Environment

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Iridescence enables bees to view flowers in different colours

23 Dec 2008

Bees see some flowers in multicolour because of previously unknown iridescence of the petals, usually invisible to the human eye, researchers from...

Risky decision-making essential to entrepreneurialism

12 Nov 2008

Whether someone will become the next Richard Branson, Steve Jobs or Henry Ford may be down to whether they make risky decisions, scientists at the...

New international nanomaterials research programme launched

02 Oct 2008

As part of a unique collaborative agreement, the Japanese government has located a new research satellite at The Nanoscience Centre, University of...

Possible cause of antisocial behaviour identified by Cambridge scientists

30 Sep 2008

A link between reduced levels of the "stress hormone" cortisol and antisocial behaviour in male adolescents has been discovered by a research team at...

Enhancing CAPE-abilities in photonics and electronics

01 Sep 2008

A unique model of industrial-academic partnership is demonstrating how UK R&D can stay ahead of the game in a rapidly moving electronics market...

‘Erasing’ drug-associated memories may stop drug addiction relapses

12 Aug 2008

"Erasing" drug-associated memories may prevent recovering drug abusers from relapsing, researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered.

Judge Business School launches management centre

24 Jul 2008

Academics and industry collaborate to deliver a partnership-based forum for sharing and researching best practice.

Plan to conserve forests may be detrimental to other ecosystems

12 Jun 2008

Conserving biodiversity must be considered when developing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, researchers warn in today’s...

Cambridge astronomer identify the Galaxy’s youngest supernova remnant

19 May 2008

A Cambridge astronomer’s identification of the remnant of the most recent supernova in the Milky Way is set to fill in major gaps in our knowledge of...