Cultural heritage after conflict
01 May 2010A collaborative study led by Cambridge is examining the impact on society of the destruction and reconstruction of cultural heritage.
Superbug detective
01 May 2010The expertise of Cambridge's new Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Sharon Peacock, is helping to drive a programme of research that will track and block routes...
Shakespeare's medieval world
01 May 2010Medieval culture pervaded Shakespeare's life and work. Professor Helen Cooper examines its influence on the work of the world's greatest playwright.
Beliefs, predictions and shortcuts in the deceitful brain
01 May 2010Professor Paul Fletcher believes that exploring how the brain makes predictions about the world will help us to understand mental illness.
Libraries and light
01 May 2010Research in the Department of Architecture aims to reveal the creative potential of light in the design of contemporary libraries.
Magneto-active porous materials get close to the bone
01 May 2010The most common cause of artificial joint failure is loosening of the prosthetic implant. Dr Athina Markaki is designing materials to anchor them securely.
Children's literature comes of age
01 May 2010A new Centre for Children’s Literature is providing a focus for research on how children are shaped by early encounters with books and film.
A scriptorium of commonplace books
01 May 2010A digital archive of 500-year-old 'filofaxes' offers extraordinary insight into early thought and writing practices.
Bird’s eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts
23 April 2010Using field experiments in Africa and a new computer model that gives them a bird's eye view of the world, Cambridge scientists have discovered how...
Striking similarities between chips, worms and brains
22 April 2010Scientists have discovered "striking similarities" between human brains, the nervous system of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and computer chips.