New exhibition – including works by Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk, filmmaker Werner Herzog, and Xbox Game Studio Ninja Theory – showcases the awesome power of volcanoes.
A new Cambridge network is turning to basic science in a bid to advance our understanding and treatment of mental health disorders
Congratulations to the students who've achieved the grades they needed at A-level to secure a place on a degree course at Cambridge.
Childhood maltreatment can continue to have an impact long into adulthood because of how it effects an individual’s risk of poor physical health and traumatic experiences many years later, a new study has found.
Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioural basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists.
Neuroscientists say that the findings are a “major piece of the puzzle” in understanding OCD, and could open up new lines of treatment.
Researchers have demonstrated how airborne diseases such as COVID-19 spread along the length of a train carriage and found that there is no ‘safest spot’ for passengers to minimise the risk of transmission.
The University of Cambridge has issued a joint statement with Cambridge Students' Union. As a result of commitments being made by the University the SU has agreed to suspend its boycott of the National Student Survey.
Postgraduate students applying to undertake a doctoral degree at Cambridge will no longer have to pay a fee to submit their application to study at Cambridge. This will come into effect from the 2022/23 application cycle, for admissions in 2023/24. The University will also reduce the application fee for non-doctoral postgraduate study to £50.
UK schools have received more than 300,000 CO2 monitors as part of a government initiative to reduce COVID-19 spread in classrooms.
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