‘Sex, scandal and sermon’ in medieval Spain
08 February 2008A new study of the 14th-century narrative poem Libro de Buen Amor explores how its earthy tales of failed love are shaped by humour.
Bringing together the Book of Kings
08 February 2008The Shahnama Project is building a powerful online resource that will stimulate research and interest in Persian cultural history.
Sunny times ahead for solar power
08 February 2008A new initiative funded by the Carbon Trust hopes to make solar power an affordable choice for homeowners within 10 years.
Can machines reason?
01 February 2008Humans often use diagrams for reasoning, but can computers do the same?
Greek tragedy: setting the stage today
01 February 2008With the curtains just closed on the 40th Cambridge Greek Play since the 1880s, Greek classicist Simon Goldhill reflects on how this creative genre still...
Rebellion, repression, retribution
01 February 2008John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.
Finding fault
01 February 2008A multicentre project led by the Faculty of Law has reached its conclusion, having studied over a century's worth of European legal changes relating to...
Putting metabolism on the eco-map
01 February 2008One of the latest technologies to emerge - metabolomics - is being used to create a snapshot of how environmental chemicals affect living organisms.
Great expectations in pregnancy research
01 February 2008Most pregnancies develop normally but when complications arise they can have devastating effects. Two recent initiatives in Cambridge hope to deliver a new understanding of...
Proactive IP analysis: helping commercialisation not to (micro)drop out of sight
01 February 2008An innovative new project spearheaded by Cambridge Enterprise Ltd and researchers in the Department of Chemistry is taking a proactive approach to intellectual property (IP)...