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The history of islands and their contribution to the modern world

Dr Sujit Sivasundaram will speak at the Hay Festival about the history of the islands of the Pacific and Indian oceans and its marginalisation despite the fact the islands played a crucial role in modern political, intellectual and cultural thought.

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Greenhouse gas ‘feedback loop’ discovered in freshwater lakes

Latest research finds plant debris in lake sediment affects methane emissions. The flourishing reed beds created by changing climates could threaten to double the already significant methane production of the world’s northern lakes.

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Blood and bodies: the messy meanings of a life-giving substance

A collection of essays explores understandings of a vital bodily fluid in the period 1400-1700. Its contributors offer insight into both theory and practice during a period that saw the start of empiricism and an overturning of the folklore that governed early medicine.

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Professor Lynn Gladden named Executive Chair of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng has been selected to be the next Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as announced today by Science Minister Sam Gyimah. She will take up the role in October, succeeding Professor Philip Nelson who will step down at the end of September.

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University of Cambridge wins Boeing Innovation Award

The University of Cambridge’s ‘outstanding performance’ in research and development has been recognised by Boeing in its 2017 Supplier of the Year Awards.

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Taming the multiverse: Stephen Hawking’s final theory about the big bang

Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor Thomas Hertog from KU Leuven, has been published in the Journal of High Energy Physics .

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Tall Tales: Secrets of the Tower opens to the public

It is an icon of the Cambridge skyline that has inspired authors from CS Lewis to Stephen Fry – and been an enduring source of undergraduate legend for its mythical collection of Victorian pornography.

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Innovative and internationally competitive African research celebrated as part of the 10th anniversary of the Cambridge-Africa Programme

The University of Cambridge programme supports research in Africa with 50 partner institutions across 18 countries.

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Syria airstrikes add another ‘exception’ to beleaguered parliamentary convention, say experts

A new book launching in Cambridge today explores the parliamentary convention intended to allow MPs a vote on military action. The authors say that the intervention in Syria provides just the latest of several ‘exceptions’ – chipping away further at a convention that may no longer meaningfully exist.

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UK and US join forces to understand how quickly a massive Antarctic glacier could collapse

A Cambridge researcher will lead one of eight projects in a new joint UK-US research programme that is one of the most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken.

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