TB vaccine may enable elimination of the disease in cattle by reducing its spread
28 March 2024Vaccination not only reduces the severity of TB in infected cattle, but reduces its spread in dairy herds by 89%, research finds.
New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects
28 March 2024Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists.
‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention
28 March 2024Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created the world’s largest catalogue of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in healthy carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.
Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its political radicalism, new book argues
28 March 2024A new cultural history of the 1970s wellness industry offers urgent lessons for today. It reveals that in the seventies, wellness was neither narcissistic nor self-indulgent, and nor did its practice involve buying expensive, on-trend luxury products. Instead, wellness emphasised social well-being just as much as it focused on the needs of the individual. Wellness practitioners thought of self-care as a way of empowering people to prioritise their health so that they could also enhance the well-being of those around them.
Holding back the flood
25 March 2024Researchers from Cambridge, Exeter and St Andrews urge politicians to help “trapped” communities fight the effects of climate change instead of fleeing.
Murder by the Book: a celebration of 20th century British crime fiction
22 March 2024Priceless first editions and Agatha Christie artefacts on display at Cambridge University Library.
Mixed fortunes at the 150th football Varsity
21 March 2024A comprehensive win and a loss on penalties for Cambridge in the annual matches against Oxford.
Unveiling Darwin's treasures: specimens from historic voyage make television debut
21 March 2024200-year-old plant specimens from the Voyage of the Beagle, held in the University's herbarium archives, make their television debut.
Cambridge University backs Standing Tall art trail to support care leavers
21 March 2024Proceeds from the city-wide trail of 31 large giraffe sculptures will support Break, a charity working with young people in and around care in the East of England.
Quantum leap
21 March 2024Meet the brilliant founder and CEO of Nu Quantum, a Cambridge spinout paving the way for a new era of quantum computing.
