Creating circuits from multiple components is routine in engineering. Can living systems be constructed using similar principles?
Research led by the Department of Pharmacology is discovering the drugs of tomorrow from traditional Chinese medicine.
How do plants tell the time and the passing of the seasons? Plant scientists are enlisting the help of engineers in their quest to uncover the...
Deciding whether to file a patent application depends on the invention and the opportunity
How can we efficiently unlock the bioenergy stored within plants? Research carried out in the Department of Biochemistry is breaking down the...
Children and their families can expect a fairytale experience when they visit the Cambridge University Botanic Garden this summer.
Thanks to ongoing research in the field, visitors to the Botanic Garden can experience the fascination of plant diversity and relate this to their...
Understanding our biological past is a tricky business. It's like trying to build a jigsaw puzzle when most of the pieces are missing. However...
Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of our earliest...
Two specimens of one of the world’s oldest and rarest plants, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs, are now on view at the Botanic Garden in...
