Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally
04 February 2014New research shows that the more personally and socially powerless you feel the heavier objects appear to weigh.
Classic tales of intrigue and paranoia – coming to a cinema near you!
31 January 2014Don’t miss the chance to see films that explore humankind’s capacity for deception. Showing at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse in February and March, each of the five movies...
Study of peanut allergy therapy shows 84 per cent success
30 January 2014A new therapy for peanut allergy has been successful in the majority of the 99 children who took part in a clinical trial.
Fevered imaginations
29 January 2014New study finds links between thyroid hormones and body temperature, shedding new light on changes that occur during fevers, and euphoric feelings arising from a...
Generation blame: how age affects our views of anti-social behaviour
24 January 2014Research reveals disconnect between what adults and young people interpret as anti-social behaviour (ASB), as 40% of adults see young people gathering in public as...
11,000-year-old living dog cancer reveals its secrets
23 January 2014Scientists have sequenced the genome of the world’s oldest continuously surviving cancer, a transmissible genital cancer that affects dogs.
Conquering a continent: how the French language circulated in Britain and medieval Europe
22 January 2014A 13th-century manuscript of Arthurian legend once owned by the Knights Templar is one of the star attractions of a new exhibition opening today at...
Cambridge in Davos
20 January 2014A delegation of Cambridge academics, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, is attending the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this...
Stairways to heaven and other places
20 January 2014We go up and down them all the time – but seldom do we think about their historical development as elements of architecture. Staircases: History,...
Cambridge researchers learn lessons from recent storm surge
16 January 2014For researchers at the University at Cambridge, recent storm damage is providing vital data that could help improve future flood warnings and emergency planning