Vice-Chancellor's annual 1 October address to the University
01 October 2019The Vice-Chancellor marked the start of the new academic year this morning by giving his annual address to the University in the Senate House.
An extra vegetarian option cuts meat consumption without denting food sales
01 October 2019First major study on “nudging” people towards sustainable diets shows replacing a meat or fish dish with another veggie option in college cafeterias dramatically increases herbivorous dining.
Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed
30 September 2019Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we’re able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set of computations in the brain.
Study highlights potential of whole genome sequencing to enable personalised cancer treatment
30 September 2019Whole genome sequencing of tumour cells could help predict the prognosis of a patient’s cancer and offer clues to identify the most effective treatment, suggests an international study published today in Nature Medicine.
Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, say researchers
30 September 2019People who achieve weight loss of 10% or more in the first five years following diagnosis with type 2 diabetes have the greatest chance of seeing their disease go into remission, according to a study led by the University of Cambridge.
Women in STEM: Dr Alexis Braun
26 September 2019Dr Alexis Braun is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Genetics. Here, she tells us about the importance of mentors, how her research might aid in conservation efforts, and how growing up in a First Nations community in Canada spurred her interest in biology.
Gendered play in hunter-gatherer children strongly influenced by community demographics
26 September 2019The gendered play of children from two hunter-gatherer societies is strongly influenced by the demographics of their communities and the gender roles modelled by the adults around them, a new study finds.
Meet the A-Team
23 September 2019Among the fresh faces starting at the University of Cambridge this term will be 67 students whose stunning A-level results earned them a place under the University’s new Adjustment scheme. Although they narrowly missed out on a place following their original application and interview, all were given the chance to reconsider Cambridge if they performed beyond expectations in their exams. Here are some of their inspirational stories.
Bookings open for 12th Cambridge Festival of Ideas
23 September 2019Bookings open today for this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas which takes place at a time of political upheaval across the world.
New augmented reality head-mounted display offers unrivalled viewing experience
22 September 2019Cambridge engineers have developed a new augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD) that delivers a realistic 3D viewing experience, without the commonly associated side effects of nausea or eyestrain.
