Making the most of ideas: Institute for Manufacturing
01 May 2010Cambridge has never been short of ideas but the Institute for Manufacturing is dedicated to putting ideas into action.
Location, location, location: finding out where proteins live and with whom
01 May 2010The Cambridge Centre for Proteomics is internationally recognised for pioneering technology that helps us to understand what proteins do inside cells.
Computing for the Future of the Planet wins Google funding
01 May 2010A gift from Google will help Computing for the Future of the Planet.
Superbug detective
01 May 2010The expertise of Cambridge's new Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Sharon Peacock, is helping to drive a programme of research that will track and block routes...
Shakespeare's medieval world
01 May 2010Medieval culture pervaded Shakespeare's life and work. Professor Helen Cooper examines its influence on the work of the world's greatest playwright.
Beliefs, predictions and shortcuts in the deceitful brain
01 May 2010Professor Paul Fletcher believes that exploring how the brain makes predictions about the world will help us to understand mental illness.
Libraries and light
01 May 2010Research in the Department of Architecture aims to reveal the creative potential of light in the design of contemporary libraries.
Magneto-active porous materials get close to the bone
01 May 2010The most common cause of artificial joint failure is loosening of the prosthetic implant. Dr Athina Markaki is designing materials to anchor them securely.
Children's literature comes of age
01 May 2010A new Centre for Children’s Literature is providing a focus for research on how children are shaped by early encounters with books and film.
A scriptorium of commonplace books
01 May 2010A digital archive of 500-year-old 'filofaxes' offers extraordinary insight into early thought and writing practices.