Fixing India’s slum rehabilitation housing
13 February 2020Millions of new houses being built for former slum-dwellers are failing their residents and fuelling unnecessary energy use. New research aims to improve their design...
Women in STEM: Dr Natasha Morrison
13 February 2020Dr Natasha Morrison is a Research Fellow in mathematics at Sidney Sussex College and a member of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical...
Create a WTO-equivalent to oversee the internet, recommends new report
12 February 2020The internet needs an international World Trade Organization (WTO)-style body to protect and grow it as one of the world’s unique shared resources: a communications...
High flying academics
10 February 2020Cambridge University has committed to dramatically reducing its carbon footprint. But making a meaningful difference will involve tackling the culture of international travel that runs...
Women in STEM: Dr Francesca Chadha-Day
06 February 2020Dr Francesca Chadha-Day is a theoretical physicist, a research fellow at Peterhouse, and a science comedian. Here, she tells us about her lifelong love of physics,...
Cuttlefish eat less for lunch when they know there’ll be shrimp for dinner
04 February 2020Cuttlefish can rapidly learn from experience and adapt their eating behaviour accordingly, a new study has shown.
One million and counting
04 February 2020A children’s book by Sandi Toksvig is the one millionth item to take its place in the University Library’s Ely storage facility.
New book shows how to build a more flood resilient future
04 February 2020We urgently need to adapt our built and natural environment to be more flood resilient in the face of climate change, a new book shows.
Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other
04 February 2020Even though they are inanimate objects, sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other, researchers have found. A team from the University of Cambridge has found...
'Outstanding international importance'
30 January 2020Cambridge University Library's world-class Special Collections recognised with Arts Council England Designation