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every drop counts

Scientists urge global action to preserve water supplies for billions worldwide

19 May 2009

Chinese, Indian, American and British scientists have released a conference declaration urging a region-by-region response to increased water...

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Into Space

Cambridge research to explore the origins of the universe

15 May 2009

Cambridge University researchers are casting their gaze back to the start of the universe following the launch last week of two of the most expensive...

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Clouds 1 - free to use

Unclouding uncertainty in climate modelling

01 May 2009

New understanding of the physics of clouds is helping to model both climate change and the impact of volcanic eruptions and wild fires.

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LHC

The Large Hadron Collider: entering uncharted territory

01 Jan 2009

The world's most expensive scientific instrument will be ready for full experiments in 2009; Andy Parker describes Cambridge's role in constructing...

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King's College from The Backs

Six University scholars elected to British Academy

18 Jul 2008

Six Cambridge academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy in the latest round of elections to the prestigious organisation for scholars...

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Diaphanous Sun

Cambridge academics shed new light on the Sun

09 Apr 2008

New insights into solar activity have been revealed thanks to research from a group of Cambridge academics.

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under the sea

Under the sea

27 Mar 2008

Scientists explore huge volume of molten rock now frozen into the crust under the ocean’s floor.

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Lucid in the sky

26 Sep 2007

A New Cambridge University star catalogue is the “most accurate ever”.

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lense

“Lucky Camera” takes sharpest ever images of stars

04 Sep 2007

A team of astronomers led by Cambridge University have taken pictures of the stars that are sharper than anything produced by the Hubble telescope...

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False colour image of the carbon monoxide gas in the Orion molecular cloud observed using HARP.

Hunting for protostars

01 Sep 2007

Looking deep inside the swirling dust clouds that make up stellar nurseries – the birth place of stars – can help unravel...

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Dr Chris Smith

Dr Chris Smith

01 Apr 2007

Public engagement with science is top of Dr Chris Smith's agenda. His trailblazing approach to making scientific issues interesting, interactive and...

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New Hall to achieve Cambridge first at Chelsea Flower Show

17 Jan 2007

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...

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