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Opinion: How fruit flies can help keep African scientists at home

Timothy Weil (Department of Zoology) and Silvia Muñoz-Descalzo (University of Bath) discuss the project that aims to make the fruit fly a model organism for research in Africa.

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Exoplanet hunter: in search of new Earths and life in the Universe

In 1995, in Geneva, PhD student Didier Queloz discovered a planet orbiting another sun – something that astronomers had predicted, but never found. Today he continues his terra hunting for extreme worlds and Earth twins in Cambridge.

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Researchers identify ‘neurostatin’ that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

An approved anti-cancer drug successfully targets the first step in the toxic chain reaction that leads to Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that treatments may be found to lower the risk of developing the neurodegenerative condition.

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Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction

New window on the universe is opened with the observation of gravitational waves – ripples in spacetime – caused by the collision of two black holes.

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Could the food we eat affect our genes? Study in yeast suggests this may be the case

Almost all of our genes may be influenced by the food we eat, according to new research published in the journal Nature Microbiology . The study, carried out in yeast – which can be used to model some of the body’s fundamental processes – shows that while the activity of our genes influences our metabolism, the opposite is...

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University Honorary Degrees 2016

The University Council has submitted to the Regent House, the University's Governing Body, the names of eight renowned individuals from the worlds of sport, the arts, business, medicine and architecture, seeking authority for their admission to Higher Doctorates honoris causa at a Congregation in the Senate House on...

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Education and the brain: what happens when children learn?

Have you lost your house keys recently? If so, you probably applied a spot of logical thinking. You looked first in the most obvious places – bags and pockets – and then mentally retraced your steps to the point when you last used them.

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The language and literature of chastity

In her debut book, Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson (Faculty of English) shows how deeply the Christian virtue of chastity was embedded into the culture of the early Stuart world. In the struggle between the newly established Church of England and Roman Catholicism, chastity was a powerful construct that was both personal and...

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Opinion: What will happen when the Pope meets the Patriarch?

John Pollard (Trinity Hall) discusses the relationship between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, and what the meeting between their two leaders may hold.

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Killer flies: how brain size affects hunting strategy in the insect world

Cambridge researchers are studying what makes a brain efficient and how that affects behaviour in insects.

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