The bug hunters and the microbiome
Trevor Lawley and Gordon Dougan are bug hunters, albeit not the conventional kind. The bugs they collect are invisible to the naked eye. And even though we’re teeming with them, researchers are only beginning to discover how they keep us healthy – and how we could use these bugs as drugs.
Apollo's mission to drive therapeutic innovation
The stirrings of a revolution are starting to ripple through hundreds of laboratories. It’s a revolution that aims to result in new medicines – faster and with fewer failures – and it’s being led by three UK universities and three global pharmaceutical companies.
Return of the Titan
Cambridge University Botanic Garden is awaiting the Return of the Titan. One of the two Titan Arums held in the Garden’s collection of plants will very soon produce another huge, magnificent flower along with the noxious smell that accompanies it.
Cambridge academics recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
The University of Cambridge is celebrating the recognition of four of its most distinguished female academics in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Patching up a broken heart
It is almost impossible for an injured heart to fully mend itself. Within minutes of being deprived of oxygen – as happens during a heart attack when arteries to the heart are blocked – the heart’s muscle cells start to die. Sanjay Sinha wants to mend these hearts so that they work again.
Take your medicine: how research into supply chains will help you take care of yourself
Researchers are working with pharmaceutical companies to make improvements across the whole supply chain, from how a pill is made to the moment it is swallowed by the patient.
World's oldest illustrated Sanskrit manuscript launches India Unboxed film series
What connects a head-hunter’s trophy, a meteorite, Hercules, a painting of a Hindu temple, an ornate desk, a brass instrument, a tin of tea (unopened), an exotic orchid, a gharial, stacks of home movies and 8,000 lines of Sanskrit manuscript?
Materials for Life grow from strength to strength
Cambridge collaborative research into the development of self-healing cement-based materials for infrastructure has received a £4.85million funding boost from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Genes influence ability to read a person’s mind from their eyes
Our DNA influences our ability to read a person’s thoughts and emotions from looking at their eyes, suggests a new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
Stimulate your brain with the Cambridge BRAINFest 2017
Why are we getting so fat? Why do teenagers really need to lie-in? And can we fix a broken brain? These are just some of the questions that will be answered at Cambridge BRAINFest 2017, a free public festival celebrating the most complex organ in the body.
Pilot programme encourages researchers to share the code behind their work
A new project, partly designed by a University of Cambridge researcher, aims to improve transparency in science by sharing ‘how the sausage is made’.
Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2017 open for entries
Now in its fourth year, the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards supports and celebrates inspirational young people aged between 18 – 35 from around the world who are tackling some of the planet’s biggest sustainability challenges with new or existing initiatives, products or services.
Lecturer’s research leads to Fellowships and prestigious leadership role
A lecturer at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering has been elected a Fellow of both the IEEE and the OSA in recognition of his research in the field of optical fibre communication.
Inaugural $100,000 Nine Dots Prize winner chosen from more than 700 worldwide entries
James Williams, a 35-year-old doctoral candidate researching design ethics at Oxford University, has been announced as the inaugural winner of the $100,000 Nine Dots Prize at an awards ceremony at the British Library this week.
First complete genome data extracted from ancient Egyptian mummies
A study finds that ancient Egyptians were most closely related to ancient populations from the Middle East and Western Asia.
Speed of animal evolution enhanced by cooperative behaviour
A study by scientists from the University of Cambridge has revealed how cooperative behaviour between insect family members changes how rapidly body size evolves – with the speed of evolution increasing when individual animals help one another.
World-leading academic appointed to lead play research centre
The University of Cambridge has appointed a world-leading researcher as the first LEGO Professor of Play in Education, Development and Learning.
‘Saddle-shaped’ universe could undermine general relativity
Researchers have shown how singularities – which are normally only found at the centre of black holes and hidden from view – could exist in highly curved three-dimensional space.
Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material
Researchers have developed the world’s thinnest metallic nanowire, which could be used to miniaturise many of the electronic components we use every day.
Brexit: people are angry but looking for compromise, research finds
Researchers engaged with people across the East of England and found anxiety and resentment, as well as a broad consensus that the UK should remain in the single market.
New role for Cambridge AI and machine learning expert
University of Cambridge Professor of Information Engineering, Zoubin Ghahramani, has been appointed as Chief Scientist at Uber.
Robots and carbon targets may signal the end of globalisation
A new book suggests there is early evidence of a coming U-turn in the globalisation of manufacturing – and that the story we are told about the direction of the global economy is wrong.
Scientists publish first comprehensive map of proteins within cells
The first analysis of how proteins are arranged in a cell has been published in Science, revealing that a large portion of human proteins can be found in more than one location in a given cell.
Cambridge academics share latest research at Pint of Science festival
Academics from Cambridge University's Department of Engineering will discuss their research findings in pubs across the city this week as part of the popular Pint of Science festival.
Cambridge start-up wins big at annual 'Business Weekly' awards
A Cambridge start-up created out of a research group at the University’s Department of Engineering has won a prestigious award.