Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way to go viral
22 June 2021Study of almost 3 million Facebook and Twitter posts from US media and politicians shows divisive posts dunking on opponents drive engagement on social media.
Professor Clare Grey awarded €1 million Körber Prize
22 June 2021The Körber European Science Prize 2021, worth one million euros, is to be awarded to University of Cambridge chemist Professor Clare Grey, one of the...
Study shows brain differences in interpreting physical signals in mental health disorders
22 June 2021Researchers have shown why people with mental health disorders, including anorexia and panic disorders, experience physical signals differently.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
