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Post-16 school students from Britain and Japan will attend a unique workshop this week in Cambridge which aims to promote scientific achievement and at the same time develop global awareness and international understanding for young people through science.

Fishermen barely eking out a profit because of overfishing of their target stock, shrimp, are now surviving by selling their bycatch (the low-value fish also caught in the large, indiscriminate nets). Although good for the fishermen, scientists warn that the prolonged trawl fishing along certain areas will lead to an 'ecological catastrophe' and the 'permanent loss of livelihoods for fishers' as well as other individuals who work in the industry.

A group of children from the charity Friends of Chernobyl's Children enjoyed a day of activities organised by the University in a recent visit to Cambridge.

The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year's Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

The treasures of Siegfried Sassoon's personal archive, including his diary recounting the first day on the Somme, and the telegram summoning him to HQ after his 'Soldier's Declaration', have gone on public display for the first time. Dream Voices: Siegfried Sassoon, Memory and War , opens today at Cambridge University Library, after its £1.25m acquisition of the archive held by Sassoon's relatives.

The ancient and sometimes mysterious doors of Cambridge University will open to the public this September, giving thousands the chance to glimpse into hidden corners of both the University and city as a whole.

A proposal to design a spacecraft that would seek out habitable planets beyond our own solar system could become reality after receiving support from the UK Space Agency.

Babies born at night or at the weekend are at greater risk of dying due to lack of oxygen (anoxia) than those born during normal working hours, Cambridge researchers have found.

A remarkable piece of Neolithic rock art, unlike anything previously found in Eastern England, has been unearthed in the Cambridgeshire village of Over. The hand-sized artefact, which could date back to 2,500 BC, was found by a participant in a geological weekend course which was being run by the University of Cambridge's Institute for Continuing Education.

Nano-sized beauty, cutting-edge scientific advances and glimpses of remarkable humanitarian initiatives in distant parts of the world have all been captured in this year's Engineering photo competition at the University of Cambridge.

An international summit which aims to give young Muslims the skills, ideas and inspiration to become "agents of change" in their own communities begins in Cambridge this weekend.

There are few activities as exciting for children as a treasure hunt - and local parents and carers looking for ways to keep children entertained over the summer need look no further than the Cambridge Museums for a journey of discovery right on the doorstep.

The first batch of a new range of powerful superconductors which could revolutionise the production of machines like hospital MRI scanners and protect the national grid has been developed by scientists. Engineers at the University of Cambridge used new techniques to manufacture high-temperature superconducting materials, producing samples that can carry record quantities of electrical current for their type and size.

The negotiating styles of the world's biggest rising powers - China, India and Brazil - could offer important clues about any future challenge they may pose to international stability, a new study suggests. Writing in the book New Powers, University of Cambridge researcher Dr. Amrita Narlikar argues that the negotiation behaviour of these three emerging giants could act as an early warning system for diplomats, enabling countries like the US to better understand and handle them.

An intensive professional training course has been launched for some of the young British Muslims most likely to become the faith's next generation of spiritual leaders.

A new blood-test resulting from research at Cambridge University could aid in the early diagnosis of recent-onset schizophrenia - complementing the traditional patient interview-based diagnosis.

Scientists and engineers from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol have been presenting some of their work on the development of, and science behind, novel "shape-shifting" structures at the Royal Society's Annual Summer Science Exhibition.

Cambridge University has arranged for a picturesque part of the city to undergo a 24-hour blitz this week - all in the name of biodiversity.

An open forum examining whether society has become too obsessed with a "radio phone-in culture" in which the views of the public always come first will take place at the University of Cambridge this week.

On June 29 and July 3, local people are being given an opportunity to find out more about the University of Cambridge's new plans for their North West Cambridge development.

Sidney Sussex students used their ingenuity to full effect at this year's May Ball to ensure that being land-locked didn't mean no punting at the party.

Visitors to this year's Royal Society Summer Exhibition will have a chance to discover how scientists from the University of Cambridge are studying ways to harness algae as a renewable energy source.

Toby Dickens and Andy Marshall of St John's College are second year engineering students, Karl Williams, also at St John's, is studying history, while Queens' College's Becky Kiff is a Natural Scientist.

Some revealing insights into the life and work of sculptor George Kennethson lie within a batch of more than 80 of his hand-written letters donated to Cambridge University Library this week to mark the centenary of his birth.