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Money4web

Global economic institute creates partnership with Cambridge economists

15 Feb 2013

In the wake of the global financial crisis, a new partnership plans to shake up economic thinking to reflect a rapidly changing world.

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Mrs Gibson on a camel in the Sinai, 1893.

Historic rivals join forces to save 1,000 years of Jewish history

15 Feb 2013

Cambridge University Library and the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries have today announced their first ever joint fundraising campaign to...

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Research suggests meerkat predator-scanning behaviour is altruistic

15 Feb 2013

Meerkats are more likely to scan for predators from high vantage points or guard on their hind legs when young pups are present in the group.

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Dig into archaeology with actor and presenter Tony Robinson

15 Feb 2013

Don’t miss the chance to hear actor and presenter Tony Robinson talking about his work with Channel 4’s Time Team in a public lecture on Monday 11...

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Finding malaria's weak spot

06 Feb 2013

A ground-breaking imaging system to track malarial infection of blood cells in real time has been created by a collaboration catalysed by the...

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3D microchip created

31 Jan 2013

New type of microchip created which not only moves information from left to right and back to front, but up and down as well.

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Graphene

Europe pledges one billion euros on graphene as platform for emerging technologies

28 Jan 2013

A major research initiative which will create a European network of academics and companies working on graphene has been approved, with the...

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Beakers

Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited

25 Jan 2013

Research reveals the mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming.

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Books in the Murray Edwards Duse Collection

The lost library of Eleonora Duse

23 Jan 2013

How her personal library informed the phenomenal talent of the Italian actress Eleonora Duse is revealed in a newly-published book that catalogues...

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Alan-Reece

Dr Alan Reece (1927-2012)

16 Jan 2013

The University reported the death of one of its benefactors, Dr Alan Reece, in 2012.

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Renaissance

Piety in the Renaissance Home

14 Jan 2013

The notion of the Renaissance as a ‘secular age’ is to be challenged by three University of Cambridge researchers after securing €2.3m funding from...

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Zoology4web

Museum of Zoology wins Heritage Lottery Fund support

10 Jan 2013

The University Museum of Zoology has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the ‘Animals Galore – preserving and...

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