Putting plants under the microscope
18 June 2021Advanced microscopes at the University’s Sainsbury Laboratory are revealing the potential of plants as green factories for new chemicals and materials - as well as their intricate beauty.
The medical student who dug deep to overcome challenges
18 June 2021Fitzwilliam College medical student Buraq Ahmed has had more than his fair share of challenges to overcome. Arriving in the UK from Iraq in 2005 for routine medical treatment, he became stranded when the conflict intensified. He shares how his experiences have shaped him – and what it’s like to start university during a global pandemic.
Targeting cellular response to SARS-CoV-2 holds promise as new way to fight infection
17 June 2021A new treatment approach focused on fixing cell damage, rather than fighting the virus directly, is effective against SARS-CoV-2 in lab models. If found safe for human use, this anti-viral treatment would make COVID-19 symptoms milder and speed up recovery times.
Study identifies trigger for ‘head-to-tail’ axis development in human embryo
17 June 2021Scientists have identified key molecular events in the developing human embryo between days 7 and 14 - one of the most mysterious, yet critical, stages of our development.
Apollo Therapeutics launches with £100m investment
17 June 2021Pioneering collaboration initiated by the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and University College London
The power of touch
17 June 2021As a major Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition explores human touch through 4,000 years of art, Cambridge researchers explain why this sense is so important in their own work.
Teenagers at greatest risk of self-harming could be identified almost a decade earlier
15 June 2021Researchers have identified two subgroups of adolescents who self-harm and have shown that it is possible to predict those individuals at greatest risk almost a decade before they begin self-harming.
New risk calculator to help save many more lives from heart attack and stroke
14 June 2021A new risk calculator will better predict people at high risk of heart and circulatory diseases years before they strike, and is ready for use across the UK and Europe, according to research published today in the journal European Heart Journal.
The enduring optimist with community in her heart
14 June 2021A love of people, a passion for justice and a desire to see positive change has taken Antoinette Nestor on a winding journey all over the world. Today she is the engagement manager for Cambridge Zero and the Centre for Climate Repair. She shares why local communities are at the centre of all she does.
Britain's first colonial anthropology experiment revealed
12 June 2021A new exhibition at MAA examines the pioneering ethnographic archive assembled by Britain’s first colonial anthropologist, Cambridge alumnus Northcote Thomas.
