From beyond the grave
01 May 2009Tracing popular beliefs from medieval to early modern times is highlighting the durability of debates about the dead.
Research
Tracing popular beliefs from medieval to early modern times is highlighting the durability of debates about the dead.
New treatments for glaucoma are a key priority in vision research. Advances in stem cell technology in Cambridge are helping to make this dream a...
Some remarkable organisms are able to withstand almost complete desiccation. How they survive is providing Cambridge researchers with new ideas for biostable therapeutics.
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research, spending around £300 million a year on world-class research to beat cancer....
The Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) is a new and pioneering partnership formed by the University of Cambridge and leading conservation organisations.
Internationally known for his work on information theory, machine learning and novel forms of communication, Professor David MacKay has devoted much of his time recently...
New understanding of the physics of clouds is helping to model both climate change and the impact of volcanic eruptions and wild fires.
Scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that freshwater algae can form stable groupings in which they dance around each other, miraculously held together only by...
The night vision abilities of nocturnal animals such as mice is down to the unconventional way that DNA is packaged within the nuclei of specialised...
Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the Arctic.