Research hopes to increase available donor kidneys
19 August 2010Donor kidneys from individuals who have recently died from cardiac arrest perform just as well in recipients as kidneys from traditional 'brain-dead' donors, scientists have...
Sustainable Shells in running for 2010 Earth Awards
19 August 2010An innovative building concept co-created by a University of Cambridge architect has reached the finals of the 2010 Earth Awards.
Calls for a global nuclear renaissance in new study
13 August 2010Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London today outlined a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy. Their research...
Donation is music to University Library’s ears
09 August 2010Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of musician, broadcaster and writer Deryck Cooke (1919-1976).
Domesday database launched online
09 August 2010An online database which promises to change our understanding of English society on the eve and in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been...
Trawling survives selling previously discarded fish
03 August 2010Fishermen barely eking out a profit because of overfishing of their target stock, shrimp, are now surviving by selling their bycatch (the low-value fish also...
Bioenergy research blooms in Cambridge
01 August 2010The Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
Personality test to explore rules of attraction
30 July 2010A major new investigation which aims to solve two of the biggest unanswered questions in psychology is being launched by researchers at the University of...
Academics to join British Academy Fellowship
23 July 2010The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
Why more education lowers dementia risk
23 July 2010A team of researchers from the UK and Finland has discovered why people who stay in education longer have a lower risk of developing dementia;...