Project seeks nation’s most memorised poems to investigate power of poetry ‘by heart’
02 October 2014By aiming to discover the UK’s most memorised poems, a new research project – backed by a former Poet Laureate – will explore the poems...
Online resource to support the work of biodiversity conservation organisations
01 October 2014A free online resource, launched today (1 October), will help conservation organisations share expertise and tools, aiding them in addressing some of the planet’s most...
Professor Marc Weller wins award for his contribution to law
26 September 2014Academic wins the "Oscar" of the legal world.
Cancer Core Europe: institutes unite across Europe to tackle cancer
26 September 2014Launched today (26 September), Cancer Core Europe brings together six cancer centres – including the Cambridge Cancer Centre at the University of Cambridge – to...
Clear skies on exo-Neptune
24 September 2014Smallest exoplanet ever found to have water vapour
Presence or absence of early language delay alters anatomy of the brain in autism
23 September 2014Individual differences in early language development, and in later language functioning, are associated with changes in the anatomy of the brain in autism.
Creating a shared resource for the endangered culture of the Kalmyks
21 September 2014Almost four centuries ago, ancestors of the Kalmyk people trekked across central Asia to form a Buddhist nation on the edge of Europe. Today Kalmyk...
'Besom ling and teasel burrs': John Clare and botanising
20 September 2014A symposium taking place on Tuesday (23 September 2014) at Cambridge University Botanic Garden will unite artists, writers, scientists and literary scholars to look at the poet...
Science turns to religion for “mass mobilisation” on environmental change
19 September 2014Ahead of the UN summit on climate change, two leading scholars in the field make a watershed appeal to religious leaders for help in mobilising public...
Fancy pants: skirmishes with the fashion police in 16th-century Italy
16 September 2014With the autumn 2014 fashion shows in full swing, all eyes are on the top designers. In 16th-century Italy, the latest looks didn't always go down...