Under the sea
27 March 2008Scientists explore huge volume of molten rock now frozen into the crust under the ocean’s floor.
Cambridge's gay past: from the 17th century to the foundation of Stonewall
19 February 2008The gay history of Cambridge University will be revealed in a public lecture this Wednesday at Lucy Cavendish College.
Weathering storms: transforming conflict in the church
08 February 2008A research initiative in the Faculty of Divinity aims to train church leaders to convert the negatives of conflict into the positives of transformation.
‘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?
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...