Secrets of animal camouflage: Video reveals how predator vision works
06 August 2014How do animals see? It’s a question that vexes biologists and fascinates anyone who has watched animals go about their business: what does the world...
Royal Society honours Cambridge scientists
06 August 2014The Royal Society has announced the recipients of its awards, medals and prizes for 2104.
Some saturated fatty acids may present a bigger risk to diabetes than others
06 August 2014The relationship between saturated fat and type 2 diabetes may be more complex than previously thought, according to the results of a large international study...
A new way to make microstructured surfaces
05 August 2014Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties.
LEDs made from ‘wonder material’ perovskite
05 August 2014Colourful LEDs made from a material known as perovskite could lead to LED displays which are both cheaper and easier to manufacture in future.
Looking for the good
03 August 2014Anthropology looks at human differences in its study of the ‘other’ and at human commonalities in its more recent focus on the ‘suffering’. In identifying...
Chemists develop MRI technique for peeking inside battery-like devices
01 August 2014A team of chemists from the University of Cambridge and New York University has developed a method for examining the inner workings of battery-like devices...
‘A sunlit picture of hell’: Sassoon’s war diaries go online for first time
01 August 2014Siegfried Sassoon’s First World War diaries – some bearing traces of mud from the Somme – are among 4,100 pages from his personal archive being...
Urbanisation of rural Africa associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes
29 July 2014The increasing urbanisation of rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to an explosion in incidences of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new...