Good tidings for coastal communities

23 October 2013

The sea sustains life but also threatens it. An innovative design concept by Ed Barsley aims to contend with rising seawater by welcoming it into our coastal settlements.

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Renaissance

Piety in the Renaissance Home

14 January 2013

The notion of the Renaissance as a ‘secular age’ is to be challenged by three University of Cambridge researchers after securing €2.3m funding from the European Research Council.

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Knowlton Church, a listed building

New degree to help protect historic buildings

10 June 2011

As English Heritage launches its first ever National Heritage Protection Plan, a new part-time Master’s degree at the University of Cambridge is set to make an important contribution to the protection of England’s historic buildings.

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Spike Bucklow

Organic chemist, puppet maker, art conservator...

01 February 2008

From organic chemist, through maker of rubber monsters, to conservator of fine art, Spike Bucklow describes his career path as "something of a drunkard's walk". But you could say that it has always been leading to the same end: the application of science for the benefit of art.

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