Surface profile of a spall in a bearing steel

Share and share alike

24 August 2012

A new resource launched today by the 探花直播 of Cambridge will help researchers seek out and access high-value equipment across five universities.

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DNA

Genetic roulette in a new world

17 August 2012

Dr Robin Hesketh, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry and author of Betrayed by Nature, explains how advances in inexpensive, rapid gene sequencing and expression analysis is revolutionising cancer research and the development of new treatments.

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Breast cancer cells.

Breast cancer: Back to basics

16 August 2012

Ahead of the first in a series of pub-based science talks, called 鈥淪ciBar鈥 this evening (16 August), Hayley Frend explains why fundamental knowledge about the mammary gland is still needed and how research in the field will impact on the treatment of breast cancer in the future.

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Possible to power an iPod with a Pineapple?

Science Night Returns to Radio 5 live

14 August 2012

Following the huge success of BBC Radio 5 live鈥檚 inaugural Science Night last December, the 探花直播 of Cambridge鈥檚 Dr Chris Smith and his fellow 鈥楴aked Scientists鈥 will return to present Science Night 2 on Sunday 19 August from 7.00pm.

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Detail from the cloud forest of Loma Alta in Ecuador, one of the conservation success stories highlighted in the book Wild Hope.

Spreading the good word from the wild

08 August 2012

A new book by a Cambridge professor offers an alternative to the narratives of nature鈥檚 annihilation, by shining a light on conservation success stories that otherwise get lost in the deluge of dire warnings.

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