Deep issues: communicating CCS
03 November 2011New research has identified communication gaps that could hinder the deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies to mitigate climate change.
New York, unplugged: a day without words
02 November 2011We are addicted to language. By way of proof, Andy Martin – lecturer in the Department of French and author of books on Napoleon, Bardot...
New Chief Executive at Cambridge Enterprise
02 November 2011The University of Cambridge has announced the appointment of Dr Tony Raven as the new Chief Executive of Cambridge Enterprise, effective December 1.
Making sense of language: learning across the lifespan
02 November 2011Henriëtte Hendriks, Head of Cambridge’s newly formed Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, explains why linguistics – the scientific study of human language – is...
The bones of the matter: caves, conversation and cup cakes
01 November 2011A discussion tomorrow will bring together some of the eminent archaeologists who studied at Cambridge in the 1960s and 1970s and went on to forge...
Men of wonder: gender and American superhero comics
01 November 2011Boys and action comics go together like Batman and Robin – but how are girls represented in comics? Sociologist, Casey Brienza, investigates the male world...
Professor David Spiegelhalter awarded Established Researcher Award by the Society of Biology
01 November 2011The awards recognise the outstanding contributions that bioscience researchers make to communicating science to the public.
"Glow in the dark brains" aid tumour surgery
01 November 2011Clinical trial hopes to improve techniques to remove brain tumours.
School carbon emissions in England are on the rise
01 November 2011New data obtained by researchers shows that electrical energy consumption in England's schools has gone up, even as heating demand has fallen, with academies consistently...
How does your baby grow?
31 October 2011A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already...