Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in the US. Speaking this week in Cambridge, engineer Tom O鈥橰ourke will describe such disasters as game-changers for those wishing to protect people from similar, future events.

Natural disasters, infrastructure and the 鈥渘ew normal鈥

15 January 2013

探花直播Japanese and Canterbury earthquakes, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy and a host of other modern natural disasters have changed the game for those striving to protect our infrastructure from extreme events. 探花直播inaugural lecture at a Cambridge Centre dedicated to this cause will hear how.

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Renaissance

Piety in the Renaissance Home

14 January 2013

探花直播notion of the Renaissance as a 鈥榮ecular age鈥 is to be challenged by three 探花直播 of Cambridge researchers after securing 鈧2.3m funding from the European Research Council.

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Dadaab, the world鈥檚 largest refugee camp, on the Kenya-Somalia border.  探花直播Horn of Africa frequently experiences severe drought and hundreds of thousands of people have trekked to Dadaab seeking food, water, shelter and safety.

Feeding seven billion

21 November 2012

With the world鈥檚 population already estimated to be over seven billion and rising fast, the challenge of how to produce enough food has never been more pressing. Three public debates will give people the chance to hear from and question politicians, researchers and journalists on the issues at stake.

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Drying Patterns of AKD on Glass

Caught on camera: engineering in action

15 October 2012

探花直播winning entries of the 2012 Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering, sponsored by Carl Zeiss, provide a stunning visual insight into the ways in which engineering makes a vital contribution to our lives.

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Quilt by Sara Impey titled Context, made in silk

探花直播needle and the pen

07 September 2012

A conference at Cambridge 探花直播 will explore the ways in which words and fabrics are stitched together in language and literature 鈥 and celebrate the means by which textiles carry hidden narratives in their warp and weft.

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Microcapsules

鈥楽mart鈥 microcapsules in a single step

10 February 2012

A new, single-step method of fabricating microcapsules, which have potential commercial applications in industries including medicine, agriculture and diagnostics, has been developed by researchers at the 探花直播 of Cambridge. 探花直播findings are published Friday (10 February) in the journal Science.

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16th century votive offerings

Objects of devotion

02 February 2012

Why did Renaissance shoppers fill their baskets with rosaries, crucifixes, Christ-dolls and devotional paintings? A new study by historian Dr Mary Laven investigates the significance of Catholic clutter, as she explains.

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