Hannah Critchlow: the 21st century brain
Cambridge neuroscientist Dr Hannah Critchlow says the future of wellbeing lies in how adaptable our brains really are.
Samuel Pepys censored his links to slavery
Fear of corruption allegations drove Samuel Pepys to censor official correspondence connecting the Royal Navy, slave trading companies and his own slaves, new research shows.
Cambridge to Careers: Qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist
From Bradford to Cambridge and back again, Arcellia Sasu-Twum shows how taking a chance and backing herself academically helped her to qualify as a clinical psychologist. Her role is to support people with complex mental health difficulties within the community.
From gridlock to grid power: how to get renewable energy where it’s needed in the UK
The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines and solar farms alone. The real bottleneck is moving that clean electricity from remote fields and offshore platforms to the homes, cities and industries that need it.
Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
Cambridge to host cutting-edge total-body PET scanner as part of nationwide imaging platform
A new total-body PET scanner to be hosted in Cambridge – one of only a handful in the country – will transform our ability to diagnose and treat a range of conditions in patients and to carry out cutting-edge research and drug development.
A-level results day 2025
Congratulations to the students who've secured the grades they need to get in to Cambridge.
Grand Canyon was a ‘Goldilocks zone’ for the evolution of early animals
A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the Grand Canyon, one of the natural world’s most iconic sites.
Cosmic signal from the very early universe will help astronomers detect the first stars
Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s development, known as the Cosmic Dawn. However, even with the most powerful telescopes, we can’t directly observe these earliest stars, so determining their properties is one of the biggest challenges in astronomy.
Cambridge researchers awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council
Eleven senior researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council – the highest number of grants awarded to any institution in this latest funding round.