Maggots and rotting food waste: a new recipe for sustainable fish and animal feed
31 July 2018In a warehouse to the northeast of Cambridge are shelves upon shelves of trays teeming with maggots, munching their way through a meal of rotting...
Opinion: GM crop ruling shows why the EU’s laws are wholly inadequate
30 July 2018A new EU ruling that attempts to draw a line between natural and artificial when it comes to crop production has a "deep logical flaw"...
Historian uncovers new evidence of 18th century London's 'Child Support Agency'
26 July 2018How 18th and 19th century London supported its unmarried mothers and illegitimate children – essentially establishing an earlier version of today’s Child Support Agency –...
New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster
25 July 2018Researchers have identified a group of materials that could be used to make even higher power batteries. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used...
Protein discovery may explain why some patients develop resistance to new class of anti-cancer drugs
25 July 2018A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has identified a protein complex that might explain why some cancer patients treated with the revolutionary...
New video game teaches teens about electricity
24 July 2018A new video game, designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, gives teenagers an understanding of electricity by solving a series of puzzles in...
Military spending did not 'crowd out' welfare in Middle East prior to Arab Spring
24 July 2018Findings dispute 'guns versus butter' narrative as a major factor behind the Arab Spring. Researchers caution against uncritically applying lessons from Western nations to interpret public...
Cambridge to appoint DeepMind Chair of Machine Learning
24 July 2018The University of Cambridge will establish a DeepMind Chair of Machine Learning, thanks to a benefaction from the world-leading British AI company.
Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells
23 July 2018The creation of artificial embryos has moved a step forward after an international team of researchers used mouse stem cells to produce artificial embryo-like structures...
Why we just can't stop eating: the complex truth behind obesity
23 July 2018Obesity is often characterised as nothing more than greed and lack of willpower. The truth is far more complex.