Mudflat and marsh at Abbots Hall, Essex

After the flood: harnessing the power of mud

31 January 2013

On the 60th Anniversary of the ‘big flood’ that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating ‘natural’ sea defences such as salt marshes with sea walls is a more sustainable and effective method of flood prevention.

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Original manuscript of Fauna Cantabrigiensis

̽»¨Ö±²¥remarkable notebook of a 19th-century naturalist

09 January 2013

A notebook recording the fauna of Cambridgeshire observed and collected by the Reverend Leonard Jenyns between 1820 and 1849 has been published in full for the first time. A significant naturalist in his own right, Jenyns turned down the offer of a place on HMS Beagle, recommending instead a younger colleague, Charles Darwin.

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive at Senate House Yard

Royal Visitors

28 November 2012

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine have made their first visit to the city since Her Majesty ̽»¨Ö±²¥Queen bestowed the titles on them eighteen months ago.

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Hoodies

Morality prevents crime

25 June 2012

A landmark study of criminal activity in teenagers indicates that some never see crime as a course of action while others are vulnerable to environmental inducements to crime. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study reveals factors that explains why some young people are ‘crime-prone’ and others ‘crime-averse’, and explains why crime hot spots occur.

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Cripps Building, St John’s College

Cambridge in Concrete: the boom years of Brutalism

03 May 2012

A new exhibition at the Department of Architecture aims to expose the forgotten history of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s experimental post-war architecture: the ‘other’ Cambridge of raw, angular buildings and the ambition and innovation they embody.

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