Cracking the code: the decipherment of Linear B 60 years on
13 October 2012A conference in Cambridge this weekend will mark the 60th anniversary of the decipherment by Michael Ventris of Linear B, a script used for an...
Surprising solution to fly eye mystery
11 October 2012Research provides insight into why flies have the fastest vision in the animal kingdom.
Cambridge extends MIT exchange partnership
10 October 2012An extension to the University of Cambridge’s exchange programme with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been announced, enabling more undergraduates to study at “both”...
Ounce of prevention, pound of cure
09 October 2012Working with humanitarian organisations in Haiti, Cambridge researchers have found that an information system they designed to track how regions recovered from disasters can also...
Dr Malcolm Sabin awarded IMA’s Gold Medal
09 October 2012Dr Malcolm Sabin has been awarded this year’s Gold Medal by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA).
Modelling impacts of a warming world
03 October 2012A community-driven modelling effort aims to quantify one of the gravest of global uncertainties: the impact of global warming on the world’s food, health, vegetation...
Unlocking the agricultural economics of the 19th century
03 October 2012The Corn Returns – market data from the 19th century and beyond – represent a valuable resource for economic historians looking at the emergence of...
Care in the community
02 October 2012Historians have long recognised that the family were the chief carers of the mentally ill. A new study will investigate the emotional and economic consequences...
Risk and uncertainty
01 October 2012This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses risk and uncertainty. To begin, Professor David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public...
Therapy over the phone as effective as face-to-face
28 September 2012Phone therapy also increases access and potentially decreases costs.