Explore the strange new world of Nanoscience in this video narrated by Stephen Fry. Where and what is nano? How will it shape our future? Nanoscience is the study of phenomena and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. The strange world of nanoscience - it can take you into atoms and beyond the stars.

Winston Churchill's famous 'Finest Hour' speech of June 1940 was a rallying cry to the people of Britain to prepare themselves for the dark days of World War II. In this podcast, the military historian, Max Arthur, meets Allen Packwood, the Director of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, University of Cambridge to find out about some of the secrets of that memorable speech.

A presentation by Professor Lawrence Sherman, Wolfson Professor of Criminology, Director of the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology at the University of Cambridge and Director, Police Executive Programme.

For and against: young orators speak up at the Cambridge Union. Watch year-6 pupils from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets step up-to the dispatch box in the world-famous Cambridge Union debating chamber. Debating is a great way to increase confidence and sharpen thinking skills. Sixty pupils from 11 different schools took part in the event which was organised by Clare College.

The placenta is the interface between the mother and her baby, which means it is not only key to a successful pregnancy, it determines the future health of every one of us. In this film Professor Graham Burton discusses how the Trophoblast Centre was established to generate a fresh approach into placental research. The Centre focuses on common complications during pregnancy that have their roots in poor placental development -- such as miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, stillbirth and low birth weight - and maternal-fetal interactions during pregnancy

Each December members of St John's College, University of Cambridge, gather to listen to ghost stories being read in the splendour of the Combination Room. The coal fires glow, the candles flicker and the thick silk curtains are drawn against the bitter cold of the dark winter night. In this video, viewers are able to catch a glimpse of this magical event as they listen to Professor David Frost (formerly a Fellow of St John&'s) read an abridged version of Charles Dickens&'; classic story A Christmas Carol, first published in 1843.

One of the earliest Anglo-Saxon Christian burial sites in Britain has been discovered in a village outside Cambridge.The grave of a teenage girl from the mid 7th century AD has an extraordinary combination of two extremely rare finds: a 'bed burial&' and an early Christian artefact in the form of a stunning gold and garnet cross.

Saturday 23 June 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing - mathematical genius, hero of the WWII code breakers of Bletchley Park, and father of modern computing.Alan Turing was a mathematician, cryptographer and pioneer of computer science who possessed one of the greatest brains of the 20th century. His life was one of secret triumphs shadowed by public tragedy.Presented by Dr James Grime, Enigma Project Officer at the University's Millenium Mathematics Project

Cambridge Ideas #2Are plants as defenceless as they appear? See the world how the plants do, as Professor John Parker, explores how plants -- the 'great chemists of this world&' -- have evolved strategies to defend themselves against herbivores. The latest video from the University of Cambridge shows how plants use hairs, spikes and chemicals to improve their survival and reproduction by reducing the impact of herbivores.

Super-strong electrical wires made from carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are one-tenth the weight of copper, and if used in conventional systems, would make vehicles more fuel efficient and greatly reduce losses in electricity transmission. Additionally, the carbon wires developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge can be joined to conventional metal wires, which until now has not been possible.

Peter Trudgill: Languages in Contact and Isolation: Mature Phenomena and Societies of Intimates.

Alison is studying Natural Sciences. In this film, she talks about the things she loves about studying at Cambridge, her diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, the support she has received, and choosing her College. This film was produced as part of the Disability Resource Centre's Asperger Syndrome Student Project.

A short film about what it feels like to study Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. An impressionist take on the subjective and intellectual experience of being a student. From lecture hall to ball. The film shows how contemporary student lives are interwoven with the thoughts of great writers and linguists from Dante and Baudelaire to Chomsky and Roman Jakobson.

With Dr. David Starkey. More than the biographies of the kings and queens of England, this lecture is an in depth examination of what the English monarchy has meant, in terms of the expression of the individual, the Mother of Parliaments, Magna Carta, the laws of England and the land of England. The importance of the rich heritage of the Anglo Saxon kings is featured but it does not stop there. This is the history of ideas and ideals, as well as colourful characters.

The seventeenth edition of the annual International Conference on Particle Physics and Cosmology - COSMO 2013 - was held at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, Cambridge, UK in the week of September 2-6, 2013.

Cambridge Ideas #12Eminent criminologist Prof Lawrence Sherman has just set up a long term experiment with the police, to scientifically study crime in Manchester and come up with some solutions. This experiment will study crime hot spots and try out a technique Prof Sherman has developed in USA to lessen crime throughout the city by changing policing at these locations. This is the first time such a systematic experiment on city crime has been mounted in the UK. Part of the Cambridge Ideas series.

Cambridge Ideas #11Striving for, and achieving, high performance in teams has become a major business imperative. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research with the Cambridge University Boat Club, this film examines the causes of team failure and success. The mix of differing personalities, skills, motivations, career aspirations, and leadership styles as well as the complexities of the task means that building and shaping high performance teams is fraught with difficulty.

Linguistics is the systematic study of human language. Superficially, there's huge variation among the world&'s languages, and linguists not only describe the diverse characteristics of individual languages but also explore properties which all languages share and which offer insight into the human mind.

A Cambridge University Video presentation: Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores the hidden mathematical ideas that underpin artists' creative output and reveals that the work of the mathematician is sometimes no less driven by strong aesthetic values

Video presentation of a Cambridge University Lecture: John Hedley Brooke, Human Nature and Belief, Wed 8 July. On no area of human concern has Darwins impact been as keenly felt as on matters of religion. Here I shall not dwell on popular constructions of conflict between creation and evolution, which are often simplistic, but rather consider reasons why religious affiliation and practice continue to survive, despite the intellectual challenge of Darwinism.

Architecture is the only course at the University that combines the intellectual challenge of a Cambridge degree with the opportunity for creative design. Our course is academic in approach, emphasising architecture as a cultural as well as technological subject. The core of the teaching programme is in practical design carried out in studios (from the large scale of a city to the smallest detail), and supported by lectures which draw upon the humanities (history and theory) and sciences (construction, environmental design and structures).