A third of people from Chicago carry concealed handguns in public before they reach middle age
05 December 2024Major 25-year study reveals a ‘dual pathway’ for when people start carrying.
Professor Joya Chatterji awarded Wolfson History Prize 2024
03 December 2024Chatterji wins for Shadows at Noon, her genre-defying history of South Asia during the 20th century.
Report highlights University’s under-researched African collections
03 December 2024The University's collections include an estimated 350,000 artefacts, alongside natural history specimens and human/ancestral remains, from Africa, according to a new report aiming to promote further research, collaboration and engagement, especially with African scholars and communities. The report emphasises that the labour and expertise of countless unnamed African people is hidden in the histories of these collections.
Researchers deal a blow to theory that Venus once had liquid water on its surface
02 December 2024A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbour was once much more like Earth than it is today.
New datasets will train AI models to think like scientists
02 December 2024What can exploding stars teach us about how blood flows through an artery? Or swimming bacteria about how the ocean’s layers mix? A collaboration of researchers, including from the University of Cambridge, has reached a milestone toward training artificial intelligence models to find and use transferable knowledge between fields to drive scientific discovery.
CISL appoints Lindsay Hooper permanent CEO
02 December 2024The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership announces it has appointed Lindsay Hooper its permanent CEO and Head of Department.
Marking a milestone in English language exams
02 December 2024100 million Cambridge English exams and tests have been taken around the world since 1913, according to figures from Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
Landmark 'pill-on-a-thread' cancer screening trial welcomes first participants
28 November 2024A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for oesophageal cancer, has welcomed its first participants.
Scientists warn of ‘invisible threat’ of microplastics as global treaty nears completion
26 November 2024As the UN meets this week to finalise the Global Plastics Treaty, researchers warn that the agreement could fail to address one of the biggest threats to marine environments—microplastics.
Professor Lord Colin Renfrew – 1937-2024
25 November 2024Professor Cyprian Broodbank remembers Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, founding Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and former Master of Jesus College, who passed away at the weekend aged 87.
