The Elephant Man
08 November 2010The remarkable story of a daring World War II operation in which hundreds of people fleeing the Japanese advance through Burma were rescued by elephant...
Safe water solutions
01 November 2010Research across the University is helping to clean up water in regions around the world.
Democratising the airwaves
01 November 2010A new research collaboration will investigate the capacity of radio to facilitate citizen-led governance in developing countries.
Bridging research and industry
01 November 2010Consultancy is an effective way for academics to share their knowledge and expertise, bridging the gap between research and industry.
Out of poverty
01 November 2010Cambridge researchers are contributing to projects in Bangladesh that aim to lift 1 million people out of poverty by 2015.
Stopping superbugs in their tracks
01 November 2010Work in resource-restricted healthcare settings in south-east Asia is defining the transmission of hospital ‘superbugs’ using low-tech diagnostics and high-tech tools.
Connecting science and policy
01 November 2010Dr Chris Tyler, Executive Director of Cambridge’s Centre for Science and Policy, explains how and why the Centre is helping the best scientific thinking to...
Managing the data deluge
01 November 2010A project at Cambridge University Library is developing services and resources to help academics manage their digital data.
Blueprints for supercomputing success
01 November 2010The University’s High Performance Computing Service has formed a partnership with Dell to address key challenges in research computing.
The Book of Kings: the epic continues
01 November 2010A millennium after its completion, an epic Persian poem is providing the springboard for a new centre of Persian studies in Cambridge.