Cambridge gives Newton papers to the world
12 December 2011Isaac Newton’s annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica is among his notebooks and manuscripts being made available online by Cambridge University Library.
Memory like a fish
09 December 2011The traditional belief that fish have short memory spans may not be as true as we thought. Gates scholar Alex Vail is carrying out research...
The Bronze Age – now in 3D
09 December 2011One of the most important later Bronze Age sites ever discovered in Britain is being excavated near Peterborough, providing a richly detailed, “3D” view of...
Island language in a sea of change
07 December 2011Norman languages spoken in the Channel Islands for a thousand years are now severely endangered. Cambridge linguist Dr Mari Jones has been analysing the languages...
Cold War PR - spinning the ideological battlefront
07 December 2011The persuasive powers of Cold War PR, until now little recognised or discussed, was the subject of a three-day conference at Cambridge University.
‘These rough notes and our dead bodies…’
06 December 2011The story of the Terra Nova expedition, explored through the letters, diaries and photographs of its members, is to be told during a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition...
‘Passio’ launched at the University Library
04 December 2011On December 6th a new collection of translations from the work of one of Hungary’s greatest poets will be launched at the University Library.
Kaiser, Reich and the making of modern Germany
01 December 2011Europe is in crisis and its future is said to depend on Germany. The most comprehensive study of Germany's early modern history ever undertaken, published...
New test could help thousands of patients with high blood pressure
30 November 2011Scan can detect 5p-sized growth that causes hypertension.
A beast with four tails
30 November 2011The Milky Way galaxy continues to devour its small neighbouring dwarf galaxies and the evidence is spread out across the sky.