Cambridge announced as one of five key partners in new national Alan Turing Institute
28 January 2015The University of Cambridge is to be one of the five universities that will lead the new Alan Turing Institute, announced the Rt Hon Dr...
The winners and losers of ocean acidification
28 January 2015The population balance of some marine ‘pests’ could be drastically changed as the world’s oceans become increasingly acidic.
Mother’s stress hormone levels may affect foetal growth and long term health of child
26 January 2015Increased levels of stress hormones can lead pregnant mice to overeat, but affect growth of the foetus and, potentially, the long term health of the...
Heavenly matters, earthly delights
26 January 2015In his book, Gothic Wonder, Professor Paul Binski explores a period in which English art and architecture pushed the boundaries to produce some of Europe’s...
How can we protect our information in the era of cloud computing?
26 January 2015Private information would be much more secure if individuals moved away from cloud-based storage towards peer-to-peer systems, where data is stored in a variety of...
Death of a dynamo – a hard drive from space
21 January 2015Hidden magnetic messages contained within ancient meteorites are providing a unique window into the processes that shaped our solar system, and may give a sneak...
A very personal perspective on Dengue fever
20 January 2015Leah Katzelnick was all set for a career as an anthropologist until she contracted dengue fever. She was in hospital for a week with severe...
“You need to ignore it, babe”: how mothers prepare young children for the reality of racism
19 January 2015Research among mothers with young children living in multicultural London shows that racism is a reality for children as young as five – and that...
Women waging peace
16 January 2015Thousands of Jewish- and Palestinian-Israeli women have joined a movement that is spreading across Israel in opposition to repeated cycles of violence in Gaza. Yet...
Stirbitch: mapping the unmappable
16 January 2015Dr Michael Hrebeniak describes himself as inveterately curious about people and places. His fascination for a messy patch of Cambridge, best known for its traffic...