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One brisk wintry day in 1639, a young man named Jeremiah Horrocks — barely 20 — set up a telescope in his quarters near Preston, England and focused an indirect image of the sun onto a small card. Lack of finances had cut short his brief academic career at Cambridge, despite his intelligence, but he still had a passion for the stars, bolstered by reading the works of Johannes Kepler and Tych...

The news that Ted Kaczynski was included in the 50th anniversary alumni directory has roiled the class reunion. Better known via his nom de plume...

Britney Spears showed up in Austin, Texas, this week for "The X Factor" auditions. Her dress was notable... and was noted..... by, well, many. The Elsa Peretti heart necklace for Tiffany & Co. is a classic symbol of a relationship that started in 1974. But the designer is rumored to be retiring.  [WWD, subscription required] Some folks have all the fun. Earlier this week, shoppers helped ra...

Gary Peters said Thursday he and Cynthia Vanier had worked on a plan to fly Saadi Gaddafi to Venezuela as part of a scheme to mediate talks with Canada and Venezuela to end Libya’s civil war

Commuters across the country will be able to use their mobile phones to pay for travel as a result of an initiative being pioneered by Orange and the transport giant, Stagecoach.

The Duke of Cambridge also tells Katie Couric he was "completely terrified" on his wedding day

The Duchess of Cambridge has triggered a soaring trend for teeth whitening as Britain struggles to shake off its reputation for lacking that Hollywood sparkle.

It may be one of the most prestigious colleges on the planet but Cambridge University students aren't averse to some low-brow stunts.A student newspaper is arousing controversy with its "Rear of the Year" competition, which features photos of scantily-clad women in lingerie showing off their posteriors, reports the Telegraph. And women's rights groups are outraged, complaining that the...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Harvard alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates - including Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber....

Yotta, the Cambridge-based startup that offers cloud-based web performance monitoring and optimization services for small businesses, is today announcing that it has closed a $9 million series B financing round. Each of the startup's existing investors, including General Catalyst Partners, Stata Venture Partners and Cambridge West Ventures, re-upped for Yottaa's series B, joined by additional u...

Alors même que Facebook n'en finit plus d'affoler la Bourse, un jeune doctorant de St John’s College, (université de Cambridge) prétend avoir découvert un éminent ancêtre au réseau social. Qui date de l'âge de Bronze, soit quelques bons millénaires...

Celebrity magazine Heat apologises to the Duchess of Cambridge after publishing a photograph of her shopping at a supermarket.

The Duke of Cambridge also revealed he tore up his original guest list because it included 777 people neither he nor his bride knew.

KARACHI - A meeting of the elite-class private schools, following the Cambridge system, has urged the provincial government to declare its recent decision to observe summer vacations from July to August in the whole province optional for this year, and allow them to observe summer vacations from June to July.The meeting was held on Monday at the Concern Private Schools (CPS), and chaired by ...

KARACHI - A meeting of the elite-class private schools, following the Cambridge system, has urged the provincial government to declare its recent decision to observe summer vacations from July to August in the whole province optional for this year, and allow them to observe summer vacations from June to July.The meeting was held on Monday at the Concern Private Schools (CPS), and chaired by ...

KARACHI - A meeting of the elite-class private schools, following the Cambridge system, has urged the provincial government to declare its recent decision to observe summer vacations from July to August in the whole province optional for this year, and allow them to observe summer vacations from June to July.The meeting was held on Monday at the Concern Private Schools (CPS), and chaired by ...

Older sister, Princess envy, anyone? Poor Pippa Middleton. It's not easy to be the younger sister to the Duchess of Cambridge and have everything come up Kate, Kate, Kate all the...

University scores highest in 16 out of 47 subjects, with Oxford placed second and LSE leapfrogging St Andrews into third• Click here to see the full league tableCambridge has topped the Guardian University Guide league table for the second year running, while Oxford has come second and the London School of Economics has climbed a place to third.St Andrews, rated third last year, is now in fourt...

