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.
Probing the Universe: Kavli Institute for Cosmology
01 May 2010Scientists at Cambridge’s Kavli Institute are studying how the Universe developed after the Big Bang by analysing light emitted up to 13.7 billion years ago.
Reading closely: Faculty of English
01 May 2010Close scrutiny of text is the bedrock of a research culture that spans practically the whole range of contemporary English studies.
Seeding growth: plant sciences
01 May 2010The study of plants is blossoming in Cambridge, with new facilities, new research and soon a major new institute.
Challenging crime: Institute of Criminology
01 May 2010Criminologists in Cambridge are investigating the origins, prevention and control of crime in a fast-changing world.
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.
A scriptorium of commonplace books
01 May 2010A digital archive of 500-year-old 'filofaxes' offers extraordinary insight into early thought and writing practices.
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.
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...