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Democracy

Power to the people?

26 May 2010

Greece was the birthplace of democracy, but our own political system would be unrecognisable to voters in Ancient Athens. As Classicist Paul...

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Design sketching

Designs on an inclusive future

10 May 2010

Some of the most venerable names in European business are to join a research consortium which could usher in a new generation of "iconic" products...

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1972 Munich Olympic Stadium

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

01 May 2010

A new analysis of the Munich Games of 1972 places the event at the very centre of modern German history, as Dr Chris Young explains.

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The Cowbird's Nest

Bird’s eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts

23 Apr 2010

Using field experiments in Africa and a new computer model that gives them a bird's eye view of the world, Cambridge scientists have discovered how a...

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Bacteria

Scientists make new discoveries in battle with superbug

22 Jan 2010

New research from Cambridge should help hospitals control the spread of MRSA and other emerging superbugs.

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Schofield Centre centrifuge

Earthquake research reaches across Europe

01 Jan 2010

Real-time transnational access will enable researchers to participate in experiments all over Europe without leaving the lab.

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island

Britain's island heritage: half a million years of history

01 Nov 2009

The latest instalment of a 20-year study to understand how Britain became an island completes a tale of megafloods and super-rivers.

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Field of Wheat in Albania

Prehistoric migrants spread farming in Europe

04 Sep 2009

Central and northern Europe's first farmers were immigrants with barely any ancestral ties to the modern population, a study has found.

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Free tape measure waistline healthy living stock

EU funding boost for obesity research

18 May 2009

A new European research consortium, in which Cambridge will play a major role, is to receive 3 million Euros to conduct research into the escalating...

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vikings

Tales of Vikings and Irish, clerics and kings

01 May 2009

Máire Ní Mhaonaigh is unravelling legends within gems of literature surviving from medieval Ireland.

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Cambridge

Cambridge confirmed as global leader in health science

09 Mar 2009

The strength of Cambridge as a globally-competitive centre for biomedical research, clinical education and healthcare innovation was confirmed today...

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look of innocence

Muslim women face two-fronted struggle for equality

28 Jan 2009

European Muslim women are proud to live in and belong to Europe, despite facing a daily struggle against prejudice from both within and outside their...

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