'Deporting Abu Qatada: the European Court of Human Rights, and Governments'
12 June 2012He is feared and hated in many parts of the world. Those facts make it less likely that any case against him will be evaluated...
A safer route to a nuclear future?
12 June 2012By using thorium instead of uranium as fuel, nuclear power could be safer and more sustainable, according to new research.
Beauty and despair
11 June 2012A high level inquiry reported last month that more than half of the British public has a negative body image. Cambridge academic Andy Martin reflects...
Live performance
08 June 2012Jennifer Wallace took part in the Cambridge series at this year's Hay Festival and spoke on a panel on whether tragedy is the perfect form...
Falklands/Malvinas: A national cause
07 June 2012Thirty years after it ended, the Falklands/Malvinas War still casts a long shadow over the lives of many Argentinians. A conference marking the anniversary next...
Everything we think we know – and know we don’t know – about cancer
06 June 2012A book written for the general reader, Betrayed by Nature: The War on Cancer by Dr Robin Hesketh, sets out in plain English what goes...
Solved: two of the historic riddles of horse racing
02 June 2012The identity of the winner of the 1880 Epsom Derby – the classic race to be run today - was famously disputed. Now analysis of...
A week in the life of...
01 June 2012For the first in an occasional series documenting a week in the life of a member of the University community, Dr Michael Scott - Affiliated...
Into eternity: the nuclear waste challenge
01 June 2012How can we make nuclear waste safe for millennia? Fundamental research led by the University of Cambridge will help find the answers.
New test to detect arsenic contamination in drinking water
01 June 2012An economical and easy-to-use biosensor could reduce the chance of being poisoned by arsenic – a common contaminant of wells in parts of Asia.