Honour for leading Indian chemist
09 July 2014The importance that the University of Cambridge attributes to its ties with India was underscored on Wednesday 18 June when Dr Yusuf Hamied, the leading...
Mitrokhin’s KGB archive opens to public
07 July 2014KGB files from the famous Mitrokhin Archive – described by the FBI as ‘the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source’ –...
‘Para Ingles ver’ (for the English to see): the other side of the World Cup
05 July 2014Brazilians are famous for their love of football but millions of ordinary people are angry at the huge sums spent on the World Cup. Lucy...
An interview with Tony Badger: 50 years a historian
04 July 2014The Choir of Clare College will tomorrow (5 July 2014) perform a special concert at West Road as tribute to outgoing Master and eminent historian Professor Tony Badger. With...
First national model for bovine TB calls for greater focus on cattle
02 July 2014The majority of outbreaks of bovine TB within cattle herds are caused by multiple transmissions routes – including failed cattle infection tests, cattle movement and...
Institute of Physics announces 2014 award winners
02 July 2014Physics awards honour work of Cambridge academics
Major Partner Museum status for UCM
01 July 2014The vision of securing Cambridge’s reputation as an international centre of museums excellence received a major boost today when Arts Council England awarded University of...
From the Front to the Backs: Story of the First Eastern Hospital
01 July 2014One hundred years since the start of the First World War, few Cambridge residents are likely to be aware that the University Library stands on...
New analysis of 'swine flu' pandemic conflicts with accepted views on how diseases spread
01 July 2014New analysis of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in the US shows that the pandemic wave was surprisingly slow, and that its spread was likely...
Nanomaterials Up Close: Gum Arabic
30 June 2014This alien glob is a piece of gum arabic from the hardened sap of the Acacia tree, most likely collected from a tree in Sudan....