Thermal image of two people standing outside a building.  ̽»¨Ö±²¥study found that in many European countries, including the UK, predicted energy usage in homes bears little resemblance to the amount used in practice.

̽»¨Ö±²¥prebound effect

03 July 2012

Many homes with poor energy efficiency are actually consuming far less energy than predicted, new research has found. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study has implications for national energy-saving policies and the economic viability of thermal retrofit programmes.

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recycling

Delivering a good plug for recycling

15 March 2012

Businesses, residents and organisations in Cambridge are being urged to recycle their broken electronics at a three-day event being held at ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site Car Park, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DD.

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Crummock Water, Cumbria

Landscape, literature, life

29 February 2012

Over the past few years, the genre of ‘nature writing’ has seen a new sense of urgency, fostered by a growing awareness of a natural world under pressure. Dr Robert Macfarlane, from the Faculty of English, believes that writers have played, and continue to play, a central role in conservation by engaging our hearts and our minds.

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Droplet

̽»¨Ö±²¥crystal ball of conservation

15 February 2012

An innovative horizon-scanning exercise, which has just delivered its latest report, highlights emerging topics of relevance to the world’s natural environment and the diversity of its species.

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Weighing in for the Cambridge Baby Growth Study

How does your baby grow?

31 October 2011

A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our understanding of the development of life-threatening conditions, including obesity. ̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ scientists who led the research now plan to follow the same children through another key phase of development - puberty.

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Joy Juma

A conservation leader in the making

13 October 2011

Joy Juma, from Kenya, is among the first early-career conservation practitioners to take an innovative Masters programme at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

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A section of an Ashby chart

It’s a material world

15 September 2011

A spin-out from Cambridge's Engineering Department and a leading supplier of materials information technology software to industry, Granta Design has achieved an average growth of 30 per cent over the past ten years.

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