Toxic discovery on Robinson Crusoe Island
30 April 2023Dr Constanza Toro-Valdivieso has been to the ends of the Earth to collect seal poo. Her results show that seemingly healthy seals are contaminated by toxic heavy metals.
Photograph of former Prince of Wales’ 1967 arrival at Cambridge released for the first time
29 April 2023In a postage-stamp-sized photograph, the boyish Prince Charles is identified ‘WALES. H.R.H. The Prince of.’
Raymond Briggs: A Retrospective
28 April 2023A new exhibition at Cambridge University Library celebrates the life, work and legacy of the award-winning author and illustrator.
Cambridge's Augustine Gospels to feature in Coronation
28 April 2023The sixth-century Gospels of Augustine of Canterbury, which are housed at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, are to feature in the Coronation of King Charles III.
Saving England's chalk streams
27 April 2023A conference organised by Pembroke College, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and WildFish Conservation has mobilised activists working to save chalk streams - one of the world's rarest habitats - from pollution and over-abstraction.
HIV drug helps protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins in mouse brains
26 April 2023Cambridge scientists have shown how the brain’s ability to clear out toxic proteins is impaired in Huntington’s disease and other forms of dementia – and how, in a study in mice, a repurposed HIV drug was able to restore this function, helping prevent this dangerous build-up and slowing progression of the disease.
Prolonged droughts likely spelled the end for Indus megacities
26 April 2023New research involving Cambridge University has found evidence — locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas — of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization.
Almost half of people with concussion still show symptoms of brain injury six months later
26 April 2023Even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. Using data from a Europe-wide study, the team has shown that for almost a half of all people who receive a knock to the head, there are changes in how regions of the brain communicate with each other, potentially causing long term symptoms such as fatigue and cognitive impairment.
Cambridge Festival of Film
25 April 2023Sit back, grab a snack and enjoy some inspiring films from past Cambridge Festivals. From a chat with a NASA Astronaut to politics, science and more...
Problems with ‘pruning’ brain connections linked to adolescent mental health disorders
24 April 2023Problems with the brain’s ability to ‘prune’ itself of unnecessary connections may underlie a wide range of mental health disorders that begin during adolescence, according to research published today.
