The lost library of Eleonora Duse
23 January 2013How her personal library informed the phenomenal talent of the Italian actress Eleonora Duse is revealed in a newly-published book that catalogues the Duse Collection...
Cambridge Enterprise announces 2012 results
23 January 2013More than £1 billion in funding has been raised by companies with roots in Cambridge research, according to year-end results from Cambridge Enterprise, the University’s...
Individuals with a low risk for cocaine dependence have a differently shaped brain to those with addiction
17 January 2013Research provides unique insight into the often misunderstood world of addiction.
Austerity Britain: it's déjà vu all over again
16 January 2013The last 100 years have seen several governments introduce austerity measures to try to balance the books. Duncan Needham, a Phd candidate in the Centre...
Natural disasters, infrastructure and the “new normal”
15 January 2013The Japanese and Canterbury earthquakes, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy and a host of other modern natural disasters have changed the game for those striving to...
Piety in the Renaissance Home
14 January 2013The 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...
Food industry giants call for pitches from University inventors
12 January 2013University inventors and entrepreneurs whose research has applications in the food and consumer goods sectors will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ideas to representatives...
Bella Italia: an Englishman’s adventures abroad
11 January 2013A Butler Day at St John’s College tomorrow (12 January) celebrates the many trips to Italy undertaken by the polymath Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon....
Smarter infrastructure
10 January 2013A team from the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction has developed a mechanical amplifier which converts ambient vibrations into electricity more effectively, and could...
Botanic Garden names new Director
09 January 2013Dr Beverley Glover has been named as the new Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Dr Glover will take up the post, and the associated...