You are what your mother ate
21 March 2011Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.
Mystery of how fleas jump resolved
21 March 2011New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on how fleas jump, reaching speeds as fast as 1.9 meters per second.
Back ache: it’s been a pain for millions of years
21 March 2011Research by a Cambridge archaeologist shows that back pain caused untold misery long before we started staring into screens and slumping on sofas.
The private world of astronomy’s faded star
18 March 2011A huge archive belonging to the astronomer Fred Hoyle, displayed online and at a Cambridge college, sheds new light on one of the most controversial...
The new face of human–computer interactions
18 March 2011Cambridge computer scientists are building computers that read minds – and robots and avatars that express emotion.
Trust on the wild web
18 March 2011Philosopher Tom Simpson asks: can we build a trustworthy and safe Internet?
Stem cell casino
18 March 2011A shake of the dice and a nod from the neighbour – new facets of stem cell biology uncovered when methods in theoretical physics were...
Defending crops with maths
18 March 2011A mathematical toolkit could dramatically reduce crop losses from pests and pathogens, helping to safeguard future food security.
CRASSH: convener and gateway to the humanities
17 March 2011At CRASSH, researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences have the opportunity to intersect, generating fresh thinking and innovation, as Director Professor Mary Jacobus...
Conversations across continents
17 March 2011Each year, academic dialogue is enriched at the Centre of African Studies by the arrival of a group of African scholars who spend up to...