The riddle of the Syriac double dot: it’s the world’s earliest question mark
21 July 2011Manuscripts written in Syriac, an ancient language of the Middle East, are peppered with mysterious dots. Among them is the vertical double dot or zagwa...
Field to fork: safeguarding livestock health
21 July 2011Veterinary research in Cambridge is spearheading a new generation of preventive methods to protect livestock from disease.
Foreseer of future resources
20 July 2011An online tool will help users predict trade-offs between the global commodities of energy, water and land.
Whose fault is famine? What the world failed to learn from 1840s Ireland
19 July 2011A new book by a Cambridge University academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. The Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible...
Six hours of total performance
14 July 2011A “total immersion” event in Cambridge this weekend marks the climax of a conference examining the work of performers and their creative role in making...
Dr Patricia Fara awarded the BSHS Dingle Prize
14 July 2011Dr Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor and Fellow of Clare College, has been awarded the prestigious 2011 British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) Dingle...
Whistleblowers, zombies… and how to stay out of prison
13 July 2011Freedom, revolution and communication have shaped human history since the earliest days of mankind.
Nature’s value to business
12 July 2011A programme convening business leaders and policy makers is helping to identify the value to business of nature – and the step changes needed to...
Three from Cambridge elected as Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering
11 July 2011Fifty new Fellows have been elected members of The Royal Academy of Engineering at its Annual General Meeting on 11 July, a list that includes...
Merck-Serono Prize for Science and Literature and the Christopher Zeeman Medal
07 July 2011John D, Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, DAMTP, and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, has been awarded the 2011 Merck-Serono Prize for Science and...