Energy efficiency symposium - new attendees welcome
24 July 2012Inaugural event will explore some of the latest in energy research.
A medieval “Chronicle of Emperors” for the twenty-first century
24 July 2012The 12th-century German “Chronicle of the Emperors” (Kaiserchronik) – widely regarded by scholars as one of the most important literary works of the European Middle...
Cambridge unwrapped
23 July 2012Bookings open today for Open Cambridge, a programme of public events taking place from 7 to 9 September. New activities on the agenda include a...
I was still alive and I never gave up hope
23 July 2012As a teenager, Mainlehwon Vonhm walked alone, barefoot and hungry out of war-torn Liberia to the safety of a refugee camp. Two decades later he flew...
Sing for the win
22 July 2012A new app game developed by a Cambridge student challenges people to sing the right note at the right time in order to smash down...
Caveman about the house
19 July 2012The traditional image of Neanderthals as gritty people who spent most of their time out hunting might not be entirely accurate, according to a new...
Twists in a tale
16 July 2012Inside every scientist is a writer struggling to get out – or is there? Dr Robin Hesketh, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, describes...
Weather-washed, tide-turned
14 July 2012When Cambridge academic and writer Dr Robert Macfarlane was asked to write a libretto for a performance celebrating the extraordinary landscape of Orford Ness, he...
Commercialising medical device innovation
13 July 2012New medical devices take a long time to reach the market – and many never make it. Jon Johnson, a researcher at Cambridge’s Institute for...
Cambridge scientists receive Royal Society awards
10 July 2012The researchers are recognised for 'the excellence of their work and the profound implications their findings have had for others'.