The prebound effect
03 July 2012Many homes with poor energy efficiency are actually consuming far less energy than predicted, new research has found. The study has implications for national energy-saving...
New light shed on explosive solar activity
02 July 2012The first images of an upward surge of the Sun’s gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. The...
The sensation of cold is shut down by inflammation
01 July 2012A mechanism regulating our sensation of cold has been identified.
Cambridge success in Wellcome Image Awards
29 June 2012University of Cambridge researchers created four out of the 16 winning images in the recent Wellcome Image Awards 2012.
Can democracy meet our 21st century challenges?
28 June 2012Complacency among democratic countries who think they can just “muddle through” could make them unable to tackle long-term problems like climate change, a University of...
Welcome to Bastion: warzone ethnography with the combat surgeons
27 June 2012A Cambridge academic was given unprecedented access to the military hospital at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, to study the teamwork of the combat surgeons. The...
Charting gender's "incomplete revolution"
27 June 2012A major investigation into gender equality across Europe expresses “deep concern” about the prospects for further closing the gender-pay gap, and finds evidence for the...
Judge team to advise on Togo's development
26 June 2012A team of Cambridge alumni led by Sir Paul Judge will help to prepare a framework for the development of Togo over the next 10-20...
Morality prevents crime
25 June 2012A landmark study of criminal activity in teenagers indicates that some never see crime as a course of action while others are vulnerable to environmental...
Cause of rare growth disease discovered
24 June 2012Scientists hopeful discovery will provide a biological target for drug therapy.