Campus radicalism fears too extreme?
03 December 2008British Universities are not hotbeds of Islamic radicalism, despite fears about the rise of "campus extremism", a new study has found.
Physics of Medicine
01 December 2008The Grand Opening of the Centre for the Physics of Medicine marks a major development in bringing together researchers working at the interface of physical...
Superfast genomes move a step closer to reality
20 November 2008The first Asian and African human genomes have been deciphered using a technique originally invented by Professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman at the University...
Scientists crack the code to tamoxifen resistance
13 November 2008Scientists have discovered the molecular basis for tamoxifen response in breast cancer cells - and the reason why some women can develop resistance to the...
Risky decision-making essential to entrepreneurialism
12 November 2008Whether someone will become the next Richard Branson, Steve Jobs or Henry Ford may be down to whether they make risky decisions, scientists at the...
First gene for child brain tumour identified
03 November 2008Scientists have found the first genetic link to a common childhood brain tumour - reveals research published in the journal Cancer Research.
Charities benefit from new body image research
31 October 2008A Cambridge University scholar has boosted participation in her research by turning it into a charity fundraiser.
Facebook: Changing the nature of friendship
23 October 2008Facebook encourages people to be more sociable and acts as a form of personal biography, according to a research project conducted by a Cambridge University...
UK research held back by over regulation
17 October 2008Clinical research in the UK is being stifled by over regulation according to a group of leading academics.
Science of music exhibition goes on schools roadshow
10 October 2008Hundreds of schoolchildren in South Cambridgeshire will learn about the science of musical sound this week as part of a touring outreach exercise.