Falklands/Malvinas: A national cause
07 June 2012Thirty years after it ended, the Falklands/Malvinas War still casts a long shadow over the lives of many Argentinians. A conference marking the anniversary next...
Everything we think we know – and know we don’t know – about cancer
06 June 2012A book written for the general reader, Betrayed by Nature: The War on Cancer by Dr Robin Hesketh, sets out in plain English what goes...
Solved: two of the historic riddles of horse racing
02 June 2012The identity of the winner of the 1880 Epsom Derby – the classic race to be run today - was famously disputed. Now analysis of...
A week in the life of...
01 June 2012For the first in an occasional series documenting a week in the life of a member of the University community, Dr Michael Scott - Affiliated...
Into eternity: the nuclear waste challenge
01 June 2012How can we make nuclear waste safe for millennia? Fundamental research led by the University of Cambridge will help find the answers.
New test to detect arsenic contamination in drinking water
01 June 2012An economical and easy-to-use biosensor could reduce the chance of being poisoned by arsenic – a common contaminant of wells in parts of Asia.
“Echo” of light augurs new era in study of black holes
31 May 2012A long-sought “echo” of light that promises to reveal more about supersized black holes in distant galaxies has been identified by an international team of...
Cambridge academics head for Hay
31 May 2012Cambridge is fielding a series of talks and debates by leading academics on a range of global challenges at this year's Hay literary Festival.
Winds of change for pollution sensing
31 May 2012A new system of pollution sensing, currently being tested at Heathrow Airport, could revolutionise monitoring air quality and predicting its health impacts.
Locked in combat: two French thinkers slog it out
31 May 2012“Hell is other people,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre. His rival on the stage of occupied and post-war Paris was Albert Camus (“I am the world”). The...