AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson’s ten-fold
17 April 2024Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments.
Gates Cambridge: Class of 2024
17 April 2024This year’s Gates Cambridge cohort comprises 75 new scholars, studying areas from the impact of climate change on tropical biodiversity to how the circulation of conflict photographs shapes perception.
Interspecies competition led to even more forms of ancient human – defying evolutionary trends in vertebrates
17 April 2024Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins, and produced a “bizarre” evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage.
Report highlights inequalities and hidden suffering among people living with breast cancer
15 April 2024Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’, say researchers in Lancet Commission led by Professor Charlotte Coles.
Is Democracy Dying?
15 April 2024On 24 April 2024, the second Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogues event grappled with the question: 'Is Democracy Dying?' The event is part of a series of dialogues about some of the most difficult issues of our time.
Study unpicks why childhood maltreatment continues to impact on mental and physical health into adulthood
11 April 2024Childhood 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.
Four Cambridge researchers awarded prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grants
11 April 2024The funding provides leading senior researchers with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.
Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say researchers
11 April 2024Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do both. But this is not reflected in the current food labelling schemes relied on by consumers.
£9.2m boost for next generation of Cambridge cancer experts
09 April 2024Cancer Research UK has announced £9.2m for Cambridge to train the next generation of doctors and scientists to bring new and better cancer treatments to patients faster.
Collections-based research and innovation receives vital investment from Research England
09 April 2024Research England has supported nine of the University’s museums and collections with £3m a year of Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections (HEMG) funding, over the coming five years.
