The Book of Kings: the epic continues
01 November 2010A millennium after its completion, an epic Persian poem is providing the springboard for a new centre of Persian studies in Cambridge.
Gender’s many faces
01 November 2010New funding and a generous bequest are helping researchers in Cambridge to explore the complexities of how gender works in the world.
Mobile communications for medicine
01 November 2010Cambridge researchers in collaboration with China Mobile are examining the potential of mobile phones to deliver healthcare in China and worldwide.
Synthesis made simpler
01 November 2010Research is bringing closer the conversion of simple organic molecules into drugs, plastics or potential new fuels in a single step.
Humanitarian focus on ICTs for international development
01 November 2010New networking activities will help academic expertise in information and communications technology to benefit developing countries.
Clinical trial cancer research open day
29 October 2010Patients who have benefited from life saving experimental cancer treatments will join world class researchers for a public open day.
New imaging technology predicts fracture risk
27 October 2010A new method for identifying which bones have a high risk of fracture, and for monitoring the effectiveness of new bone-strengthening drugs and techniques, has...
Insight into links between obesity and activity in the brain
26 October 2010Study on effects of anti-obesity drug on the brain paves way for more effective treatments.
Eyewitness accounts of 1641 Irish rebellion released
25 October 2010The first-hand testimonies of thousands of people who witnessed the bloody rebellion that paved the way for centuries of sectarian conflict in Ireland have been...
How sloths got their long neck
19 October 2010New research gives insight into one of the few mammals with more than seven neck vertebrae.