Articles about 'European Research Council'

Celebrating 10 years of European research excellence

13 March 2017

So what has the ERC ever done for us? Quite a lot, say Cambridge academics, as they mark the 10th anniversary of Europe’s premier research-funding body

Stem cell-modelled embryo at 96 hours (left); Embryo cultured in vitro for 48 hours from the blastocyst stage (right)

Scientists create artificial mouse ‘embryo’ from stem cells for first time

02 March 2017

Scientists at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge have managed to create a structure resembling a mouse embryo in culture, using two types of stem cells – the body’s ‘master cells’ – and a 3D scaffold on which they can grow.

Artist's impression of the winds emanating from the supermassive black hole

Rapid changes point to origin of ultra-fast black hole winds

01 March 2017

Astronomers have made the most detailed observation yet of an ultra-fast wind emanating from a Black Hole at a quarter of the speed of light. Using the European Space Agency (ESA)’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s NuSTAR telescopes, the scientists observed the phenomenon in an active galaxy known as IRAS 13224-3809.

Members of the project at the end of the 2012 season

̽��ֱ��Monuments Men of Libya

28 February 2017

With Daesh militia at their heels, a handful of brave Libyan archaeologists completed the excavation of the Haua Fteah cave in Cyrenaica, North Africa. Cambridge archaeologist Dr Giulio Lucarini tells their story.

Image showing a family trees of stars in our Galaxy, including the Sun

Mapping the family tree of stars

20 February 2017

Astronomers are borrowing principles applied in biology and archaeology to build a family tree of the stars in the galaxy.

Sharpening our knowledge of prehistory on East Africa’s bone harpoons

20 February 2017

A project exploring the role of East Africa in the evolution of modern humans has amassed the largest and most diverse collection of prehistoric bone harpoons ever assembled from the area. ̽��ֱ��collection offers clues about the behaviour and technology of prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

Composite image showing how powerful radio jets from the supermassive black hole inflated huge bubbles in the hot, ionized, gas surrounding the galaxy. Credit: ALMA

Black Hole powered jets fuel star formation

14 February 2017

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a surprising connection between a supermassive black hole and the galaxy where it resides.

Pale white veils and the narrow bridge between the clouds represent the distribution of the RR Lyrae stars

A bridge of stars connects two dwarf galaxies

08 February 2017

̽��ֱ��Magellanic Clouds, the two largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, appear to be connected by a bridge stretching across 43,000 light years, according to an international team of astronomers led by researchers from the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge. ̽��ֱ��discovery is reported in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) and is based on the Galactic stellar census being conducted by the European Space Observatory, Gaia.

Environmentally-friendly graphene textiles could enable wearable electronics

25 November 2016

A new method for producing conductive cotton fabrics using graphene-based inks opens up new possibilities for flexible and wearable electronics, without the use of expensive and toxic processing steps.

World’s 'smallest magnifying glass' makes it possible to see individual chemical bonds between atoms

10 November 2016

Using the strange properties of tiny particles of gold, researchers have concentrated light down smaller than a single atom, letting them look at individual chemical bonds inside molecules, and opening up new ways to study light and matter.

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