Austerity Britain: it's déjà vu all over again
16 January 2013The last 100 years have seen several governments introduce austerity measures to try to balance the books. Duncan Needham, a Phd candidate in the Centre...
Natural disasters, infrastructure and the “new normal”
15 January 2013The Japanese and Canterbury earthquakes, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy and a host of other modern natural disasters have changed the game for those striving to...
The next generation of plastic electronics
15 January 2013A new generation of cheap lightweight plastic electronic technology that does not require silicon, but which is optically transparent and can be coated onto everyday...
Piety in the Renaissance Home
14 January 2013The notion of the Renaissance as a ‘secular age’ is to be challenged by three University of Cambridge researchers after securing €2.3m funding from the...
Reassembling the backbone of life using a particle accelerator
14 January 2013New research shows for the first time the intricate three-dimensional structure of the backbone in the earliest four-legged animals (tetrapods).
Naked Scientists return to the radio this Sunday
12 January 2013Following successful negotiations with the BBC, the University’s Naked Scientists will be taking to the Cambridgeshire airwaves again at 6pm on Sunday 13th January with...
Food industry giants call for pitches from University inventors
12 January 2013University inventors and entrepreneurs whose research has applications in the food and consumer goods sectors will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ideas to representatives...
Bella Italia: an Englishman’s adventures abroad
11 January 2013A Butler Day at St John’s College tomorrow (12 January) celebrates the many trips to Italy undertaken by the polymath Samuel Butler, author of Erewhon....
Smarter infrastructure
10 January 2013A team from the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction has developed a mechanical amplifier which converts ambient vibrations into electricity more effectively, and could...
Leading the battle to protect the Amazon
09 January 2013A graduate of Cambridge’s fledgling MPhil in Conservation Leadership returned last month to speak to current students about his vital work to protect the Amazon...