Watch amazing footage of how nanotubes form
02 March 2007A Cambridge University-led team of scientists have successfully produced live video footage that shows how carbon nanotubes, more than 10,000 times smaller in diameter than...
UK falling short in cutting carbon emissions
16 February 2007Britain will fail to meet even the minimum target for reduced carbon emissions by 2020 if it does not introduce tougher green policies, a conference...
Cambridge student takes first prize in Japanese speaking contest
16 February 2007A Cambridge undergraduate has come first in a competition in which students face the daunting task of giving a full public lecture in Japanese.
Climate change is chiefly man-made
02 February 2007Professor Nigel Weiss, an expert in solar magnetic fields, has rebutted claims that a fall in solar activity could somehow compensate for the man-made causes...
CUE help young entrepreneurs make ‘sense’ of business
01 February 2007Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) organise the most successful student-run business planning and creation competitions in Europe. Since 1999, CUE has had over 450 entries and...
Remote sensing in extreme environments
01 February 2007Sensor technologies are being applied in ever more challenging environments but they don’t get much more extreme than a 3800-metre-high volcano in Antarctica.
Modern day alchemy: Gold for 2012?
01 February 2007An ambitious research project headed by the University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory and Department of Engineering aims to revolutionise sports coaching using advanced sensor networks.
Revolution in near-patient diagnostics
01 February 2007Good health is a basic human requirement for a high quality of life. Diagnostic tests and procedures are vital tools in the armoury of the...
‘What have the Victorians ever done for us?’
01 February 2007Modern Britain was invented sometime between 1830 and 1900. It's not just a question of industrialization, compulsory education, the right to vote (at least for...
Re-thinking the past, present and future
01 February 2007Understanding our biological past is a tricky business. It's like trying to build a jigsaw puzzle when most of the pieces are missing. However, bioarchaeologists...