Thinking inside the box
31 March 2015New research into the phenomenon of design fixation – allowing prior experience to blind us to new possibilities – may help in the development of...
Earliest humans had diverse range of body types, just as we do today
27 March 2015New research harnessing fragmentary fossils suggests our genus has come in different shapes and sizes since its origins over two million years ago, and adds...
New insights found in black hole collisions
27 March 2015New research provides revelations about the most energetic event in the universe — the merging of two spinning, orbiting black holes into a much larger...
Cambridge's Chemistry of Health programme awarded £17 million in funding
25 March 2015New funding will support fundamental research into the molecular processes underlying human disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and enable new ways to combat...
Study finds GB’s most extroverted, agreeable and emotionally stable regions
25 March 2015A survey of almost 400,000 British residents has highlighted significant differences in personalities between regions. Amongst its findings, it shows Scots to be amongst the...
Cambridge awarded £18 million in funding to support UK infrastructure research
24 March 2015Funding announced by the Chancellor in last week’s budget is part of a wider £138 million programme to support the UK’s infrastructure and cities.
Health-conscious concrete
23 March 2015Roads that self-repair, bridges filled with first-aid bubbles, buildings with arteries… not some futuristic fantasy but a very real possibility with ‘smart’ concrete.
The real corporate tax scandal
23 March 2015Western governments have finally begun to pay close attention to tax avoidance by multinational corporations in rich countries. But where, Cambridge Judge Business School’s Professor...
Poisons, plants and Palaeolithic hunters
21 March 2015Dozens of common plants are toxic. Archaeologists have long suspected that our Palaeolithic ancestors used plant poisons to make their hunting weapons more lethal. Now...
'Extreme sleepover #15' – keeping the lights on in rural Uganda
20 March 2015Stephanie Hirmer travelled to Moyo in northern Uganda to ask which possessions the villagers most value and why. The results will be used to help...