Dr Michelle Oyen, lecturer in Mechanics of Biological Materials at the Department of Engineering, looks at just how true the myth is that spider silk is stronger than steel.
A paper by Dr Dick Fenner and Dr Heather Cruickshank has won a Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013 (Emerald Publishing).
As the country commemorated the 70th anniversary of the daring Dambusters raid of World War II, Dr Hugh Hunt found himself interviewed on both radio and television.
Professor Sir Mark Welland and Dr Tim Minshall, both of the Department of Engineering, have been invited to take part in this year’s Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts.
The 2013 Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference (CADMC) conference will be held on 4 and 5 September at the Department's Institute for Manufacturing in Cambridge.
