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Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - the plant-hopper Issus - showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we did. Professor Malcolm Burrows talks about finding the bugs that led to the science, and working with artists Elizabeth Hobbs and Emily Tracy and members of the community in

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Zahra is from Boston in Lincolnshire, and is studying Architecture. In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about the academic support

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Alexander is a mature student from Berlin, who is studying History of Art. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about taking part in

The May Bumps are an annual competition between collegiate boat clubs, taking place in June (of course) on the River Cam. The Cam is too narrow to race side-by-side, so the rowing crews chase one another and try to bump into the boat in front. This is how a crew moves up the rankings. The boats at the top of their rankings when the competition ends are known as Head of the River. Find out more

Body-worn cameras are fast becoming standard kit for frontline law enforcers, trumpeted by senior officers and even the US President as a technological ‘fix’ for what some see as a crisis of police legitimacy. Evidence of effectiveness has, however, been limited in its scope. Now, new results from one of the largest randomised-controlled experiments in the history of criminal justice research,

So, now what? is a new podcast from Gates Cambridge, a leading scholarship programme for outstanding international postgraduates at the University of Cambridge. Our guests are the scholars themselves - big thinkers from a range of different backgrounds and disciplines - who are out there finding solutions to some of our most wicked problems from the global economy and the environment, to

Skeletal remains of a group of foragers massacred around 10,000 years ago on the shores of a lagoon is unique evidence of a violent encounter between clashing groups of ancient hunter-gatherers, and suggests the “presence of warfare” in late Stone Age foraging societies. Listen to researchers from Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies discuss the findings, and what they

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Rosalyn is from Edinburgh, and is studying Land Economy (Environment, Law and Economics). In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Ekbal is from Birmingham, and is studying Natural Sciences. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about making friends at Cambridge,

“The University of Cambridge recognises its responsibility to provide healthy and sustainable food to its staff, students, and visitors. A new Sustainable Food Policy was launched on 2 Feb 2017 which sets out the University’s intentions to minimise the impact of its catering operations on the environment, and to promote sustainable practices and consumption. In this video, we interview some

So, now what? is a new podcast from Gates Cambridge (https://GatesCambridge) , a leading scholarship programme for outstanding international postgraduates at the University of Cambridge. Our guests are the scholars themselves - big thinkers from a range of different backgrounds and disciplines - who are out there finding solutions to some of our most wicked problems from the global economy and

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Emily is from North London, and is studying Engineering. In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about what Cambridge is like as a city,

“If we look at the amount of electricity that the UK can produce domestically, then there are some reasons to worry.” Professor Helen Thompson talks us through how a future government could improve domestic energy security in the energy transition world. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video series, students and academics from the University of Cambridge share

April 2016 saw the first performance of reconstructed 11th-Century ‘lost songs’ that hadn’t been heard in over 1,000 years - a performance made possible by the research of one of our lecturers (http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-performance-in-1000-years-lost-songs-from-the-middle-ages-are-brought-back-to-life-0) Two years on, a CD of this repertoire has just been released, and we are

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Josie is from Doncaster, and is studying Linguistics. In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about the supportive atmosphere in her

The Gaia satellite has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen details of our home Galaxy. The first data release from Gaia, based on just over one year of observations, was published in 2016; it contained distances and motions of two million stars. The new data release, which covers the 22

Billions of words, millions of books, 600 years of Curious Objects. Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th anniversary with an exhibition of the weird and wonderful objects in its collections. This rather curious object comes from 18th century England and features a splendid rendering of the man who brought us Hamlet, Macbeth …and invented the word puke! Yes, it’s the Bard

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Tara is from Guildford, and is studying Geography. In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about how she was allocated a place at her

New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to a genetic mutation. This obesity-driving combination means that dog owners must be particularly strict with feeding and exercising their Labradors to keep them slim. The mutation is in a gene called POMC, which plays a critical role in hunger and

The winning entries of the 2012 Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering, sponsored by Carl Zeiss, provide a stunning visual insight into the ways in which engineering makes a vital contribution to our lives. Engineering is about much more than dams and bridges. A glance at the hundreds of stunning images submitted for the 2012 Photography Competition at the Department of

If you're a student content creator at the University of Cambridge, we'd like to work with you! We're looking for up to 10 undergraduate and postgraduate students to join our new Cambridge Content Creators' programme. You'll be paid to create up to three videos per year for us on a mix of topics about life as a Cambridge student. We're proud to pay the Cambridge Living Wage of £10.90 an hour,

Professor Tim Clutton-Brock has been studying the same meerkat groups for over twenty years. He said: "Meerkats are intensely social and all group members engage in bouts of wrestling, chasing and play fighting, though juveniles and adolescents play more than adults. Since they live together in such close proximity and interact many times each day, it is unsurprising that individual meerkats are

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Sarah is from Middlesbrough, and is studying Classics. In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about visiting the Fitzwilliam Museum,

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Becky is from North Wales, and is studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic (ASNC). In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about the

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Jeff is from Bath, and is studying Theology and Religious Studies. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about how going to an open

Why does one of the world's great research libraries have ectoplasm, a spirit trumpet and beard hair posted to Charles Darwin? The answers lie within 'Curious Objects' at Cambridge University Library, which runs until March 2017 and is open free to the public. This Curious Object broadcasts voices from the beyond using the medium of…mediums. Apparently, the ‘Two Worlds’ spirit trumpet would

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Matt is from Derby, and is studying Mathematics. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about how he has benefited from receiving a

