Body, soul and gold: quests for perfection in English alchemy
08 November 2012From the elixirs of legend to transmutation of base metals into gold, medieval medical practice and social mobility were steeped in alchemy.
Quantum kisses change the colour of nothing
07 November 2012New insights from research suggest ways to measure the world at the scale of single atoms and molecules.
Expanding the heart and lungs of medicine
07 November 2012Fundraising is under way for a joint Cambridge University and Papworth Hospital Heart and Lung Research Institute – to sit alongside the anticipated new Papworth...
The life of borders: where China and Russia meet
06 November 2012A new project based in Cambridge’s Division of Social Anthropology is looking at interactions between China, Mongolia and Russia at the point where these nations...
Two-step, nerve-tap, tanglefoot
05 November 2012On 6 November Professor Steven Connor will give a talk at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities on the affinity between tap dance and...
Identity, trial and retribution: East Asia after World War II
05 November 2012A five-year research project will examine East Asia’s emergence and struggle for self-definition after the fall of the Japanese Empire.
Tick, tick, tick: the demographic time bomb
03 November 2012By 2032 a quarter of the British population will be over the age of 65. On November 3, a panel of economists, businessmen and social...
Public discussions tackle challenge of keeping the past alive
02 November 2012China’s heritage industry and the politics of the past are just some topics up for discussion in a series of public heritage seminars this term.
Poet Laureate launches major poetry and museums project
02 November 2012Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has invited ten of the best UK poets writing today to take part in an unprecedented series of residencies at...
Stirring versus mixing: how turbulence affects the recycling role of the oceans
01 November 2012Microscopic organisms living in the ocean play a key role in sustaining life. New research has shown how oceanic turbulence affects the ability of these...