'Hijacking' cells that normally attack common infections to target cancer instead could offer the body a ready-made army against the killer disease University researchers and Oxford-based biotech company, Immunocore Limited have uncovered.

Cardiff University partnered with TEDxCardiff for the first time (31 March 2012) to deliver an array of inspirational talks to a capacity audience at the Wales Millennium Centre.

Cardiff University was delighted to be the lead sponsor for this year's TEDxCardiff and the event can now be relived through videos of the talks and performances.

Breakthroughs on the physical structure of memory and geo-environmental engineering processes have won two Cardiff academics one of the highest honours in world science.

Experts from an all-Wales University centre researching new ways to improve services and treatments for people with mental health problems have issued a nationwide appeal for volunteers.

Two new joint institutes for world class medical research are to be created as highlights of a high-level Cardiff University visit to China.

A University medical academic is set to investigate ways to improve the treatment and survival rate of elderly patients diagnosed with breast cancer.

Janet Peters, Director of University Libraries, has been elected Chair of the Board of RLUK (Research Libraries UK).

Violence injuries requiring casualty treatment fell 4 per cent in England and Wales in 2011, according to the University's annual study of injury trends.

Three University social scientists have been honoured by The Academy of Social Sciences. - Professors Paul Furlong and Richard Wyn Jones of the School of European Language, Translation and Politics and Professor Philip Thomas, Cardiff Law School , have all received the award of Academician for their outstanding contribution to the social sciences.