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It may not be possible to judge a book by its cover, but judging someone by the contents of their iTunes library could be a very different story, new research suggests.

Families, local residents and community groups are being invited to discover rarely-glimpsed parts of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and Colleges at this year’s Open Cambridge event, from September 11th to 13th.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥winner of the second category in our summer school diary-writing competition is Ieva Lismane, who took part in a residential run by Fitzwilliam and Emmanuel Colleges. Seventeen-year-old Ieva goes to Hounslow Manor School in West London.ÌýShe and her family came from Latvia to the UK as asylum seekers when she was six years old, andÌýIeva will be the first in her family to go to university.

̽»¨Ö±²¥path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the 30-year journey behind the development of a drug now being used to treat multiple sclerosis.

An ambitious project that aims to increase rice yields could provide the solution to future food shortages.

Nine of the 44 new Royal Society Fellows announced today are Cambridge academics. Their election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society recognises their exceptional contributions to society. As Fellows of the UK's national academy of science, these leaders in the fields of science, engineering and medicine join other famous Cambridge names such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking.

Since Darwin’s time, Amazonian butterflies have intrigued biologists as examples of evolution in action.

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research, spending around £300 million a year on world-class research to beat cancer. In November 2008, the charity launched a five-year plan to focus research on core areas of science that will have the greatest impact on reducing cancer deaths, with an emphasis on cancers that have poor survival rates.

For children obsessed by Top Trumps, a new collection of free playing cards being handed out by Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Museums – starting with the Museums Fair this Saturday - could prove a hit.

How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?