Siblings’ brain scans could hold the key to drug addiction
03 February 2012Research provides insight into why some individuals with a family history of drug abuse are at higher risk of addiction.
Canopy commerce: forest conservation and poverty alleviation
03 February 2012Innovative approaches for protecting the future of Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest – globally important for its biodiversity and its carbon reserves – are being developed by a collaboration of conservation agencies and ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge researchers.
Breeding better grasses for food and fuel
17 January 2012Newly discovered family of genes could help us breed grasses with improved properties for food and fuel.
New clue in the battle against Australian Hendra virus
13 January 2012Researchers find that African bats have antibodies that neutralise a deadly virus.
Test your memory!
10 January 2012Online test allows public to assess their recall; scientists will use data to study long-term memory.
Why locusts swarm
20 December 2011Protein associated with learning implicated in causing grasshoppers to swarm.
Why buttercups reflect yellow on chins
14 December 2011Scientists discover why buttercups reflect yellow on chins – and it doesn’t have anything to do with whether you like butter. ̽»¨Ö±²¥new research sheds light on children’s game and provides insight into pollination.
Memory like a fish
09 December 2011̽»¨Ö±²¥traditional belief that fish have short memory spans may not be as true as we thought. Gates scholar Alex Vail is carrying out research that reveals how fish remember other sea creatures and even people.
̽»¨Ö±²¥communicative brain
29 November 2011What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.
How does your baby grow?
31 October 2011A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our understanding of the development of life-threatening conditions, including obesity. ̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ scientists who led the research now plan to follow the same children through another key phase of development - puberty.
