Articles about 'materials'

The first draft of Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is among thousands of his private papers made accessible online for the very first time.

A 900,000-word eyewitness account of life in Restoration England, viewed as a “rival” to Pepys' diary but virtually forgotten since the 1700s, is being published for the first time.

A new partnership is set to give nanotechnology researchers at the University of Cambridge access to the latest electron-beam imaging equipment.

Cambridge University study charts the symbolic resistance of the Channel Islanders during the occupation of World War II.

As clothes become cheaper and fashion becomes 'faster', how are we to balance our consumption with environmental, economic and social sustainability?

For what is believed to be the first time in the event’s 155-year history, a Cambridge college will be contributing a garden to this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

Mineral-based waste forms could enable safer, cheaper and more publicly acceptable disposal.

In the first ever undertaking of its kind, the complete works of one of history’s greatest scientists are to be made available for free on the World Wide Web. The entire works of Charles Darwin - 50,000 pages of searchable text and 40,000 images of original publications – will be available at the click of a mouse.

New ‘morphing’ structures have multiple applications

The University's Language Centre has won two prestigious awards for its innovation in language teaching and learning.