Post COVID-19, how can we continue to keep up the pace of innovation we have seen in the digital health sphere, specifically in improving the patient experience and outcomes in trials and beyond? What are the opportunities? What are the challenges? How can we work together to maintain and build on the momentum? Go to www.slido.com and enter code 84097 to chat about the event. This

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Colin is from North London, and is studying Music. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about his favourite activities, including

Using high-speed microscopic imaging, Professor Raymond Goldstein's group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics has demonstrated how the interactions of microbes such as sperm cells and algae with solid surfaces are considerably more complex than previously thought. Interactions between swimming cells and surfaces feature prominently in a wide range of microbiological

Read the full story here:https://bit.ly/AlgaeComputing Scientists have managed to power a microprocessor continuously for a year using ALGAE! The new system has potential as a renewable way to power large numbers of small devices as part of the Internet of Things. This research was carried out by Dr Paolo Bombelli and Professor Christopher Howe from the University of Cambridge's Department of

April 2016 saw the first performance of reconstructed 11th-Century ‘lost songs’ that hadn’t been heard in over 1,000 years - a performance made possible by the research of one of our lecturers (http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-performance-in-1000-years-lost-songs-from-the-middle-ages-are-brought-back-to-life-0) Two years on, a CD of this repertoire has just been released, and we are

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Ian is from South West Scotland, and is studying Psychological and Behavioural Sciences (PBS). In his 60 Second Impression, he talks

According to Pythagoras, ‘consonance’ – a pleasant-sounding combination of notes – is produced by special relationships between simple numbers such as 3 and 4. More recently, scholars have tried to find psychological explanations, but these ‘integer ratios’ are still credited with making a chord sound beautiful, and deviation from them is thought to make music ‘dissonant’,

Content warning: this film contains images of blood and surgery For people with organ failure, transplantation is the only option. A lack of suitable organs for transplantation means patients die every day. Researchers in the University’s Department of Surgery are using large animal models to understand why donated organs become damaged and unsuitable for transplantation, and to test promising

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Laura is from Grantham, and is studying Chemical Engineering. In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about the inspiring people she

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Chris is from Carlisle, and is studying History. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about the friendly atmosphere in Cambridge and

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Daniel is from London, and is studying Medicine. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about how he chose his College, what he likes

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students . These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Adam is from Gloucestershire, and is studying Modern and Medieval Languages (MML). In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about all

“It’s not a zero-sum game at all... governments will have to do both.” Professor Dame Diane Coyle outlines the need for levelling up as well as generating growth to improve people’s lives. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video series, students and academics from the University of Cambridge share their insights on some of the biggest themes facing our country

Newton Institute Web Seminars: newton.ac.uk/webseminars Distributed protocols for peer to peer file sharing, streaming video, and video on demand have revolutionised the way the majority of information is conveyed over the Internet. The peers are millions of computers, acting as both clients and servers, downloading and uploading information. Information to be shared is broken into chunks, and

A unique record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/bawdy-bard-act-discovered-revealing-fifteenth-century-roots-of-british-comedy Raucous texts – mocking kings, priests and peasants; encouraging audiences to get drunk; and shocking them with slapstick – shed new light on Britain’s famous sense of humour, and the

The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Rob is from Essex, and is studying English. In his 60 Second Impression, he talks about the support provided by the Colleges, as well as all

A new technology is being developed by the University of Cambridge to protect bacteria-based oral vaccines from destruction by the digestive system, to enable their safe delivery to the body's immune system. Research by Krishnaa Mahbubani, Alexander Edwards and Professor Nigel Slater in the University of Cambridge Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology has shown that a material

“What kinds of infrastructure sustain life in 'left-behind' places?” Professor Michael Kenny discusses the expectations placed on Labour regarding levelling up, particularly in the context of weak economic growth and constrained public finances. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video series, students and academics from the University of Cambridge share their

‍⚕️ Final-year medical student Fatima Eshani is often asked what kind of doctor she wants to be. Her response is usually... stand-up comedian. Fatima's show We Only Clap On Thursdays navigates the awkwardness of attempting to make friends around dissecting cadavers, to mastering the art of bad news delivery to paid actors in Addenbrookes. Cambridge students and qualified medics: what were

“These Curious Objects are Ganjifa - playing cards and card games from India, Iran and the Arab world, and are thought to date from the early 18th century. Made of tortoiseshell and finely decorated, they must have belonged to someone absolutely minted. Introduced into India by the Mughals, the game of chance played with these cards was popular from the 16th to the 18th century. Play your cards

Dr Findlay Stark examines the defence of marital coercion, which recently hit the headlines with the trials of Vicky Pryce and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne for perverting the course of justice over an attempt to transfer penalty points for a speeding offence. Findlay Stark is the Yates Glazebrook Fellow in Law at Jesus College, Cambridge. His interests lie

Animal research plays an essential role in our understanding of health and disease and in the development of modern medicine and surgical techniques. As part of our commitment to openness, this film examines how mice are helping the fight against cancer. It takes a in-depth look at the facilities in which they are housed, exploring issues of animal welfare and the search for replacements. We

With the Houses of Parliament requiring costly renovation, new research suggests we may have something to learn from plans in the 1730s to rebuild the Palace of Westminster. Dr Frank Salmon, from the University of Cambridge's Department of History of Art, has been researching plans created by William Kent, influential landscape gardener, designer and architect, who was commissioned in 1733 to