Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution
18 March 2025Modern humans descended from not one, but at least 2 ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.
Under the bonnet at Dawn, the UK's fastest AI supercomputer
17 March 2025How AI supercomputer, Dawn, is being used to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing humanity.
Vice-Chancellor continues UK tour
17 March 2025The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, has led a delegation to Devon, North Somerset and Bristol. It was the first time a serving Cambridge Vice-Chancellor had travelled to the region in an official capacity to engage with local schools and alumni.
Paymaster General visits Cambridge to see success of EU research funding
17 March 2025The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, the Paymaster General and Minister with responsibility for EU relations, visited Cambridge on Thursday 13 March.
Make Indian Sign Language official language and open more schools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, study advises
17 March 2025Around one in five (over 19%) of India’s deaf and hard-of-hearing children were out-of-school in 2014, according to a survey conducted for the Indian Government. A new study calls on the Government to address this ongoing educational crisis by recognising Indian Sign Language as an official language; rejecting ‘oralism’, the belief that deaf people can and should communicate exclusively by lipreading and speech; and opening more schools and higher education institutes for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students.
Cambridge and London hospitals to pioneer brain implants to combat alcohol and opioid addiction
17 March 2025People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and improve self-control.
Free tech eliminates the fear of public speaking
14 March 2025Cambridge scientist launches free AI-enabled virtual reality platform that transforms users into skilled and confident public speakers.
Spinning, twisted light could power next-generation electronics
13 March 2025Researchers have advanced a decades-old challenge in the field of organic semiconductors, opening new possibilities for the future of electronics.
Routine asthma test more reliable in the morning and has seasonal effects
12 March 2025A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found.
When inflammation goes too far
11 March 2025Clare Bryant, Professor of Innate Immunity, is a molecular detective. Clare allows us to see how inflammation functions across species, and when our defence systems go too far.
