Salt marsh plants key to reducing coastal erosion and flooding
02 Oct 2014Study finds that natural flood defences such as salt marshes can reduce the height of damaging waves in storm surge conditions by close to 20%.
Stem cells: master builders, drug testers, immortal elements
01 Oct 2014Today, we commence a month-long focus on research on stem cells. To begin, Professors Austin Smith and Robin Franklin discuss how Cambridge scientists are helping to provide a stream of new knowledge about how our bodies are made and maintained, and how stem cells can fulfil the promise of being one of medical research’s great hopes.
Online resource to support the work of biodiversity conservation organisations
01 Oct 2014A free online resource, launched today (1 October), will help conservation organisations share expertise and tools, aiding them in addressing some of the planet’s most challenging conservation issues.
Website helps maths and physics school students work it out
30 Sep 2014New online resource will help schools and pupils build specialist maths and physics skills.
Addressing global issues through collaboration
29 Sep 2014Projects to reveal first results in collaboration between the University and British Antarctic Survey.
Greenland Ice Sheet more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought
29 Sep 2014A new study finds that the Greenland Ice Sheet, which covers 1.7 million square kilometres and contains enough ice to raise sea levels worldwide by seven metres, is less stable and more sensitive to climate change than previously thought.
Award for research into metabolic diseases
26 Sep 2014Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly awarded K-J Zülch Prize.
Professor Marc Weller wins award for his contribution to law
26 Sep 2014Academic wins the "Oscar" of the legal world.
Cancer Core Europe: institutes unite across Europe to tackle cancer
26 Sep 2014Launched today (26 September), Cancer Core Europe brings together six cancer centres – including the Cambridge Cancer Centre at the University of Cambridge – to link cancer research through to cancer care.
One in ten people over forty years old in Britain are vitamin D deficient
26 Sep 2014As many as one in ten people in Britain over forty years old may be vitamin D deficient, according to a study carried out by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