AsiaInfo-Linkage, a provider of telecommunications software solutions and related services in China, has announced plans to establish its European headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom, as part of an ongoing initiative to expand its operations across international markets. AsiaInfo-Linkage has a leading position in China with a greater than 50% share of the telecommunications billing, CRM, ...

Participarán en una procesión el 5 de junio en Londres como parte del Jubileo de Diamantes de la reina

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —When scholars gathered at Harvard last month to discuss the political tumult convulsing China’s ruling Communist Party, a demure female undergraduate with a direct stake in the outcome was listening intently from the top row of the lecture hall. She was the daughter of Xi Jinping, China’s vice president and heir apparent for the party’s top job. Read full article >> ...

The Duchess of Cambridge has successfully graduated as a "fully fledged member" of Britain's monarchy after fulfilling all her objectives one year on from her marriage to Prince William, a senior royal source has told CNN.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president.

You've heard of startups fueled by Ramen Noodles. But what about tech companies whose daily bread is toast? Meet Danger Awesome, a laser-cutting design shop in Cambridge, MA, founded by MIT grad students Ali Mohammad and Nadeem Mazen. The duo got their start after?convincing indie rock YouTube darlings OK-GO (don't miss their amazing Rube Goldberg-inspired video for the song"This Too Shall Pass...

Caisse real estate arm to build 45-storey office tower with U.S. firm

Having just finished a year of math and science heavy coursework, I am confident in stating that the Cambrdige Quad Wirebound Notebook is one of the best tools I've used all year. Notebooks may seem like a silly thing to get worked up about, but having used this day-in and day-out for a year I [...]

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said. Scientists and engineers from the universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford are behind a three-year, 1.6 million pound ($2.5 million) geo...

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were star attractions at the gala to mark the London Olympic Games countdown.

ON an evening out, she usually likes to let her hair down - until now. Kate wears her hair up at a public engagement for the Third. Time. Ever.

GIRLS Aloud goes for SILVER at an Olympics gala in London, also attended by Duchess of Cambridge

De sobra es conocida la elegancia de Kate Middleton, pero nunca se la había visto arriesgando con un modelito tan sexy. En la noche del martes, la duquesa de Cambridge acudió junto al príncipe Guillermo a la fiesta de un prestigioso club de Londres, y sorprendió con un look al más puro estilo Angelina Jolie, luciendo su atlética pierna. El vestido color crema era de la colección de 2009 de Roul...

Die Herzogin von Cambridge trug zu einem Dinner in London ein Kleid, das mitunter tief blicken ließ.

Two technology start-up entrepreneurs and the chief executive of ARM Holdings explain why Cambridge is a good place for a tech company to be based.

Cambridge (dpa) - Ein Eintrag in sozialen Netzwerken wie Facebook kann laut einer US-Studie in derselben Hirnregion Befriedigung auslösen wie Sex oder gutes Essen. Wenn Menschen etwas Persönli...

Click to listen to We Are Serenades' 'Birds (Passion Pit Remix)' Cambridge synth-poppers Passion Pit have given the remix treatment to "Birds" the first single from Swedish duo We Are Serenades' debut Criminal Heaven The new rendition retains the original's toe-tap-ability but replaces the punchy cinematic strings with...

Cities including Cambridge, Aberdeen, Oxford and York have all applied for a share of a £50 million government subsidy to roll-out 'ultrafast broadband'.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have joined forces to offer free online courses in a project aimed at attracting millions of online learners around the world, the universities announced Wednesday....

Two men are arrested in London in connection with the theft of Chinese art worth £18m from a Cambridge University museum.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Seated in a cheerfully cramped monitoring room at the Harvard University Laboratory for Developmental Studies, Elizabeth S. Spelke, a professor of psychology and a pre-eminent researcher of the basic ingredient list from which all human knowledge is constructed, looked on expectantly as her students prepared a boisterous 8-month-old girl with dark curly hair for the onerous ...

* Palamon completes refinancing for Cambridge Education Group

SA Premier Jay Weatherill will invite Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge to visit Adelaide when he travels to London next week.

