Cold War PR - spinning the ideological battlefront
07 December 2011The persuasive powers of Cold War PR, until now little recognised or discussed, was the subject of a three-day conference at Cambridge University.
‘These rough notes and our dead bodies…’
06 December 2011The story of the Terra Nova expedition, explored through the letters, diaries and photographs of its members, is to be told during a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition...
‘Passio’ launched at the University Library
04 December 2011On December 6th a new collection of translations from the work of one of Hungary’s greatest poets will be launched at the University Library.
Kaiser, Reich and the making of modern Germany
01 December 2011Europe is in crisis and its future is said to depend on Germany. The most comprehensive study of Germany's early modern history ever undertaken, published...
New test could help thousands of patients with high blood pressure
30 November 2011Scan can detect 5p-sized growth that causes hypertension.
Six steps to a better material world
30 November 2011Every year we make 10 times our own bodyweight of steel, aluminium, cement, plastics and paper, for every person alive, using a fifth of all...
Environment and Diet leave their prints on the heart
29 November 2011A University of Cambridge study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the "missing link" between our lifestyle and our...
The communicative brain
29 November 2011What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.
New database for vital model organism launched
28 November 2011The database, PomBase, important new tool for scientists researching fission yeast.
Recreating ‘The Great Escape’
28 November 2011First it was the Dambusters raid, now Cambridge University’s Dr Hugh Hunt has helped to recreate ‘The Great Escape’ from Germany’s infamous Stalag Luft III.