Research links testosterone levels to autistic traits
13 January 2009Research at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre (ARC) has found that exposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb is related to the development...
Revolutionising the understanding of the early social fabric of Cambridge
09 January 2009A new book published by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) suggests that population density in the later prehistoric / Roman Cambridge area may have been...
Prenatal origins of heart disease
04 January 2009Studies in La Paz, the highest city in the world, are helping to uncover a link between prenatal conditions and heart disease in later life.
Making visible embryos
04 January 2009A new online exhibition explores the visual culture of embryology as part of a research initiative on the history of reproduction.
Rethinking the secrets of life: a code upon a code
04 January 2009Epigenetics is taking the biomedical research world by storm; three Cambridge scientists use examples from their own research to explain why.
Portus Project: bringing to life Trajan’s legacy
01 January 2009Excavation and geophysical survey are uncovering the secrets of an exceptionally diverse Imperial Roman landscape.
The Large Hadron Collider: entering uncharted territory
01 January 2009The world's most expensive scientific instrument will be ready for full experiments in 2009; Andy Parker describes Cambridge's role in constructing and using the machine...
Economic and Social Research Council
01 January 2009The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) supports research from across the social sciences, from sociology to anthropology, through to statistics, methods and computing.
The new geography of personality
01 January 2009Jason Rentfrow explains how analysis of over three-quarters of a million online surveys has been used to build a "map" of the USA.
Engaging with Inuit communities
01 January 2009At first glance, reasons for researching locations as different as the Arctic and Mexico are not self-evident. But comparison is at the core of Social...