Opinion: How to write a best-selling novel
05 April 2016Andy Martin (Department of French) discusses the "magic potion" for writing a thriller.
Research
Andy Martin (Department of French) discusses the "magic potion" for writing a thriller.
A new University of Cambridge research project is set to shed light on the history of writing in the ancient world, and explore the longlasting relationship between...
Researchers have observed the ‘fingerprint’ of a mysterious new quantum state of matter in a two-dimensional material, in which electrons break apart.
A new method of implementing an ‘unbreakable’ quantum cryptographic system is able to transmit information at rates more than ten times faster than previous attempts.
New Cambridge ‘crime harm index’ published today quantifies true cost of crime: damage caused to victims and society. Experts call on UK government to adopt low-cost metric...
Immigrant groups experience a high incidence of mental illness. Hannah Jongsma (Department of Psychiatry) is looking at data from an international study of the distribution...
The trappings of violence were embedded into the culture of 16th century Europe. Victoria Bartels, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of History, has conducted...
The most detailed map of a small, rocky ‘super Earth’ to date reveals a planet almost completely covered by lava, with a molten ‘hot’ side...
Martin Kleppmann (Computer Laboratory) discusses how vulnerable security technologies really are, and how these vulnerabilities could be exploited by both law enforcement and criminals.
Water joins as well as divides – and maritime communities often defy the borders imposed by the state. In the first book of its kind,...