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These tiny oil droplets may hold a key to a new mechanism that drives the development of shapes and forms in nature, a process known as morphogenesis. When the droplets are slowly frozen, they shift through a range of different shapes. This shape-shifting is driven by a wax-like layer that forms beneath the surface of the droplets, suggesting that complex morphogenesis may be controlled by the

If you want to learn more about studying as an postgraduate student, sign up for our November Virtual Open Days here: https://bit.ly/PGOpenDays2021 You can sign-up to the student newsletter to keep in touch with the University of Cambridge here: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/find-out-more/student-newsletter Jackson Wo attends Jesus College and is studying for a PhD in Material Sciences

Matt Coombes moved to Cambridge from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and quickly found a new family at his College and on his course. Fear of being away from home should never be a thing that puts people off, he says. Find out about applying to Cambridge: http://bit.ly/ApplyCambridge-M Matt is a Land Economy student at Homerton College. He went to Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy in Gateshead.

Professor Bill Sutherland wrote The Conservation Handbook and the snappily titled From Individual Behaviour to Population Biology. He is interested in finding means of providing free conservation books to developing countries and enabling practicing conservationists to learn from each other. In September he came to Cambridge from the University of East Anglia to become the new Miriam Rothschild

Cambridge Festival of Ideas explores new and original thinking on some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aim of the Festival is to fuel people’s interest in arts, humanities and social sciences through a series of events ranging from talks, debates and film screenings to exhibitions and comedy nights. Of the over 250 events at the Festival, most are free. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/

Like other social animals, baboons learn from each other about which foods are best to eat. Now, researchers at Cambridge have found that how well they learn from others depends on their personality, bold or anxious baboons learning more than those who are shy or laid back. - See more at:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/think-big-think-seahorse/ Dr Amanda Vincent -- one of the world's leading experts on seahorses and their relatives -- is spending a year at Cambridge's Department of Geography on a sabbatical from the University of British Columbia. She is introducing some new ideas into conservation discussion groups at Cambridge.

Fossilised fragments of a skeleton of the last known toothed bird, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the longest-standing assumptions about the origins of modern birds. Cambridge researchers have found that one of the key skull features that characterises 99% of modern birds – a mobile beak – evolved before the mass extinction event that killed all large

On 1 October 2010, in a ceremony in Cambridge's Senate House, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was admitted to office as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was previously Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, and before that Deputy Rector of Imperial College London. The University of Cambridge is one of the world's greatest research Universities, with 17,500 students

By performing a famous magic trick, the French Drop, for three species of monkey with differing hand structures, scientists have discovered that – in order to deceive – a conjuror needs the same anatomy as their audience. Read more here- https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sleight-of-hand-magic-trick-only-fools-monkeys-with-opposable-thumbs

What's it like to row competitively at Cambridge? Thomas Lynch, a PhD student at the @EngineeringCambridge and @HughesHallCambridge , let us in on at his very intense day. You can watch Tom and the rest of the crews row on Saturday 30 March. This page will tell you all the different ways to watch: https://www.theboatrace.org/spectator-information Follow @CambridgeUniversityBoatClub for the latest

In order to spot potential predators, adult meerkats often climb to a higher vantage point or stand on their hind legs. If a predator is detected, they use several different alarm calls to warn the rest of the group. New Cambridge research shows that they are more likely to exhibit this behaviour when there are young pups present, suggesting that the predator-scanning behaviour is for the benefit

In a unique collaboration between the University's Veterinary School and MRC's Regenerative Medicine Centre, scientists used a unique type of cell to regenerate the damaged part of the dogs' spines. The researchers are cautiously optimistic that the work could have a future role in the treatment of human patients with similar injuries if used alongside other treatments. For more information, go

While the years of New Labour have been sometimes characterised as a golden age for culture, the first decade of the 21st century was a difficult time for heritage. Political policy and practice was at best indifferent and at worst hostile to the idea of English history and heritage. In this controversial lecture, Simon Thurley, who was at the helm of English Heritage through the period, looks

This film looks at the impact of the innovations and ideas that have come out of Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory over the past 140 years, and the work and legacy of sound engineer Ray Dolby, who did his PhD at the Cavendish and whose pioneering research changed the way the world listens. The Dolby family have donated £85 million to Cambridge to help reimagine the possibilities of

The University of Cambridge today launches a new research centre dedicated to exploring the possibilities of a world shared by both humans and machines with artificial intelligence (AI). The Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA) brings together researchers from engineering and mathematics, philosophy and social sciences; a broad range of disciplines to investigate how human and

A new Crop Science Centre was launched in Cambridge on 1 Oct 2020, designed to fast-track technologies to sustainably improve farmers’ yields worldwide. The Centre is an alliance between the University of Cambridge’s Department of Plant Sciences and the crop research organisation NIAB, an internationally recognised centre for crop innovation. Research will be aimed at reducing agricultural

Folic acid deficiency can cause severe health problems in offspring, including spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities. A study out today reveals that a mutation in a gene necessary for the metabolism of folic acid not only impacts the immediate offspring but can also have detrimental health effects on the next several generations. The new research, which also sheds light on the

James Wilsdon, Professor of Science and Democracy at the University of Sussex, talks about the launch of "Future directions of scientific advice in Whitehall" - a collection of essays marking the appointment of the UK Government's new Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Mark Walport. To download the collection, visit: http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/future-directions-scientific-advice-whitehall/

Archaeologists have unearthed a Neanderthal skeleton in the famous Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. They say the new discovery offers a unique opportunity to use modern technology to try and understand Neanderthal “ways of death”. Did Neanderthals dig graves? Over the next few years, Cambridge researchers will be trying to find out. Read more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/shanidarz