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A programme created by Cambridge researchers is teaching African scientists how insects can be powerful yet inexpensive model systems in neuroscientific research.

Sophie Zadeh, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Family Research, is contributing to a new study of the well-being of single mothers by sperm donation and their children. Her initial findings confound many of the assumptions about this group of women. 

Network will bring together expertise across six schools.

Were dinosaurs really the most exciting and interesting creatures ever to roam the planet? Zoologist Nick Crumpton tells the Cambridge Science Festival that it’s high time other prehistoric animals stepped out from the shadows.

Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from ‘traces’ left by seemingly innocuous digital behaviour, in this case Facebook Likes. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study raises important questions about personalised marketing and online privacy.

A Cambridge Science Festival lecture on Wednesday (13 March 2013) will look at how plants grow through repeating patterns and discuss what we can learn from them in developing smart materials.  

When different species of birds flock together, their flight formations are determined by social dynamics both between and within species.

Research into adoptive families headed by same-sex couples paints a positive picture of relationships and wellbeing in these new families. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study, which was carried out by Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥, suggests that adoptive families with gay fathers might be faring particularly well. 

Screening method created to expedite the development of new drugs in the fight against tropical diseases such as malaria and African sleeping sickness.

A how-to manual for fruit fly research has been created.