Massive black hole in the early universe spotted taking a ‘nap’ after overeating
18 Dec 2024Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is ‘napping’ after stuffing itself with too much food.
The lab making food healthier and medicine cheaper
16 Dec 2024Dr Nicola Patron is cultivating a new kind of biotechnology, where we can read nature’s blueprints and direct its energy to more potent ends.
Researchers deal a blow to theory that Venus once had liquid water on its surface
02 Dec 2024A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbour was once...
New datasets will train AI models to think like scientists
02 Dec 2024What can exploding stars teach us about how blood flows through an artery? Or swimming bacteria about how the ocean’s layers mix? A collaboration of...
Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics
22 Nov 2024Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, will...
A peek inside the box that could help solve a quantum mystery
19 Nov 2024An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense early universe has puzzled physicists for decades. Following its discovery in 2003...
Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence
13 Nov 2024A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the...
Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting online
13 Nov 2024Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the...
Are weight loss jabs the solution to the obesity crisis?
30 Oct 2024Almost two thirds of UK adults are overweight or obese. Are weight loss drugs the solution? Cambridge experts share their opinions.
Journeys of discovery: Azim Surani on the earliest stages of life
24 Oct 2024Azim Surani has followed his curiosity for over half a century, rewriting science in the process.
Cambridge's Raj Jena becomes UK's first Professor of AI in radiotherapy
17 Oct 2024The creation of the new Clinical Professorship signals the importance of AI in the fight against cancer and builds on the University’s work to apply...
Supertroopers: CAR-T cell cancer therapy
16 Oct 2024A life-saving cancer therapy is being scaled up in Cambridge to deliver more treatments to more patients for more cancers.