Democratising the airwaves
01 November 2010A new research collaboration will investigate the capacity of radio to facilitate citizen-led governance in developing countries.
Connecting science and policy
01 November 2010Dr Chris Tyler, Executive Director of Cambridge’s Centre for Science and Policy, explains how and why the Centre is helping the best scientific thinking to...
Out of poverty
01 November 2010Cambridge researchers are contributing to projects in Bangladesh that aim to lift 1 million people out of poverty by 2015.
Bridging research and industry
01 November 2010Consultancy is an effective way for academics to share their knowledge and expertise, bridging the gap between research and industry.
Managing the data deluge
01 November 2010A project at Cambridge University Library is developing services and resources to help academics manage their digital data.
Blueprints for supercomputing success
01 November 2010The University’s High Performance Computing Service has formed a partnership with Dell to address key challenges in research computing.
The Book of Kings: the epic continues
01 November 2010A millennium after its completion, an epic Persian poem is providing the springboard for a new centre of Persian studies in Cambridge.
Reading the world’s oldest libraries
01 November 2010Examples of the world’s oldest science and literature – 2,500-year-old clay writing tablets – hold clues as to how ancient scholars acquired and used knowledge,...
Gender’s many faces
01 November 2010New funding and a generous bequest are helping researchers in Cambridge to explore the complexities of how gender works in the world.
Magical illuminations
01 November 2010Art historian Professor Paul Binski describes his ventures into the gold-embellished world of illuminated manuscripts.