Anti-ageing for arteries
26 September 2008New research has revealed that statins can prevent the premature ageing of arteries in patients in the advanced stages of heart disease - suggesting a...
Shielding children from HIV
19 September 2008A novel method for preventing HIV transmission from mother to child has been devised with the help of a Cambridge University engineer.
Cambridge botanist awarded ‘America’s Nobel’ Prize for medical research
12 September 2008David Baulcombe, the Professor of Botany at Cambridge University, is being honoured with the 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his discovery of...
Neighbourly in Nebraska, nervous in New York
11 September 2008The personalities of people in the USA often differ according to the state in which they live, a new study led by Cambridge University has...
World’s largest experiment starts today
08 September 2008The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being switched on today, marking one of the most important events in modern science.
Squeezing more from light: coupling nanoscience and photonics
01 September 2008Cambridge’s new NanoPhotonics Centre is creating novel properties of light and matter at the nanoscale.
Next-generation medical implants
01 September 2008At the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials, a highly interdisciplinary approach is meeting the challenge of bioengineering new materials for the human body.
Atomic yoga: the new physics of flexibility
01 September 2008A UK-wide collaboration led by the Department of Earth Sciences is uncovering the counterintuitive properties of flexible materials.
Materials on the horizon
01 September 2008Professor Lindsay Greer, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, highlights the vital role of materials research in meeting many of today’s challenges.
Engineering stem cells and tissues for better health
01 September 2008The Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative enters its second phase with the launch of the Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine.