Physics of sustainability programme launched
24 March 2011Funded by a £20 million donation from David Harding, the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability aims to address some of the major challenges...
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
21 March 2011Author of the recently published 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism, Dr Ha-Joon Chang studies how international markets succeed and fail, asking what...
Study shows new peanut allergy treatment works
21 March 2011Allergy experts at the University of Cambridge have convincing evidence that a new treatment for peanut allergies is effective, following a three-year trial.
Apple shaped obesity as bad for heart as other obesity
21 March 2011An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of...
You are what your mother ate
21 March 2011Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.
Mystery of how fleas jump resolved
21 March 2011New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on how fleas jump, reaching speeds as fast as 1.9 meters per second.
Back ache: it’s been a pain for millions of years
21 March 2011Research by a Cambridge archaeologist shows that back pain caused untold misery long before we started staring into screens and slumping on sofas.
CRASSH: convener and gateway to the humanities
17 March 2011At CRASSH, researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences have the opportunity to intersect, generating fresh thinking and innovation, as Director Professor Mary Jacobus...
New perspectives on Latin America
17 March 2011At the Centre of Latin American Studies, interdisciplinary research is offering a new perspective on the creativity, challenges and lessons that can be learned from...
Conversations across continents
17 March 2011Each year, academic dialogue is enriched at the Centre of African Studies by the arrival of a group of African scholars who spend up to...