Tag: Cambridge University

  • Nation & World

    The Spice Girls of Henry VIII

    “Six,” the hit British musical bound for A.R.T., recasts the six wives of Henry VIII as girl-power pop stars.

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    Performers from the musical "Six"
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    Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.

    At the Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 7, 2015, the Minute honoring the life and service of the Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., Higgins Professor of Physics, Emeritus, was spread upon the records. Professor Ramsey received the Nobel Prize in 1989 for inventing the separated oscillatory field method and the hydrogen…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Age-related effects of MS may prove reversible

    In a new study, Harvard stem cell researchers and scientists at the University of Cambridge have found that the age-related degeneration in conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS) may be reversible.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    An addiction to fossil fuels

    David MacKay, physics professor at Cambridge University and scientific adviser to the United Kingdom’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, outlines challenges facing efforts to eliminate fossil fuels from the world’s energy mix.

    3 minutes
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    Bjork named Marshall Scholar

    Harvard senior Samuel Bjork has won a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, allowing him to study for two years in the United Kingdom at the university of his choice.

    3 minutes