Research
‘Relics Project’ – A tour and Talk, Cambridge
A tour and talk on the ‘Relics Project’ at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge ...
Cambridge to lead new £50 million centre to study mitochondrial DNA diseases
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced a £50 million investment in the new MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mitochondrial Genome Therapeutics, which aims to enable new treatments into potentially fatal mitochondrial DNA diseases. ...
Intuition is cultivated, not transcribed
Beth, at KISS, makes the case that intuition isn't a mystical trait but a biological process, one that generative AI can't replicate however sophisticated it becomes. ...
The quantum race has a communications problem
Sarah makes the case that the UK's quantum sector has a communications problem, not a science one. The trigger is ProQure, the government's £2 billion procurement programme launched in March 2026, which asked quantum companies to explain themselves to civil servants and commercial leads...
Data Centres are causing idle grid capacity that is blocking Britain’s switch to electric trucks, new report warns
· Data centres typically use less than a fifth of the grid capacity they have reserved, with the twelve largest sites using just 7%, analysis of more than five million electricity meter readings shows · Report warns that power booked but never used is holding up the grid capacity hauli...
Babies across East of England join diabetes prevention trial
Babies at high risk of type 1 diabetes across the East of England are joining an international trial exploring whether vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus could prevent the condition. ...
Novogene Europe expands single-cell sequencing capability at Cambridge Omics Centre
Offers UK academic, biotech and biopharma researchers direct access to specialist project support, 10x Genomics Chromium Single Cell-based workflows, sequencing infrastructure and bioinformatics expertise ...
ELRIG Appoints Drs Hitesh Sanganee and Marcus Schindler to Scientific Advisory Board
Leadership expansion reinforces ELRIG's commitment to delivering impactful drug discovery initiatives and driving community-wide collaboration ...
Mayor visits Cambridgeshire's rising space-tech and agri-tech innovators
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Paul Bristow visited two of the region's fast-growing innovation businesses to see first-hand the kind of pioneering, high-skill companies which are driving Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's economy forward. The Combined Authority is support...
Deloitte CFO Survey Q2 2026: Growing AI optimism
73% of CFOs are optimistic that AI will materially improve business performance; 93% expect investment in digital technology to rise over the next 12 months; Geopolitics remains the biggest external risk to businesses; Cost control is biggest dampener to graduate hiring. ...