The fast-growing market for teaching Chinese to children strengthens this week with the launch of a new partnership to promote materials for students starting out in the language.
A new report by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) reveals that while large climatic changes are taking place in parts of the Antarctic, such as the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica, much of the continent has experienced little change.…
Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare?
A landmark study of strange phenomena and the psychology of magic by a former stage magician and leading expert in parapsychology.
'This is the most remarkable book I have read in the last decade. It argues that your life, and society, is shaped by a giant version of the Stockholm Syndrome' Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick An Economic Theory of…
New perspectives on the history and possible futures of horseracing.
Brought together for the first time: an international group of leading Antarctic scientists and 50 years of pioneering research.
The Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press have announced that they will be launching a new authoritative review journal focusing on energy and sustainability.
The re-awakening of a United States strategy to bury nuclear waste deep underground has won the support of experts, who claim it has always been the best option for dealing with the country's growing nuclear waste stores.
For the first time, 20 world experts set out the international law on cyber warfare.
The Materials Research Society and Cambridge University Press have announced that MRS Communications has been selected for coverage in the Thomson Reuters Science Citation Index Expanded ® (SciSearch®).
A collection of poems written by Rudyard Kipling are being published for the first time since they were discovered by an American scholar.
Cambridge University Press has announced today that articles in its Open Access journals can be published with a Creative Commons Attribution licence ('CC-BY'). This licence allows users and readers to download, read, re-use and re-distribute freely, as long as they acknowledge the original article.…
Prominent psychiatrist and editor-in-chief of the neuropsychiatric journal, CNS Spectrums, Dr. Stephen M. Stahl vigorously defends off-label drug prescribing.
Chinese Laser Press and Cambridge University Press have announced that they will be launching a new open access journal from 2013.
Changes in teenage pregnancy rates in some parts of England are accompanied by some unexpected factors, new research shows.
Cambridge University Press has concluded the sale of its US warehouse and distribution facility in West Nyack to property company RM MAG West Nyack LLC.
The coalition risks losing public confidence in an era of increased public disorder, a leading thinker on social policy has warned.
The hot topic of the moment in materials science circles, graphene takes star billing in the December 2012 issue of MRS Bulletin (Volume 37, Issue 12), with no fewer than 22 articles devoted to every aspect of this fascinating material.
Researchers looking into 'Wind Turbine Syndrome' – where people exposed to wind turbine noise have reported tinnitus, ear pain and vertigo – have called for further investigation into the effects of infrasound and low frequency noise.
A study of adults from the ages of 25 to 70-plus revealed that our ability to spontaneously and accurately name common objects starts to decline when we hit our 50s and accelerates throughout our 60s and 70s.
A new study has thrown doubt on the ability of the average voter to make an accurate judgement of the performance of their politicians, showing that voter biases appear to be deep-seated and broad.
A unique approach that promises the easiest route ever to learning English words has been launched by Cambridge University Press and online language platform Memrise.
The brains of the obsessively jealous are specially programmed to generate their out of control behavior, says a new study. Understanding how the brains of stalkers function could lead to medication to control extreme forms of jealous behavior.
Hurricane Sandy's recent demonstration of our reliance on steady and reliable power production to run almost every aspect of our lives has brought into sharp focus our urgent need to find back-up solutions. Step forward the humble battery which,…
From 2013, the Canadian Journal of Law and Society (CJLS) will be published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Canadian Law and Society Association. Publishing in both English and French, CJLS is an international journal committed to…
Feeling unwell? Your mobile could be your best defence against infection. Reporting disease using mobiles and online systems is the next weapon against emerging infectious diseases, a new study suggests. The paper entitled, 'New technologies for…
Following Her Majesty The Queen's meeting with this year's Competition winners, the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) in partnership with Cambridge University Press has launched the 2013 Commonwealth Essay Competition. Run by the RCS since 1883, the…
A new series of Hindi language books for CBSE Schools was launched today at the India International Centre, by Ashok Vajpeyi, the Former Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi and a distinguished poet, essayist, literary and cultural critic. Mridul Hindi,…
Think of the Oxford English Dictionary as a British institution? Think again Words of the World A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary Sarah Ogilvie Paperback / ISBN 978-1-107605-69-5 / 257pp / £17.99 Heralded by a former…
A year after a scheme to bring schools and businesses together launched in Cambridge, an event is taking place at Cambridge University Press to call on more local businesses to get involved. The 'Business Class' education programme, designed to bring…
A new Open Access option from the Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press offers authors a choice to publish in the seminal Journal of Materials Research and MRS Communications under a new model ensuring broad dissemination…
Cambridge University Press has published its annual financial results for the year ended 30 April 2012, and the results show that the publisher has achieved a tenth successive year of growth, despite challenging market conditions. The report shows…
Common mental disorders, unemployment and psychosocial job quality: is a poor job better than no job at all? Employment is usually associated with health benefits over unemployment. However, an article published in Psychological Medicine by a group…
Cambridge University Press has announced that it will publish Hegel Bulletin from 2013, on behalf of the Hegel Society of Great Britain. Formerly known as the Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, this move marks a significant moment in…
Cambridge University Press has teamed up with OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) to create MARC records for its eBook Products. In November 2012 OCLC will begin to create MARC records for titles across a number of Cambridge eBook products; Cambridge…
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