Cambridge creates new Professorship in education and mental health
12 March 2020The new post will strengthen existing research into how better to support young people’s well-being and mental health, in particular through the education system.
Women in STEM: Dr Maria Russo
12 March 2020Dr Maria Russo is a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, where she studies the physical and chemical processes at work in the atmosphere. Here, she tells us about the links between climate and air pollution, the excitement of 'blue-skies' research, and achieving work/life balance while raising a family.
Experts call for more mental health support for parents of children with genetic learning disabilities
11 March 2020Parents of children with genetic conditions that cause learning disabilities are at risk of mental health problems, suggests new research published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry. The teams behind the study have called for greater support for parents whose child receives a genetic diagnosis for their learning disability.
It’s a kind of magic
06 March 2020How trickster birds are helping a psychologist and magician understand how our minds work.
Half billion-year-old 'social network' observed in early animals
05 March 2020Some of the first animals on Earth were connected by networks of thread-like filaments, the earliest evidence yet found of life being connected in this way.
Women in STEM: Krittika D'Silva
05 March 2020Krittika D'Silva is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, a Gates Cambridge Scholar and a member of Jesus College. Alongside her academic research in AI and machine learning, she has worked for NASA on monitoring astronaut health with AI and wearable devices, and for the UN in using data science to inform public policy. Here, she tells us about her motivation, goals, and how she ended up playing a tennis match against HRH Prince Edward.
International Women’s Day 2020
04 March 2020A series of University and College events is taking place around this year’s International Women’s Day, on Sunday 8 March.
The Thatcher papers: 1990
03 March 2020The Churchill Archives Centre shines a light on Margaret Thatcher's final year in office.
New tools show a way forward for large-scale storage of renewable energy
02 March 2020A technique based on the principles of MRI and NMR has allowed researchers to observe not only how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy storage work, but also how they fail, which will assist in the development of strategies to extend battery lifetimes in support of the transition to a zero-carbon future.
Hawaiian ancestors begin their journey home
02 March 2020At a repatriation ceremony held on Saturday, 29 February 2020, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge handed over the iwi kūpuna (ancestral remains) of 21 native Hawaiian individuals to representatives from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
