Body, soul and gold: quests for perfection in English alchemy
08 November 2012From the elixirs of legend to transmutation of base metals into gold, medieval medical practice and social mobility were steeped in alchemy.
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From the elixirs of legend to transmutation of base metals into gold, medieval medical practice and social mobility were steeped in alchemy.
New insights from research suggest ways to measure the world at the scale of single atoms and molecules.
Fundraising is under way for a joint Cambridge University and Papworth Hospital Heart and Lung Research Institute – to sit alongside the anticipated new Papworth...
A new project based in Cambridge’s Division of Social Anthropology is looking at interactions between China, Mongolia and Russia at the point where these nations...
On 6 November Professor Steven Connor will give a talk at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities on the affinity between tap dance and...
A five-year research project will examine East Asia’s emergence and struggle for self-definition after the fall of the Japanese Empire.
By 2032 a quarter of the British population will be over the age of 65. On November 3, a panel of economists, businessmen and social...
China’s heritage industry and the politics of the past are just some topics up for discussion in a series of public heritage seminars this term.
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has invited ten of the best UK poets writing today to take part in an unprecedented series of residencies at...
Microscopic organisms living in the ocean play a key role in sustaining life. New research has shown how oceanic turbulence affects the ability of these...