Programme aims to widen participation in higher education in East Anglia
From January 2017, East Anglia’s five Higher Education Institutions, working in close partnership with the region’s Further Education Colleges and other stakeholders, will start to deliver a major Government-funded collaborative outreach programme, the Network for East Anglian Collaborative Outreach (NEACO).
Cambridge’s Gurdon Institute and Stem Cell Institute receive five year funding boost
Two Cambridge institutes have been confirmed as major research centres by biomedical research charity Wellcome, receiving continued support for a further five years. The centres will be co-funded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) respectively.
New home for Cambridge rowing opens
The new Cambridge University Boathouse has been officially opened - giving the three University boat clubs a new home, the first time that the clubs have all been under the same roof.
Celebrated sculptor Sir Antony Gormley unveils sculpture at University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge alumnus and celebrated sculptor Sir Antony Gormley welcomed his life-size sculpture of the human form, DAZE IV, to its new home on the University’s Sidgwick Site on Friday.
Five Cambridge students named Schwarzman Scholars
Five Cambridge students are among this year’s Schwarzman Scholars, a highly selective programme which supports students from around the world to complete a one-year Master’s degree programme at Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of China’s top universities.
Psychologists aim to find out what drives our political ideologies
At a time of increasing divisions within politics – think of the recent battles over whether the UK should remain in or leave the European Union – many are asking what it is that drives political ideologies.
How single-celled organisms navigate to oxygen
A team of researchers has discovered that tiny clusters of single-celled organisms that inhabit the world’s oceans and lakes, are capable of navigating their way to oxygen.
Enhanced CRISPR lets scientists explore all steps of health and disease in every cell type
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge have created sOPTiKO, a more efficient and enhanced inducible CRISPR genome editing platform.
Inspiring images invite you into the world of engineering
It could be a crystal ball from a mythical age showing the swirling mists of time, but James Macleod’s image, which has won this year’s University of Cambridge Department of Engineering Photography Competition, actually shows graphene being processed in alcohol to produce conductive ink.
Imaging technique measures toxicity of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's
A new super-resolution imaging technique allows researchers to track how surface changes in proteins are related to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
Reconditioning the brain to overcome fear
Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain, using a combination of artificial intelligence and brain scanning technology.
What can Pokémon Go teach the world of conservation?
Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game designed for mobile devices, allows users to capture, battle and train virtual creatures called Pokémon that appear on screen as if part of the real-world environment. But can the game's enormous success deliver any lessons to the fields of natural history and conservation?
Collaboration aims to help keep patients safe in hospital
Healthcare is a complex beast and too often problems arise that can put patients’ health – and in some cases, lives – at risk. A collaboration between the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research and the Department of Engineering hopes to get to the bottom of what’s going wrong – and to offer new ways of solving the problems.
Inability to safely store fat increases risk of diabetes and heart disease
A large-scale genetic study has provided strong evidence that the development of insulin resistance – a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and heart attacks and one of the key adverse consequences of obesity – results from the failure to safely store excess fat in the body.
Hawking - big data key to 'some of the most important scientific advances in human history'
Professor Stephen Hawking heralded the potential of big data to pioneer advances in fields from healthcare to education, at the launch of a new University of Cambridge institute last week.
Brain tumours and brain injury to be focus of new Cambridge laboratories
A new suite of laboratories aimed at improving outcomes for patients with brain injuries and brain tumours opened on Friday at the University of Cambridge.
A counterintuitive approach to fighting cancer
When you’re under attack, you fight back. You gather your troops and attack the invading enemy, hoping to wound and defeat them, while supporting and treating your own injured soldiers. It’s common sense.
Ectoplasm, spirit trumpets and paintings from Pompeii: 600 years of Curious Objects
Why does one of the world’s great research libraries have ‘ectoplasm’, a spirit trumpet and beard hair posted to Charles Darwin among its eight million books, manuscripts and digital collections?
Opinion: How the UK and India can lead the development of ecologically smart cities
Bhaskar Vira and Eszter Kovacs (Department of Geography and University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) discuss how lessons learned about water management in Nepal and India can guide how cities can be made "ecologically smart".
What makes a sand dune sing?
When solids flow like liquids they can make sand dunes sing, and they can also result in a potentially deadly avalanche. Cambridge researchers are studying the physics behind both of these phenomena, which could have applications in industries such as pharmaceuticals, oil and gas.
Brexit: High Court ruling on Article 50 explained
In a landmark constitutional judgment handed down yesterday (Thurs), the High Court has put a stumbling block in the way of the Prime Minister’s plan to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017. Professor Kenneth Armstrong from Cambridge University's Centre for European Legal Studies goes through the ruling.
Pain in the machine: a Cambridge Shorts film
The pain we experience as humans has physical and emotional components. Could we develop a machine that feels pain a similar way – and would we want to? The first of four Cambridge Shorts looks at the possibilities and challenges.
Re-enacting the first night of television, 80 years on
Cambridge researchers and students have recreated John Logie Baird’s cumbersome ‘flying spot’ camera for a documentary about the first live scheduled BBC television broadcast on 2 November 1936.
Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue
New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy for many African countries.
Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain
Dr John Gallagher, Cambridge historian of early modern Europe, argues that Britain should look to its past to rediscover the importance of language learning.