Many specialized metabolic pathways have evolved convergently in plants, but distinguishing multiple origins from alternative evolutionary scenarios can be difficult. Here, we explore the evolution .....

We are very pleased to share the news that the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge was granted £92,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund for the project: “Fro...

Hidden Peat- an open Letter to Retailers

University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity

At Cambridge, so many people use collections for their research and often discussions around its challenges and learning curves remain within such collections. Collections Labs are informal seminars o...

Community collaborations: creativity as reciprocal practice at Kettle’s Yard Inga Fraser Kettle’s Yard was the home of the collector and curator H.S. ‘Jim’ Ede and his wife Helen Ede between 1957 and ...

Bringing the Ancestors Home: how Cambridge collections can support repatriation using osteobiographies Juulia Tumanoff, Lydia Clough, and Trish Biers, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridg...

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Botanical Hues: Empowering Health Through Natural Dye Research Nabil Ali Nabil Ali, the Artist in Residence at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG), established a foundation for members of C...

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Single-nucleus RNA-sequencing and chromatin-accessibility analyses in rice (a C3 plant) and sorghum (a C4 plant) provide insight into how C4 photosynthesis evolved in bundle-sheath cells, revealing th...

Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign

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I’ll admit it: I like beef. Like many Americans, I was brought up to believe that beef was a central part of a traditional family meal. My mom made it. My kids ate it. Marketing campaigns told me it w...