Energy efficiency and human behaviour
18 February 2013Are buildings that consume less energy really more energy efficient as a result? As the University of Cambridge begins Switch Off Week, researcher Scott Kelly...
Keep on trucking
15 February 2013Whether it’s a bag of oranges or a tank full of petrol, the commodities we rely on will have come down the motorway in a...
World first for fly research
15 February 2013A how-to manual for fruit fly research has been created.
Retribution and restoration: Bosnia on trial
15 February 2013Twenty years after Bosnia was devastated by civil war, ordinary people who witnessed, or were the targets of horrific war crimes, are still not getting...
No Curia for old age: the radical act of papal resignation
15 February 2013Dr Sara Silvestri, a specialist in religion and politics and a Research Associate with the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, examines the implications of...
Meet a flawed hero in Greek drama brought alive
15 February 2013Many of us have seen blockbuster movies based on the stories told in Homer’s epic poems. Now there’s a rare chance to see an accessible...
Historic rivals join forces to save 1,000 years of Jewish history
15 February 2013Cambridge University Library and the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries have today announced their first ever joint fundraising campaign to purchase the £1.2 million ‘Lewis-Gibson...
Global economic institute creates partnership with Cambridge economists
15 February 2013In the wake of the global financial crisis, a new partnership plans to shake up economic thinking to reflect a rapidly changing world.
39 new US Gates Cambridge Scholars selected
15 February 2013Thirty-nine new US Gates Cambridge Scholars have been selected as the programme continues to expand
Breakthrough study models dying stars in a lab
15 February 2013Researchers have successfully recreated the conditions close to the surface of a white dwarf, allowing them to examine what happens in one of the most...