We can't believe that it's already been a year since Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot! But it HAS, as the Dukle and Duchess of Cambridge became just that on April 29th, 2011, with billions tuning in, as they - just like us - were overcome with Royal Wedding fever! However, for the pair's [...]

Vor einem Jahr wurde aus Kate Middleton die Herzogin von Cambridge. "Gala" zeigt ihre schönsten Momente - und ihre Biografin Claudia Joseph erklärt, wie sie ihren Mann William, das Volk und sogar die Queen glücklich macht

People who are dependent on cocaine are putting their grey matter at risk, say scientists. A study from the University of Cambridge has found abusing the Class A drug accelerates the brain ageing process.

Trenton Oldfield sprang beim Wettrudern zwischen Cambridge und Oxford ins Wasser - aus Protest gegen "elitäres Denken". Die Richter setzten ihn nun vorerst auf freien Fuß, belegt mit einer kuriosen Auflage.

My name is Serena Frome (rhymes with “plume”), and forty years ago, in my final year at Cambridge, I was recruited by the British security service. In the early spring of 1972, when exams were only weeks away, I found a new boyfriend, a historian called Jeremy Mott . . .

Identifiées par des chercheurs de Cambridge, ces formes nécessitent chacune un traitement particulier.Articles en rapportBien vieillir : pour une consultation entre 55 et 60 ansPlus d'un enfant sur cinq «entend» des voixLe Comité d'éthique s'engage pour le don de sang de cordonDiagnostic en ligne : «les sites contournent la loi»

When Kate Middleton walked down the aisle at Westminster Abbey and became the Duchess of Cambridge, she also cemented her role as a fashion icon. During her first year of marriage, she has wowed in glittering gowns and won the hearts of fans with myriad ladylike looks

Tiny injectable particles containing protein 'factories' can be remotely activated by ultraviolet light. The technique could ultimately be used for drug delivery.Daniel Anderson and his group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge created lipid spheres more than 100 nanometres in diameter that

Cambridge University Press (CUP) Monday launched a new series of works by Chinese scholars in English at the ongoing London Book Fair, which focuses on China this year.

Daniel Yergin, author of the new bestseller The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, is one of the planet's foremost thinkers about energy and its implications. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his previous book, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. Yergin is chairman and founder of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, is on the U.S. Secretary of E...

Alex Woods has apologised to the victorious Cambridge team after concerns over the Oxford bow's health cut short their Boat Race celebrations. The Light Blues were victorious in an eventful race.

Alex Woods, who passed out at the end of Saturday's Boat Race, says sorry for spoiling Cambridge crew's celebrations.

The annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge is no stranger to protests, but no one had ever seen anything like this before.

AN Australian protesting elitism has been arrested for disrupting the 158th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race after he swam into the rowers.

Der schwimmende Störenfried des Ruder-Traditionsrennens Oxford gegen Cambridge muss sich am 23. April vor Gericht verantworten. Der 35-jährige Trenton Oldfield aus Whitechapel in Ost-London verursachte am Karsamstag einen zwischenzeitlichen Abbruch der 158. Auflage des Rennens, nachdem er auf der 6,8 Kilometer langen Strecke plötzlich im Wasser vor dem Oxford-Boot aufgetaucht war.

Der Schwimmer, der die 158. Auflage des legendären Ruder-Wettstreits zwischen den Universitäten Oxford und Cambridge störte, muss sich am 23. April vor Gericht verantworten.

Ostereiersuchen im Schnee: Tief "Yvonne" beschert Deutschland nicht nur einen eisig kalten Ostersonntag, sondern den Bayern auch eine mehrere Zentimeter hohe Schneedecke.Mehr zum ThemaOxford gegen Cambridge - Protest-Schwimmer stoppt TraditionsregattaFamilienvater zu Tode geprügelt - Brüsseler Nahverkehr liegt nach Gewalttat lahmOstermesse - Papst sieht in Fortschritt eine BedrohungPassionsspie...

An intruder protesting against elitism and privilege brought both boats to a standstill just over halfway through the 4-mile race when he swam into the middle of the Thames and narrowly avoided being struck by the oars of both crews.

