 February 2008Deciding whether to file a patent application depends on the invention and the opportunity
Putting metabolism on the eco-map
01 February 2008One of the latest technologies to emerge - metabolomics - is being used to create a snapshot of how environmental chemicals affect living organisms.