The microbiologist tackling humanity’s next biggest killer
17 Nov 2021Since childhood Stephen Baker says he had a grim fascination with poo. He caught the bug for microbiology and spent 12 years in Vietnam researching...
Sustainable, biodegradable glitter – from your fruit bowl
11 Nov 2021Cambridge researchers have developed a sustainable, plastic-free glitter for use in the cosmetics industry – and it’s made from the cellulose found...
Be prepared: it’s impossible to predict an earthquake
09 Nov 2021A collaboration across many countries has shifted the focus away from short-term earthquake prediction towards increasing resilience. The results are...
Hungry caterpillars an underappreciated driver of carbon emissions
03 Nov 2021A study led by the University of Cambridge has found that periodic mass outbreaks of leaf-munching caterpillars can improve the water quality of...
LEDs and smartphone screens could be made from next-generation glass
29 Oct 2021Cracked and blurry phone screens could someday be a thing of the past, suggests a new study from the University of Cambridge and the University of...
New results deal a blow to the theoretical sterile neutrino
29 Oct 2021Results from a global science experiment have cast doubt on the existence of a theoretical particle beyond the Standard Model.
Living descendant of Sitting Bull confirmed by analysis of DNA from hair
27 Oct 2021A man’s claim to be the great-grandson of legendary Native American leader Sitting Bull has been confirmed using DNA extracted from Sitting Bull’s...
Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology named Intel oneAPI Center of Excellence
26 Oct 2021The Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology (Hawking CTC) at the University of Cambridge is expanding its Intel Graphics and Visualization...
Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ hint at treatments for neurodegenerative diseases
21 Oct 2021Cambridge researchers have developed ‘mini brains’ that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and...
Cambridge physicists announce results that boost evidence for new fundamental physics
19 Oct 2021Results announced by the LHCb experiment at CERN have revealed further hints for phenomena that cannot be explained by our current theory of...
Mito warriors: how T cell assassins reload their weapons to kill and kill again
14 Oct 2021Cambridge researchers have discovered how T cells – an important component of our immune system – are able to keep on killing as they hunt down and...
Researchers identify and clear efficiency hurdle for organic solar cells
29 Sep 2021Researchers have identified a key mechanism responsible for the lower efficiencies of organic solar cells and shown a way that this hurdle might be...