http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/ News stories from the University of Cambridge en-us Copyright 1998-2006, University of Cambridge Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:33:00 -0000 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:33:00 -0000 news.online@admin.cam.ac.uk news.online@admin.cam.ac.uk http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011060703-sm.jpeg http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011060701 120 90 Image http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011060701 The University of Cambridge has laid bare some of the thinking behind its admissions decisions in a new “Admissions Research” section of the Undergraduate Admissions website.  http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011060701 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:51:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011060703-sm.jpeg Admissions Research now available on the web http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011040101 Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could link to their behaviour problems.   http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011040101 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:41:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011040101-sm.jpeg MRI brain scan highlights the insula, one of the areas of the brain that is reduced in volume in subjects with Conduct Disorder. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011033101 Chinese food contains a hidden recipe for living, a new analysis reveals. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011033101 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:52:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011033101-sm.jpeg Chinese food for thought http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011032804 Today marks the launch of the new Cambridge Pancreatic Cancer Centre, a multi-disciplinary centre of excellence which aims to bring cutting-edge pancreatic research from the bench to the bedside.   http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011032804 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:56:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011032804-sm.jpeg Cambridge launches new Pancreatic Cancer Centre http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011032104 Scholars from all over the world are gathering at the University of Cambridge today for a workshop entitled Studia Stemmatologica. They will be looking at novel ways of applying advanced genetic-mapping techniques to the study of cultural traditions as diverse as music and dance, languages and folk lore, tribal rugs and even tattoos. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011032104 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:26:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011032208-sm.jpeg How advanced genetic techniques can unravel complex human stories http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011031701 Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading neuroscientist will claim this week. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011031701 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:59:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011031701-sm.jpeg What do drugs do to the brain? http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011031102 As the electronic clock purrs away the milliseconds to the opening of the 2012 London Olympic Games, a new book by a Cambridge University researcher looks at the controversies surrounding the training and performance of athletes over the last 130 years and reveals huge changes in attitudes towards what is fair play and what is cheating, what is natural and what is not.   http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011031102 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:37:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011031108-sm.jpeg A very bumpy playing field http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030804 Until now, seats in the European Parliament have been allocated by political bargaining. A fairer way has been devised by an international panel of mathematicians, as described in a report released by the University of Cambridge this week. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030804 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:30:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011030805-sm.jpeg European Parliament (Brussels) by Xaf on Flickr http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030802 A new study of wrongdoing and its cultures in Spain 1800-1936 will explore the fascination of popular versions of crime and other misdemeanours in ways that reflect also on our attitudes to crime in our time. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030802 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:52:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011030802-sm.jpeg Pliegos sueltos Diego Corrientes (S743.1.c.8.2) http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030801 Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.   http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030801 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:55:00 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011030803-sm.jpeg You are what your mother ate http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030703 The lecture given in honour of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, awarded to IVF pioneer Professor Bob Edwards (pictured) in Stockholm last year, is to be repeated in Cambridge today (8 March). http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011030703 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:28:59 GMT http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/resources/2011030704-sm.jpeg Bob Edwards Nobel Prize lecture comes to Cambridge