Thatcher Archive opens personal papers for 1980
21 March 2011Economic hardship, rising unemployment and a country hit hard by recession; parallels between today and 1980 are revealed in the archive papers of Margaret Thatcher,...
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.
Mystery of how fleas jump resolved
21 March 2011New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on how fleas jump, reaching speeds as fast as 1.9 meters per second.
Stellar spirals throw up new clues on galactic evolution
21 March 2011An international team of astronomers have identified a thick stellar disc in the Andromeda galaxy, which will help them to understand more about how our...
You are what your mother ate
21 March 2011Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.
Back ache: it’s been a pain for millions of years
21 March 2011Research by a Cambridge archaeologist shows that back pain caused untold misery long before we started staring into screens and slumping on sofas.
The private world of astronomy’s faded star
18 March 2011A huge archive belonging to the astronomer Fred Hoyle, displayed online and at a Cambridge college, sheds new light on one of the most controversial...
The new face of human–computer interactions
18 March 2011Cambridge computer scientists are building computers that read minds – and robots and avatars that express emotion.
Trust on the wild web
18 March 2011Philosopher Tom Simpson asks: can we build a trustworthy and safe Internet?
Stem cell casino
18 March 2011A shake of the dice and a nod from the neighbour – new facets of stem cell biology uncovered when methods in theoretical physics were...