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Changing attitudes to science
Jerelle Joseph believes passionately in the power of teaching and of science. Her ambition is to raise the level of science in the Caribbean and show science students there that […]
New research on parasitic worm
New research which moves scientists one step closer to finding a vaccine for a parasitic worm that infects more than 200 million people worldwide has been published. The research, led […]
From hopping insects to number sculptures
Hopping insects, fluidised beds, number sculptures and altering animal behaviour will be the subject of this week’s internal symposium. Four Gates Cambridge Scholars will talk about their research at the […]
A cultural history of food
At the age of seven Madeline Weeks spent six months selling lemonade to raise $30 to buy an acre of rainforest. Raised by a family who spent summers camping, she […]
Development vs profit
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has presented the initial findings of a programme he has developed which aims to help developing countries facing international trade litigation at an event at the […]
Pre-history emerging from the ice
As climate change causes worldwide temperature rises, melting patches of ice and snow are beginning to yield artefacts that have lain frozen beneath the surface for thousands of years. These […]
Harnessing the power of nature’s colour palette
Researchers are a step closer to being able to harness the properties of compounds which are responsible for many key functions in the natural world, such as the pigments that […]
Gates Cambridge announces 55 new international scholars
Fifty-five of the world’s most academically brilliant and socially committed young people from 27 countries have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars and will begin their postgraduate courses at the […]
Nobel Laureate to speak at alumni event
Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt is to give a lecture at a Gates Cambridge Alumni event in Australia this week. Professor Schmidt, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in […]
Clean water is a human right
Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh has poisoned millions of people. Shakked Halperin’s research will seek to find new sustainable, affordable ways to secure safe water supplies using synthetic biology. […]