Es ist der Klassiker unter den Ruder-Wettbewerben: Seit mehr als 180 Jahren messen sich die Teams der englischen Elite-Universitäten Oxford und Cambridge auf der Themse. Doch in diesem Jahr geriet das Rudern in den Hintergrund: Ein Schwimmer sorgte für den Neustart des Rennens.

Cambridge won the 158th Xchanging Boat Race - but a potentially thrilling contest was ruined by an intruder in the River Thames.

Cambridge hat am Samstag die 158. Ruderregatta auf der Londoner Themse gegen Oxford gewonnen. Ein Schwimmer hat allerdings für einen nicht reibungslosen Verlauf des legendären Rennens der Elite-Universitäten gesorgt. Etwa auf der Hälfte der 6,8-Kilometer-Strecke zwischen Putney und Mortlake tauchte der Kopf des Mannes urplötzlich vor dem Oxford-Boot auf. Wogegen der Schwimmer protestierte, war ...

Rowing:Cambridge won the 158th University Boat Race today, but a potentially thrilling contest was ruined by an intruder in the River Thames before Oxford broke an oar soon after the restart.

ICONIC Thames boat race halted by swimmer for first time in its history today

THE first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge will be a 30th birthday present for her husband Prince William, says a British newspaper. 

Discovery of ancient remains in Nilokheri, which are believed to be of the Harappan civilization, have awed a team of archaeologists from the Cambridge University of London and Banaras Hindu University.

Madame Tussauds unveiled waxwork figures of British royal couple Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday, and expected the couple, now international celebrities in their own right, to be among the main attractions.  

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have joined the royals immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds.

MOMENT that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced their engagement has been immortalised in wax

The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA, that makes a full platform o…

Immigration can push down house prices because it causes wealthier people leave, Cambridge University research suggests.

Cambridge, Massachusetts (ots/PRNewswire) - IntelligentMDx (IMDx), ein Molekulardiagnostikunternehmen, das die Entwicklung PCR-basierter Diagnosetests mithilfe seiner proprietären Bioinformatik-Plattform beschleunigt, wird drei Poster auf dem 22. Europäischen Kongress für klinische ...

Catherine, die Herzogin von Cambridge, ist fast schon ein vollwertiges Mitglied der Königsfamilie. Die Bürgern lieben sie für ihr soziales Engagement und ihr Stilgefühl.

Neil English discovers a special place in Western Canada that's a charming throwback to the early days of skiing – and it’s all thanks to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

In Experimenten fanden Wissenschaftler des DIW und der Uni Cambridge heraus, dass einige Verbraucher für den Schutz ihrer Privatsphäre im Netz höhere Preise in Kauf nehmen. Den meisten sind jedoch niedrige Kosten wichtiger.

LONDON (AP) -- It's the past home of Queen Victoria and Princess Diana, the future residence of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge - and, it's hoped, a stop on tourists' London itineraries....

The Middleton family took thrift to a new level yesterday when the Duchess of Cambridge, while making her first public speech, wore a dress that her mother borrowed from her two years ago.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Media executive Oscar Gomez Barbero gave a bleak assessment of his work-life balance.

The nascent field of smart phone "wallet" technologies is crowded and chaotic. So is your real wallet. New ways to buy things with your mobile phone are popping up all over the place, as we’ve been reporting this month. But which technologies will win? At Xconomy’s Mobile Madness conference on Wednesday in Cambridge, Massachusetts, three CEOs in the game prognosticated.

Rowan Williams is to stand down after 10 years as principal leader of the Church of England to take post of Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

Britain's hockey players enjoyed the company of a very special guest on Thursday as Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, joined the men's and women's squads at the London 2012 Olympic Park.

Forscher an der University of Cambridge haben einen neuen Weg gefunden, um gedruckte Dokumente zu recyceln. Dabei wird einfach der Toner mittels einem Laserpuls von den Blättern weggedampft. Bei diesem Prozess kann eine ganze Seite gelöscht werden, die dann wieder bereit zum Drucken ist. mehr...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to recycle printed documents by simply vaporizing the toner off the page using laser pulses. The process can erase an entire page leaving the paper ready to be printed on again. More »

Cambridge Bay residents say the wreck of the Maud is an archeological site that should not be moved

A University of Cambridge undergraduate wins an internet defence competition backed by the intelligence service GCHQ.

