Benefit changes raise pressure on country life
14 May 2012Significant numbers of social tenants in rural areas may have to move away from their friends and communities because of changes to housing benefit criteria,...
Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity: understanding these silent killers
14 May 2012Population-based interventions for tackling unhealthy diet and physical inactivity could save millions of lives. An ambitious research programme is providing evidence for how best to...
Delivering better ways of preventing stillbirth
11 May 2012Despite recent dramatic reductions in cot death rates in the UK, and the development of sophisticated screening for Down’s syndrome, preventing stillbirth is proving tougher...
Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories
11 May 2012Protein highlights ‘ideal mechanism’ for development of new therapies to fight obesity.
Islamic scholars head to Beijing for “Cambridge in China” conference
10 May 2012A conference exploring Chinese perspectives of the Middle East and the Islamic world, at a time when China’s interest in the region is growing, will...
Archaeologists discover lost language
10 May 2012Evidence for a forgotten ancient language which dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire, has been found by archaeologists...
Reinventing tragedy in the modern age
09 May 2012Is tragedy the perfect dramatic form for our current predicament? Or has the classic idea of catharsis through viewing the suffering of others become much...
Rooted in evidence: a public health response to dementia
09 May 2012Research programmes at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health focus on common chronic disorders. Currently under the spotlight is dementia and a major new project...
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
09 May 2012Cambridge neuroscientists will be among the members of an innovative educational charity joining a Pink Floyd tribute band to celebrate the transforming power of music.
Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved
08 May 2012Research reconciles competing theories about the origin of the domestic horse.