Adam Page's Portfolio of Science stories

Here is just a glimpse of some of the incredible work being done by scientists in Cambridge:

A Cambridge University spin-out has created a device that uses a simple blood test to trace the progress of cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease. The technology – which the company says is as easy to use as a coffee maker – detects proteins which can show the stage of disease in real-time.

 

Cambridge University’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics are uncovering the mysteries of deserts and avalanches:




Scientists at the Babraham Institute have found a new way to spot the early signs of dementia:

 


A life-saving screening programme for men over 65 has reached its one millionth scan, potentially saving over two hundred lives in the region:




Nano Scientists at the Cavendish Lab have found a new way to mass-produce materials that can instantly change colour:



Conservationists in Cambridgeshire are calling for urgent action to protect Britain’s wildlife – after a report revealed one in ten species were threatened with extinction. The State of Nature report found that since 1970 over half of UK species has seen population decline:




The Cambridge Science Centre offers a glimpse of their next big exhibition to pull in the crowds over the summer season. Looking into the mysteries of the human body – it will take visitors on a journey into life itself:

Best of my Cambridge TV Interviews

These are some of my best examples of extended interviews and studio based work for Cambridge TV. These include interviews with academics, entrepreneurs and even a personal hero of mine. But first we'll start with the evening news...



Newspaper The Cambridge Independent launched in 2016 and I spoke to it's owner Edward Iliffe and managing director Ricky Allen...



My final interview on behalf of Cambridge TV News, which looked into how election results could be swung by the weather...



Cambridge Satchel Company founder Julie Deane OBE was commissioned by the British Government to do a report into self-employment. I spoke to her about her findings...



Waterscope is a company set up by Cambridge University students that's trying to find a way to make it easier for communities in the developing world get hold of safe drinking water...



10 million bibles were printed in Britain during the First World War and Christianity played a key role in the arguments of the pro and anti war movements. Two Cambridge University scholars have embarked on a 2-year project across Europe to find out more about the word of God in times of War...



Interview with the Newnham College Principal Professor Dame Carol Black about the role Newnham plays at the University of Cambridge and about her career...



In the run-up to Cambridge's Festival of Ideas I spoke to Dr Kristina Spohr and Professor David Reynolds ahead of their lecture into Cold War diplomacy...

UK's First Sake Brewery to open in Cambridgeshire

The first Sake brewery in the UK is set to open here in the county – after winning the approval of local councillors. The Japanese company Dojima will be investing around £9million in the business on the estate grounds of Fordham Abbey near Ely. They say their venture should lead to thousands of litres of freshly brewed Sake and over a hundred new jobs for the area.

 

But before building can begin, the owners held a Shinto ceremony...

Artist Impression by Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects

New brain labs open at Addenbrooke's Hospital

New laboratories pioneering research into neurological disorders have been opened at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.The modernised John Pickard Neurosurgical Laboratories will be extending their ground-breaking work into brain tumours. Today a family who’ve raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to support the service witnessed the naming of one lab after their daughter.

 

Red Wellies set up in memory of Lisa Wiles

Indus Valley was farming rice earlier than thought

Researchers have found that farmers in India were cultivating rice centuries earlier than previously thought. A study by Cambridge University found that agricultural techniques developed in the Indus civilisation produced large yields and varieties of food. The team will now be looking at how the farmers were able to cope with climate change.

 

Pakistan Monument History of Pakistan by 100HOST.COM

Children with Type 1 diabetes could be spared daily injections

29,000 British children need to take multiple insulin injections every day to avoid Type 1 diabetes from destroying their immune systems. They depend on a method that was developed in the 1920s which researchers at Cambridge University think desperately needs changing. They have been testing a drug that could help patient’s immune systems to protect themselves rather than having to live their life around the needle.

 

Insulin and Syringe 

Wind may swing Elections says Cambridge University Professor

People are losing faith in election forecasts from pollsters after several votes didn't go as expected. But people may want to pay more attention to weather forecasters in the run-up to elections according to Cambridge University's Judge Business School. They say that undecided voters heading towards the polls maybe swung by the weather that day. Because elections are being decided be smaller and smaller margins this could make the difference between going with the status quo and taking a leap into the unknown...

Woman voting in Iraqi elections in 2005