Children's literature comes of age
01 May 2010A new Centre for Children’s Literature is providing a focus for research on how children are shaped by early encounters with books and film.
The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany
01 May 2010A new analysis of the Munich Games of 1972 places the event at the very centre of modern German history, as Dr Chris Young explains.
Cultural heritage after conflict
01 May 2010A collaborative study led by Cambridge is examining the impact on society of the destruction and reconstruction of cultural heritage.
Shakespeare's medieval world
01 May 2010Medieval culture pervaded Shakespeare's life and work. Professor Helen Cooper examines its influence on the work of the world's greatest playwright.
Magneto-active porous materials get close to the bone
01 May 2010The most common cause of artificial joint failure is loosening of the prosthetic implant. Dr Athina Markaki is designing materials to anchor them securely.
Bird’s eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts
23 April 2010Using field experiments in Africa and a new computer model that gives them a bird's eye view of the world, Cambridge scientists have discovered how...
Praise for research initiative on British Muslims
09 April 2010A Cambridge University-led project which investigated what it means to be a Muslim living in modern Britain has won high praise as a model for...
Photoshopping: The final frontier
08 April 2010It's space, but is it art? Stunning images of the galaxy are fast becoming common currency thanks to technology like the Hubble Space Telescope, but...
'Memory wars' of Eastern Europe
01 April 2010A €1 million study will shed light on the role of cultural memory of the soviet era in Russia, Ukraine and Poland.
Funding to boost scientific links with Japan
01 April 2010Researchers in Cambridge and Japan will be working together towards a more integrated understanding of how stem cells make decisions.