Patrick Devedjian, un ancien proche de Nicolas Sarkozy, estime que le président sortant pourrait se présenter à la mairie de Paris en cas de défaite, rapporte "Le Journal du Dimanche". Quitter la politique s'il perd l'Elysée en mai ? "Il dit ça pour faire plaisir à Carla (Bruni-Sarkozy, son épouse,...Articles en rapportENCADRE-2012-Les propositions du candidat Nicolas SarkozyDSK crée des remous...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn a donné vendredi soir à Cambridge une conférence sur...

Two protesters are arrested in Cambridge as former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn gives a speech to university students.

LONDON (Reuters) - Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was bundled into the back of a police car to escape protesters after a speaking engagement at Britain's Cambridge University on Friday that angered women's rights activists.

Cientos de estudiantes han protagonizado altercados con las fuerzas de seguridad mientras protestaban por la conferencia del economista.

Des échauffourées ont opposé vendredi soir à l’université de Cambridge la police et des étudiants protestant contre la conférence de Dominique Strauss-Kahn aux...lire la suite

CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) -- About 100 students protested Friday ahead of a speech at Cambridge University by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief whose career collapsed after he was charged with sexual assault....

Le pilote finlandais Mikko Hirvonen et son coéquipier chez Citröen, le Français Sébastien Loeb mènent dans cet ordre le rallye du Mexique vendredi à l’issue des cin...lire la suitehistoires liées17:18 DSK à Cambridge : « un affront à toutes les victimes »17:20 Gaza : le chef d’un groupe palestinien tué dans le raid israélien17:36 Biathlon (Mondiaux) Relais messieurs : victoire de la Norvège17:4...

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft orbiting the moon officially have begun their science collection phase. During the next 84 days, scientists will obtain a high-resolution map of the lunar gravitational field to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition in unprecedented detail. The data also will provide a better understanding...

NEW YORK -- On a campus filled with future Obamas and Zuckerbergs, the coolest title in Cambridge these days belongs to Brandyn Curry.

The Cambridge Union has seen some colourful debates of late, none less so than January's Amazonian battle between Rachel Johnson, editor of The Lady, and Katie Price, once known as the model, Jordan.

LONDON (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth II, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall went out for tea Thursday at London's posh Fortnum & Mason store....

Endlich kann der Ski- und Snowboardclub der Uni Cambridge auftrumpfen

Prince William and Kate Middleton are now Barbie and Ken dolls! Will and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have gotten the doll treatment from the Mattel and will hit stores around the world just in time for the couple's first wedding anniversary.

Am Sonntag, dem 12. Februar 2012, jährt sich Charles Darwins Geburtstag zum 203. Mal. Das American Museum of Natural History hat, gemeinsam mit der Cambridge University Library und der Biodiversity Heritage Library (die dem Natural History Museum in London beigeordnet ist), den Jahrestag zum Anlass genommen, eine digitalisierte Datenbank mit Darwins Schriften online zu stellen. Das Darwin Manus...

As readers of my blogs may know I have long argued that advances in research and education through cyber-infrastructure (or eInfrastructure) can be largely justified, if not entirely paid for through the energy savings of using clouds, networks or outsourcing. But a big impediment in adopting cyber-infrastructure in most jurisdictions is the lack of financial incentives. The energy savings of...

Félicitations, Kate Middleton ! La Duchesse de Cambridge a été honorée par un autre prix pour son style parfait, en étant nommée Personne à Chapeau de...

A Cambridge college has taken a tutorial from the ‘Sage of Omaha’ Warren Buffett by making an investment in Tesco.

