Hidden narratives of torture
05 July 2012Allegations of torture by government officials are emerging daily from countries caught up in the struggle for democracy. Derek Elliott, a researcher in Cambridge's Faculty...
Particle consistent with Higgs Boson found
04 July 2012Andy Parker, Professor of High Energy Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, sheds light on today’s announcement and ‘what next’.
Lost Captain Scott photos dazzle Parliament
04 July 2012The ‘lost’ photographs of Captain Scott’s final expedition to the South Pole, purchased by the Scott Polar Research Institute with the help of the Heritage...
A Soviet Design for Life
03 July 2012A unique tour through the Soviet century – via one woman’s extraordinary collection of books, propaganda posters, ration coupons and even cigarette packets – is...
Avalanches and life as we know it up for discussion at summer exhibition
03 July 2012The dynamics of an avalanche and the origins of the Universe will be the subjects of two presentations to the public by Cambridge researchers as...
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...