Cambridge heads for Hay
10 April 2014A host of Cambridge academics, including Nobel Laureate Sir John Gurdon, will be speaking on subjects ranging from stem cell technology and Alzheimer’s to the...
From athletes to couch potatoes: humans through 6,000 years of farming
08 April 2014Research into lower limb bones shows that our early farming ancestors in Central Europe became less active as their tasks diversified and technology improved. At a conference...
Scientists identify part of brain linked to gambling addiction
08 April 2014New research reveals that brain damage affecting the insula – an area with a key role in emotions – disrupts errors of thinking linked to...
When gender roles are reversed: equality and intimacy at home and in the workplace
07 April 2014In a paper prepared for the workshop “Gender, Equality and Intimacy: (Un)comfortable Bedfellows?” at the Institute of Education today – Cambridge scholar Monica Wirz explores...
From Mexican wave to retinal wave: why sharing data is good for science
07 April 2014From the way we learn, to how our memories are made and stored, the workings of our brains depend on connections forged between billions of...
Q&A: how archives make history
07 April 2014The early modern period (1500-1800) saw a surge in the keeping of records. A conference later this week (9-10 April 2014) at the British Academy...
How niffy nappies could help develop new weapons in fight against bacteria
02 April 2014Bacteria 'plan ahead' by tightening their belts to help them survive looming lean periods, researchers at Cambridge have discovered.
New study reveals scale of problem gambling among homeless population
02 April 2014Homeless people are ten times more likely to be problem gamblers than the UK population as a whole, researchers at Cambridge have found.
Cambridge awarded EPSRC funding for doctoral training centres in sensing and analysis
28 March 2014Two new Cambridge University Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) are to be funded as part of a package unveiled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
A divided Ukraine: Europe’s most dangerous idea
28 March 2014In this article, originally published on the CRASSH website, Dr Rory Finnin - University Lecturer and Director of the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme - addresses...