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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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Crime Scene

Manchester Police to test Cambridge “pressure points”

12 Jan 2010

Greater Manchester Police are to field test a new Cambridge University initiative to cut crime by focusing police officers on "pressure points" known...

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RBC's trading floor

Biology, training, and profit sharing make best traders

24 Nov 2009

Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.

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City

Energy Efficient Cities initiative

01 Aug 2009

A multidisciplinary initiative is focusing on the complex energy requirements of cities and how they can be reshaped.

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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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The Market Economy

Traders’ biology may play a bigger role than their rationality

13 Jan 2009

Financial traders' success may depend more on their biological traits than on their ability to make rational choices, researchers at the University...

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personality

The new geography of personality

01 Jan 2009

Jason Rentfrow explains how analysis of over three-quarters of a million online surveys has been used to build a "map" of the USA.

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Portus

Portus Project: bringing to life Trajan’s legacy

01 Jan 2009

Excavation and geophysical survey are uncovering the secrets of an exceptionally diverse Imperial Roman landscape.

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Descendant of the apple tree

Economic and Social Research Council

01 Jan 2009

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) supports research from across the social sciences, from sociology to anthropology, through to...

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drawing CAD

Designing sustainable cities of the future

01 May 2008

As more people become city-dwellers, can we design cities to be more sustainable?

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Odessa placard celebrating diversity

Cosmopolitan cities of Eurasia

01 May 2008

Research on the changing face of Eurasian cities - formerly famous for cosmopolitanism and now crossroads of migration - hopes to provide an...

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Barrier from Isawiyya village into Jerusalem

Conflict in cities

01 Sep 2007

Conflict is inherent to the urban condition, yet only in some cities do contention and dissent erupt to unacceptable and destructive levels. How do...

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