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  • Revealing the personal side of the atomic scientist who changed the world September 22, 2017
    Sir John Cockcroft was one of the most important and influential scientists of the modern era. He was the joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1951) for his pioneering work at the Cavendish Laboratory on the disintegration of atoms (splitting the atom). His research facilitated the development of atomic power, nuclear medicine and […]
  • Scientists reveal the beautiful simplicity underlying branching patterns in tissue September 21, 2017
    Branching patterns occur throughout nature – in trees, ferns and coral, for example – but also at a much finer scale, where they are essential to ensuring that organisms can exchange gases and fluids with the environment efficiently by the maximising the surface area available. For example, in the small intestine, epithelial tissue is arranged […]
  • Cambridge scientist leading UK’s £65m scientific collaboration with US September 21, 2017
    This week, UK Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson signed the agreement with the US Energy Department to invest the sum in the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). DUNE will study the properties of mysterious particles called neutrinos, which could help explain more about how the universe works and […]
  • 10 quadrillionths of a second to extraction: Researchers set time limit for ultrafast perovskite solar cells September 21, 2017
    The study, which investigated photovoltaic devices based on a type of materials called perovskites, suggests that these could achieve unprecedented levels of super-efficiency. But to do so, they will need to turn sunlight into electrons and then extract these as electrical charge within just quadrillionths of a second – a few “femtoseconds”, to give them […]
  • Cambridge’s postdoctoral community benefits from new centre September 20, 2017
    The centre, which has been built at Eddington, the University of Cambridge’s North-West Cambridge development, will be a major professional and social interactive hub for postdocs across the city. It has a 150 capacity lecture room and informal meeting space.   Postdocs will be able to drop in for advice, networking events, research activities and […]
  • Genome editing reveals role of gene important for human embryo development September 20, 2017
    The team used genome editing techniques to stop a key gene from producing a protein called OCT4, which normally becomes active in the first few days of human embryo development. After the egg is fertilised, it divides until at about 7 days it forms a ball of around 200 cells called the ‘blastocyst’. The study […]
  • Cambridge to launch lectureship in Chinese urban development September 20, 2017
    The new lectureship will be funded through a gift of £1m to the Department of Land Economy by the Pecan Foundation Limited, a charity organization founded by Dr Justin Chiu. Dr. Chiu is a Senior Visiting Fellow of the Department of Land Economy, and is currently an Executive Director of Cheung Kong Asset Holdings Limited […]
  • 'Last mile’ fingerprints September 20, 2017
    The popular conception of fingerprinting often stems from television detective drama, when a perfect print – with clear arches, loops and whorls – emerges from a powder-dusted window to pin the crime on a tricky culprit, perhaps a well-dressed gentleman safecracker. It is TV fiction, after all. In the real, developing world, fingerprints are usually […]
  • Winner takes all: Success enhances taste for luxury goods, study suggests September 19, 2017
    While we may sometimes make expensive purchases because of the high quality of a product, these items often represent status symbols, a phenomenon termed ‘conspicuous consumption’. Evolutionary psychologists claim that conspicuous consumption may be comparable to ostentatious behaviours or elaborate physical characteristics seen in the animal kingdom. A peacock’s tail may be energetically costly to […]
  • Graduate, get a job … make a difference #7 September 19, 2017
    Gwilym Thomas (Trinity Hall), MB, Medicine (2015)   I graduated from Cambridge’s Medicine course in 2015 and I’m now working as a second year GP trainee, having already completed two years of post-qualification foundation training.   I’m currently based in A&E at the West Suffolk Hospital where my focus is on providing timely care and […]

Conferencia: Desapariciones Forzadas en México

September 13, 2016, Categories  .

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El día jueves 22 de septiembre, tendremos el honor de que uno de los más reconocidos expertos en materia de derechos humanos, el Mtro. Santiago Corcuera (miembro del comité contra la desaparición forzada de la ONU), imparta una conferencia magistral sobre “Desapariciones Forzadas en México”...

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Votaciones 2016

September 13, 2016, Categories  .

Estimado amigos,

Relativo a las elecciones del nuevo comité, les comentamos lo siguiente:

1. Se registró el Mtro. Edgar Espejel para la presidencia de nuestra asociación (plan de trabajo)
2. Se registró la Dra. Dora Iliana Medina para la vicepresidencia
3. Se registró el Mtro...

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Welcome to Cambridge

September 5, 2016, Categories  .

Jueves 8 de septiembre, 7:30 p.m. Evento “Welcome to Cambridge”.

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Con motivo del inicio del año académico 2016-2017, daremos la despedida a los jóvenes que comienzan sus estudios en nuestra alma mater.

Lugar:  Club Piso 51, Torre Mayor, Av. Reforma 505, Piso 51, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, D.F...

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Oxbridge Technology Transfer event

May 14, 2014, Categories  ., Eventos, Eventos y Noticias Comments No comments

Ever wondered how Oxford and Cambridge are still improving the way you live? At our next event you will have the opportunity to learn and discuss about International Technology Transfer Partnerships from special guests from the Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Intelectual (IMPI), Oxford, and Cambr...

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Indian Night: 29 de abril, 18 hrs

April 12, 2014, Categories  ., Eventos Comments No comments

La mesa directiva de la Cambridge Alumni Mexico, A.C., tiene el honor de invitarlos a la conferencia “Kamasutra: el arte amatorio en la India antigua”, que impartirá la Dra. Wendy Phillips Rodríguez*...

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