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Michelangelo bronzes discovered
Duration: 00:04:21
Published Date: 2015/02/02It was thought that no bronzes by Michelangelo had survived - now experts believe they have found not one, but two - with a tiny detail in a 500-year-old drawing providing vital evidence. - See more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/michelangelo-bronzes-discovered They are naked, beautiful, muscular and ride triumphantly on two ferocious panthers. And now the secret of who created these -
Welcome to Season 3!
Duration: 00:02:13
Published Date: 2022/01/12Welcome (or welcome back) to Mind Over Chatter, the Cambridge University Podcast. One series at a time, we break down complex issues into simple questions. In this third series, we’re talking all about Health. We’ll be exploring both physical and mental health, and we’ll discuss causes, treatments and preventions for issues like dementia, cancer, infectious diseases and obesity. We’re -
After Climategate and Cancun; What Next for Climate Science?
Duration: 01:12:47
Published Date: 2010/12/17Newton Institute Web Seminars: newton.ac.uk/webseminars The last year has been a difficult time for climate science, with leaked emails undermining public confidence and perhaps contributing to the failure of Copenhagen to reach an agreement on emissions cuts. On top of this, mid-term elections in the US suggest it will be difficult for President Obama to carry into legislation any substantial -
What is education for?
Duration: 00:37:30
Published Date: 2024/02/28Best-selling author Tara Westover (https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/what-does-it-mean-to-be-educated/) , researcher Aliya Khalid (https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/how-mothers-affect-their-daughters-education/) and Thabo Msibi (https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/thabo-msibi-south-africa/) Deputy Vice Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal -
Viruses under the Mathematical Microscope: Deciphering the Code of…
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Published Date: 2011/05/10Newton Institute Web Seminars: newton.ac.uk/webseminars Cambridge University Science Festival lecture on Saturday 25 March 2011. Viruses, such as hepatitis and the common cold, have highly ordered protein containers that encapsulate the viral genomic material. They act as Trojan horses, transporting the genomic material inside a cell to hijack the cellular mechanism and produce new viruses. -
First sightings of solar flare phenomena confirm 3D models of space…
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Published Date: 2014/03/27Scientists have for the first time witnessed the mechanism behind explosive energy releases in the Sun's atmosphere, confirming new theories about how solar flares are created. New footage put together by an international team led by University of Cambridge researchers shows how entangled magnetic field lines looping from the Sun's surface slip around each other and lead to an eruption 35 times -
Journeys of Discovery: Rapid genome sequencing
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Published Date: 2021/05/18Shankar Balasubramanian’s diary records 26 August 1997 as the day of “The Solexa Idea!” Sitting in the beer garden of the Panton Arms in Cambridge, he and David Klenerman sketched out their plans to watch DNA polymerase as it assembled the building blocks of life. Their ideas were progressing fast – and with them, something even more exciting. They realised that if they could watch the -
Engineering Atoms
Duration: 00:06:47
Published Date: 2015/06/29Atomic-level engineering is at the forefront of modern, greener jet engine design. The increasing demand for more people to fly while reducing carbon emissions is one of the greatest aeronautical engineering challenges. Efficiency requires engines to run hotter and faster, but the best materials are already running close to their limits. At the Cambridge Rolls-Royce UTC, we design metal alloys -
Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean
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Published Date: 2023/02/25Learn more about the exhibition here: https://bit.ly/IslandersShorthand @FitzMuseum presents a free, new exhibition exploring ancient Mediterranean island cultures. -
Novel Thoughts #8: Amy Milton on Hubert Selby’s Requiem for a Dream
Duration: 00:03:01
Published Date: 2015/07/03Dr Amy Milton from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology relates how Requiem for a Dream, Hubert Selby’s bleak portrayal of drug addiction, motivated her to dedicate her academic career to finding treatments for addiction. Here she talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists. From illustrated -
A message from the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
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Novel Thoughts #5: Juliet Foster on Susan Fromberg Schaeffer's…
Duration: 00:03:57
Published Date: 2015/06/22Dr Juliet Foster’s ongoing fascination with the portrayal of mental illness in literature was triggered by reading The Madness of a Seduced Woman by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer. Today she carries out research in Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. Here she talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading habits of eight Cambridge -
Footage of African greater honeyguide killing newly hatched foster…
Duration: 00:00:40
Published Date: 2011/09/05Footage of African greater honeyguide killing newly hatched foster sibling. For more info visit: www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/natural-born-killers -
Novel Thoughts #7: Carol Brayne on Charles Dickens and George Eliot
Duration: 00:04:03
Published Date: 2015/06/29Having decided to become a doctor at the age of 10, Professor Carol Brayne’s love of the novels of Charles Dickens and George Eliot fired up her determination to tackle social inequalities in healthcare. Today she is Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health. Here she talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading habits of -
Novel Thoughts #1: Paul Coxon on Jan Wahl's SOS Bobomobile
Duration: 00:02:52
Published Date: 2015/06/08As a child, Dr Paul Coxon from Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, was fascinated by the madcap inventions of the boy hero in Jan Wahl’s SOS Bobomobile (illustrated by Fernando Krahn) – and he still likes to tinker with his own inventions in the lab today. Here he talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading -
Novel Thoughts #4: Simon Redfern on Chinghiz Aitmatov's Jamila
Duration: 00:03:39
Published Date: 2015/06/19As a mineral scientist, Professor Simon Redfern from Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences travels widely, and likes his visits to be about more than just the rocks. A recent trip to Kazakhstan was enlivened by reading Jamila by Chinghiz Aitmatov, a novella set in post-war Soviet Kyrgyzstan, on the borders of Kazakhstan. Here he talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, -
Novel Thoughts #3: Karen Yu on George Lucas' Star Wars
Duration: 00:03:21
Published Date: 2015/06/15Karen Yu’s growing love of science as a young girl was galvanised by reading the novelisation of the Star Wars movies (Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas). Her desire to build her own fusion reactor eventually morphed into a PhD in industrial photonics, using lasers for nanoscale manufacturing (if not for lightsabers), at Cambridge’s Department of Engineering. -
Helping Newcastle A-level students make university decisions
Duration: 00:03:59
Published Date: 2018/04/25Cambridge is on the road looking for new undergraduates. Take a look at what A-Level students from Newcastle made of the events held at St James' Park. -
Cambridge Imagines: Mapping Anthrax Outbreaks
Duration: 00:04:30
Published Date: 2022/05/03Learn more about STEMing Africa here: https://stemingafricainitiative.wordpress.com Valentina Ndolo acquired new software skills during her PhD at Cambridge University that has allowed her to better map the spread of anthrax in East Africa. -
The Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Address to the University - 2021
Duration: 00:42:23
Published Date: 2021/10/02The Vice-Chancellor marks the start of the new academic year this morning with a live annual address to the University community.
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