Quantum leap
21 March 2024Meet the brilliant founder and CEO of Nu Quantum, a Cambridge spinout paving the way for a new era of quantum computing.
Fish fed to farmed salmon should be part of our diet, too, study suggests
20 March 2024The public are being encouraged to eat more wild fish, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, which are often used within farmed salmon feeds. These...
‘Cosy domesticity’ of prehistoric Fenland stilt-house dwellers
20 March 2024Detailed reports on thousands of artefacts pulled from “Britain’s Pompeii” reveals the surprisingly sophisticated domestic lives of Bronze Age Fen folk, from home interiors to recipes,...
AI and scholarship: a manifesto
15 March 2024Two leading academics from the University's School of Humanities and Social Sciences provide a framework that supports scholars and students in navigating generative AI.
Three Cambridge researchers awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies
14 March 2024Three Cambridge researchers – Professors Manish Chhowalla, Nic Lane and Erwin Reisner – have each been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging...
Major investment in doctoral training announced
12 March 2024Sixty-five Centres for Doctoral Training – which will train more than 4000 doctoral students across the UK – have been announced by Science, Innovation and...
AI predicts healthiness of food menus
08 March 2024Cambridge researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict the healthiness of café, takeaway and restaurant menus at outlets across Britain and used this information to...
Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils
07 March 2024The oldest fossilised forest known on Earth – dating from 390 million years ago – has been found in the high sandstone cliffs along the...
Genetic mutation in a quarter of all Labradors hard-wires them for obesity
06 March 2024New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to...