Who mops the floor now? How domestic service shaped 20th-century Britain
28 July 2011From the fictional Downton Abbey to the modest suburban semi, domestic service has had a prominent role in the story, whether real or imagined, of...
Research sheds light on cell mechanism which plays a role in such diseases as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s
26 July 2011New research from scientists at the University of Cambridge provides critical insight into the formation of autophagosomes, which are responsible for cleaning up cellular waste.
The riddle of the Syriac double dot: it’s the world’s earliest question mark
21 July 2011Manuscripts written in Syriac, an ancient language of the Middle East, are peppered with mysterious dots. Among them is the vertical double dot or zagwa...
Field to fork: safeguarding livestock health
21 July 2011Veterinary research in Cambridge is spearheading a new generation of preventive methods to protect livestock from disease.
Foreseer of future resources
20 July 2011An online tool will help users predict trade-offs between the global commodities of energy, water and land.
Whose fault is famine? What the world failed to learn from 1840s Ireland
19 July 2011A new book by a Cambridge University academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. The Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible...
Farming and the fate of wild nature
19 July 2011As the drive to increase food production gathers pace, conservation scientists suggest that reconciling food security with protecting biodiversity might require unexpected solutions.
Six hours of total performance
14 July 2011A “total immersion” event in Cambridge this weekend marks the climax of a conference examining the work of performers and their creative role in making...
Facebook's precursor
14 July 2011'Commonplace books' were scrapbooks into which people copied their favourite poems and collected together other items – and were used as the basis for an...
In soil we trust
14 July 2011Far from being merely ‘dirt’, soil plays a fundamental role in food production, water availability and biodiversity. A new research programme aims to safeguard its...