Bleak housing
15 September 2010Britain faces a future of more volatility in the housing market and worsening housing affordability if drastic measures are not taken, senior academics are to...
Translating science for conservation: bees benefit first
08 September 2010A project to make conservation science accessible and relevant to conservationists and policymakers launches its first major synopsis of evidence, on bee conservation.
The Twilight Zone?
03 September 2010The effect on the teenage brain of books like Twilight and the Harry Potter series is to be examined at Cambridge University.
Cambridge Service Alliance
01 September 2010BAE Systems and IBM have joined forces with the University of Cambridge to launch a new research initiative designed to equip business with the skills...
Research hopes to increase available donor kidneys
19 August 2010Donor kidneys from individuals who have recently died from cardiac arrest perform just as well in recipients as kidneys from traditional 'brain-dead' donors, scientists have...
Sustainable Shells in running for 2010 Earth Awards
19 August 2010An innovative building concept co-created by a University of Cambridge architect has reached the finals of the 2010 Earth Awards.
Calls for a global nuclear renaissance in new study
13 August 2010Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London today outlined a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy. Their research...
Domesday database launched online
09 August 2010An online database which promises to change our understanding of English society on the eve and in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been...
Donation is music to University Library’s ears
09 August 2010Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of musician, broadcaster and writer Deryck Cooke (1919-1976).
Trawling survives selling previously discarded fish
03 August 2010Fishermen barely eking out a profit because of overfishing of their target stock, shrimp, are now surviving by selling their bycatch (the low-value fish also...