La duquesa de Cambridge recibió una condecoración de la Headwear Association

CAMBRIDGE, Md. — President Obama and Vice President Biden on Friday worked to rally congressional Democrats preparing to do battle with Republicans leading into the 2012 election. In remarks at the annual House Democratic retreat near the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, Obama rallied the House Democrats with a campaign-style speech in which he defended Democrats’ legislative accomplishments over t...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the upcoming presidential campaign will create a "robust debate" but he's urging House Democrats to be willing to work with Republicans if they can put politics aside "for just a nanosecond."...

La Corte de Magistrados de Westminster ha aprobado la extradición desde el Reino Unido a España del presunto miembro de ETA Eneko Gogeaskoetxea por la Audiencia Nacional en las más de diez causas judiciales que tiene pendientes. Gogeaskoetxea fue detenido en julio de 2011 en Cambridge, donde vivía junto a su mujer y sus hijas

Happy birthday, Kate! Now that the Duchess of Cambridge has turned 30, several charities have reason to celebrate, too.

A little bit of rain won't stop Prince William and Kate Middleton from stepping out in style. Just a day before her 30th birthday, the Duchess of Cambridge and her hubby attended the...

CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters)- The world's most widely recognized living scientist Stephen Hawking was too ill to attend his 70th birthday celebrations Sunday but was hailed by colleagues as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein.

COSMOLOGIST STEPHEN Hawking is a living embodiment of the power of mind over matter. Struggling through life with a body racked by motor neurone disease has not lessened the capacity of his mind to deliver some of the most important cosmological discoveries of the past century. This weekend sees him honoured at Cambridge with an international symposium at which some of the world’s leading scien...

Technology Review's I.T. Editor, Tom Simonite, reviews a Vgo telepresence robot. Simonite is located in TR's San Francisco office and uses the robot to communicate "face-to-face" with colleagues in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

THE Queen describes the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as her own personal reminder of the value of loved ones.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have taken part in a festive cooking lesson at homeless charity Centrepoint, in London.

LAHORE - University of Cambridge International Examinations announced the winners of the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards, Pakistan. The awards celebrate the outstanding academic achievements of secondary school learners in Pakistan in the June 2011 Cambridge examination series. Many schools will be hosting individual awards ceremonies to celebrate their learners’ achievements.… Visit: http...

England bekommt eine neue Elite-Uni. Wer in Oxford oder Cambridge abgelehnt wurde, soll am New College of the Humanities studieren können. Von Christine Brinck

Die Universität Cambridge hat nahezu alle Manuskripte des verstorbenen britischen Naturforschers Isaac Newton (1643-1727) ins Internet gestellt. 4.000 Seiten des Werkes Newtons wurden online veröffentlicht, teilte die Hochschule am Montag mit.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A man who admitted online fraud and helped federal agents investigate search engine giant Google was sentenced in Rhode Island on Friday to more than five years in jail and ordered to pay $10 million.

UCD law school’s professional diploma in employment law annual distinguished lecture will be given by Prof Catherine Barnard of the University of Cambridge. Her theme will be “age discrimination”.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Elan Corp Plc has signed an agreement with Britain's Cambridge University to create a research center focused on therapies for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the Dublin-headquartered biotech group said on Sunday.

A knowing look, a stomach rub and -- most crucially -- a refusal to eat peanut paste sent rumors that the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant into overdrive earlier this month, and now an American tabloid magazine has excitedly "confirmed" the good news.

Mobile gaming is the new frontier.

Football's governing body, Fifa, has backed down over the FA's demands that English players have the right to wear poppies on their shirts following an intervention by the Duke of Cambridge.

Tunisia's tourism minister is to invite the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit the country in a bid to reassure the world of its safety.

First it was President Bush in Baghdad.  Now it is Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University:   protester threw an athletic shoe at the Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, during his speech at Cambridge University's concert hall on Monday, seven weeks after a similar incident involving President Bush in Iraq. The shoe missed Mr. Wen by at least 30 feet, but security officials pr...

Stephanie Lacour, a research project manager at the University of Cambridge in England, wants to take flexible electronics to the next level, by making them stretchable. Technology Review caught up with Lacour at the Emerging Technology Conference to ask her about the field's potential. In this video clip, Lacour also notes that the impact of her research might not be limited to biology...