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Why do climate models underestimate polar warming? ‘Invisible clouds’ could...
The Earth’s average surface temperature has increased drastically since the start of the Industrial Revolution, but the warming effect seen at the poles is even more exaggerated. While existing climate...
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The Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogues: Is assisted dying compassionate, or...
There are two purposes to these events. The first, is to establish whether there is any common ground between people who may seem to be far apart. If we are to make progress in legislation or in...
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Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time
The device, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, could be useful in resource-limited or off-grid environments, since it works with any open water source and does not require any...
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Cambridge University Press & Assessment grows global impact
Cambridge University Press & Assessment's Annual Report highlights how the group reached new audiences through technological innovations - from digital exams to generative AI - while delivering the...
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COVID-19 showed the importance of genomic surveillance – we need it to help...
AMR already causes substantial sickness and death worldwide, responsible for approximately 1.27 million deaths in 2019. Some estimates suggest that by 2050, it could kill as many as 10 million people...
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UK ‘sugar tax’ linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction
In a study published today in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge found that the levy may have reduced the number of...
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‘Bouncing’ comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets
In order to deliver organic material, comets need to be travelling relatively slowly – at speeds below 15 kilometres per second. At higher speeds, the essential molecules would not survive – the speed...
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Cambridge Dictionary names ‘Hallucinate’ Word of the Year 2023
This year has seen a surge in interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Bard and Grok, with public attention shifting towards the limitations of AI and whether they can be...
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Boom and bust? Millennials aren’t all worse off than Baby Boomers, but the...
Millennials, a generation often characterised as less wealthy than their parents, are not uniformly worse off than their Baby Boomer counterparts, according to new research.They are, however,...
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Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for major cause...
The study, published today in Stem Cell Reports, also identifies a drug target to ‘plug’ these leaks and prevent so-called small vessel disease in the brain.Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a...
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Innovative aquaculture system turns waste wood into nutritious seafood
These long, white saltwater clams are the world’s fastest-growing bivalve and can reach 30cm long in just six months. They do this by burrowing into waste wood and converting it into highly-nutritious...
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AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms
As neural systems such as the brain organise themselves and make connections, they have to balance competing demands. For example, energy and resources are needed to grow and sustain the network in...
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Our brains are not able to ‘rewire’ themselves, despite what most scientists...
Writing in eLife, Professors Tamar Makin (Cambridge) and John Krakauer (Johns Hopkins) argue that the notion that the brain, in response to injury or deficit, can reorganise itself and repurpose...
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New report highlights increase in number of children and young people with...
The report is a follow on from the 2017 survey, which six years ago reported an upswing in anxiety, depression and self-harm among young women.Among other key findings were:After a rise in prevalence...
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Four Cambridge researchers awarded consolidator grants from the European...
The grants are part of the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. They are given to excellent scientists and scholars at the career stage to support them to pursue their most promising scientific...
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Cambridge partners with AstraZeneca and Medical Research Council on new...
The University of Cambridge today announced a partnership with AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council (MRC) to establish a new state-of-the-art functional genomics laboratory at the Milner...
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Early-stage stem cell therapy trial shows promise for treating progressive MS
The study, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, University of Milan Bicocca and Hospital Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza (Italy), is a step towards developing an advanced cell therapy...
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Newborn babies at risk from bacteria commonly carried by mothers
One in 200 newborns is admitted to a neonatal unit with sepsis caused by a bacteria commonly carried by their mothers – much greater than the previous estimate, say Cambridge researchers. The team has...
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Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language
Parents should speak to their babies using sing-song speech, like nursery rhymes, as soon as possible, say researchers. That’s because babies learn languages from rhythmic information, not phonetic...
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Cambridge researchers recognised as Future Leaders by UKRI
Future Leaders Fellowships are awarded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to support universities and businesses in developing their most talented early career researchers and innovators, and to...
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