King’s College Chapel: an architectural masterpiece and the man who told its story
16 December 2015
Five hundred years ago the masons working on one of the world’s most famous buildings completed the stonework of a chapel conceived some 70 years earlier. For several decades, King’s College Chapel had stood partially built in the heart of Cambridge. The story of the chapel is told in riveting detail by John Saltmarsh, who...
“Never was so much owed by so many to so few”: Could phrases like this hold clues about universal grammar?
16 December 2015
A new research project examining a linguistic construction called the Verb Second constraint could, academics believe, help to explain how people acquire language.
Low cost, safe and accurate test could help diagnose rare childhood cancers
16 December 2015
A non-invasive, low cost blood test that could help doctors diagnose some types of malignant childhood tumour has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Health NHS Foundation Trust.