Potted histories
23 January 2013Artist and writer Edmund de Waal – known for his work in porcelain as well as his best-selling memoir 'The Hare with the Amber Eyes'...
Cambridge Enterprise announces 2012 results
23 January 2013More than £1 billion in funding has been raised by companies with roots in Cambridge research, according to year-end results from Cambridge Enterprise, the University’s...
Experts believe plain packaging of tobacco products would cut smoking
23 January 2013Study examined likely impact on smoking rates in adults and children.
How do smallholder farmers fit into the big picture of world food production?
22 January 2013Worldwide 500 million smallholder farmers support a total of 2 billion people. A debate taking place in London next Monday (28 January) will put these...
Mathematical breakthrough sets out rules for more effective teleportation
17 January 2013New protocol advances solutions for more efficient teleportation - the transport of quantum information at the speed of light.
Individuals with a low risk for cocaine dependence have a differently shaped brain to those with addiction
17 January 2013Research provides unique insight into the often misunderstood world of addiction.
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...