Scans reveal differences in brain structure of antisocial teens
01 April 2011Brain scans of teenage boys with severe antisocial behaviour have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain.
Cambridge Ideas - Forgotten Heroes
31 March 2011A Cambridge University archaeologist, along with two other researchers in Guernsey, has uncovered a previously unseen archive featuring the testimonies of people who were deported...
Chinese food for thought
31 March 2011Chinese food contains a hidden recipe for living, a new analysis reveals.
Final newspaper of Captain Scott’s doomed expedition reproduced
31 March 2011The last volume of the expedition newspaper, South Polar Times, written by the men waiting for news of Captain Scott’s return from the South Pole...
Cambridge Ideas: This Icy World
30 March 2011Cambridge University glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell has spent three years of his life in the polar regions.
More than the stuff of legend
30 March 2011Research into the epic chronicling the adventures of the legendary Swahili ruler, Fumo Liyongo, has revealed messages that reach far beyond myth-history.
Physics of sustainability programme launched
24 March 2011Funded by a £20 million donation from David Harding, the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability aims to address some of the major challenges...
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
21 March 2011Author of the recently published 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism, Dr Ha-Joon Chang studies how international markets succeed and fail, asking what...
Apple shaped obesity as bad for heart as other obesity
21 March 2011An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of...
Study shows new peanut allergy treatment works
21 March 2011Allergy experts at the University of Cambridge have convincing evidence that a new treatment for peanut allergies is effective, following a three-year trial.