Researchers get serious about kids’ stuff
03 February 2010A new centre for the study of children's literature, which will analyse material ranging from classics such as Alice In Wonderland to Disney films and...
Promoting green innovation
01 February 2010A regional knowledge transfer project is linking the region's top plant science research with businesses wanting to develop new products.
Does evolution always lead to bigger brains?
26 January 2010The commonly held assumption that as primates evolved, their brains always tended to get bigger has been challenged by a team of scientists at Cambridge...
Scientists make new discoveries in battle with superbug
22 January 2010New research from Cambridge should help hospitals control the spread of MRSA and other emerging superbugs.
Academic warns of psychological impact of Haiti earthquake
21 January 2010A Cambridge academic who is coordinating the mental health response to the Haiti earthquake disaster for one of the first international NGOs into the country...
Royal Astronomical Society announces honours
21 January 2010Cambridge academics have been honoured for their outstanding contribution to astronomy by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).
Risk initiatives seek to challenge the stats we’re in
21 January 2010Two different projects which aim to improve our understanding of the nature of, and statistical realities behind, health scares, natural disasters, climate change and other...
Scientists find "missing link" between heart failure and environment
13 January 2010Scientists have found what they believe is the missing link between heart failure, our genes and our environment. The study could open up completely new...
Manchester Police to test Cambridge “pressure points”
12 January 2010Greater Manchester Police are to field test a new Cambridge University initiative to cut crime by focusing police officers on "pressure points" known for their...
Cancer: what's on the cards?
04 January 2010Scientists at Strangeways Research Laboratory are leading the search for the ‘genetic cards’ that determine an individual’s risk of cancer.