Cambridge Men triumph again at Head of the Charles
20 October 2025Cambridge Men have successfully defended their title at the Head of the Charles, the world's largest three-day rowing competition.
Indian literary genius survived imperialism in forgotten villages
16 October 2025‘Pundits’ kept Sanskrit scholarship alive in remote settlements as British control swept across India, a major new research project will show. The largely forgotten literary figures and their works – ranging from erotic plays to legal treatises – are neglected treasures of Indian intellectual achievement.
Locking carbon in trees and soils could ‘stabilise climate for centuries’ if combined with underground storage
15 October 2025Research on a ‘portfolio approach’ to carbon removal enables firms to mix expensive tech-based solutions that inject carbon deep underground with lower-cost and currently more available nature-based options, such as forests and biochar.
Young people co-design Cambridge United football kit in collaboration with The Fitzwilliam Museum
15 October 2025A collaboration between The Fitzwilliam Museum, CUFC and local charity Romsey Mill has seen young people co-design a bespoke football kit for Black History Month
Domestic abusers build ‘trauma bonds’ with victims prior to violence
15 October 2025New research outlines a tactical playbook used by male abusers to “weaponise love” based on in-depth interviews with victims.
Cambridge-led coalition to seed £500m fossil-free cash investment fund
14 October 2025A Cambridge-led coalition of UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has selected asset manager Amundi Investment Solutions to create a cash fund that excludes companies contributing to fossil fuel expansion globally.
Shades of Survival: new film highlights inequalities in breast cancer care for Black women
14 October 2025Shades of Survival, a powerful documentary film featuring Cambridge researchers, highlights global inequities in breast cancer care for Black women. It will have its world premiere at the Cambridge Film Festival later this month.
New lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells
13 October 2025Researchers have found a new way to produce human blood cells in the lab that mimics the process in natural embryos. Their discovery holds potential to simulate blood disorders like leukaemia, and to produce long-lasting blood stem cells for transplants.
University of Cambridge submits planning application for Eddington’s future phases
13 October 2025Plans will deliver thousands of new homes, green spaces, and community facilities for Cambridge.
Britain’s new towns must build in space for faith, a new report argues
13 October 2025The UK Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes can lead to local resilience, social cohesion and wellbeing but only if the planning process embraces faith and belief communities as full partners.
