Breathing new life into asthma treatment
05 October 2017Ian Hosking from Cambridge’s Engineering Design Centre is co-founder and co-leader of Designing Our Tomorrow, a collaboration between the Department of Engineering and the Faculty...
Opinion: Could we build a Blade Runner-style 'replicant'?
05 October 2017Could replicants ever be a reality? In this article from The Conversation, Fumiya Iida (Department of Engineering) discusses what it would take to make a truly...
Study identifies factors linked to dying comfortably for the very old
05 October 2017Very old people are more likely to die comfortably if they die in a care home or at home, compared with dying in a hospital,...
Into the woods with Shakespeare
02 October 2017The Shakespearean Forest reimagines the real forests that our greatest playwright evoked in his works. The final book of renowned scholar, Anne Barton, it explores the...
Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes
02 October 2017New research uses innovative data modelling to predict which species acted as an intermediary between our ancestors and those of chimpanzees to carry HSV2 –...
Massive projected increase in use of antimicrobials in animals could lead to widespread antimicrobial resistance in humans
28 September 2017The amount of antimicrobials given to animals destined for human consumption is expected to rise by a staggering 52% and reach 200,000 tonnes by 2030...
‘They sailed away, for a year and a day’: why learning poetry by heart is good for you
28 September 2017Most of us can quote snatches of poetry - but which poems can we recite in their entirety? In a survey of memorised poetry, Lear’s...
Type 2 diabetes successfully managed online
28 September 2017People with type 2 diabetes could improve their health by using a new web-based self-management tool, according to new research.
No evidence to support claims that telephone consultations reduce GP workload or hospital referrals
27 September 2017Telephone consultations to determine whether a patient needs to see their GP face-to-face can deal with many problems, but a study led by researchers at...
App-based citizen science experiment could help researchers predict future pandemics
27 September 2017A new app gives UK residents the chance to get involved in an ambitious, ground-breaking science experiment that could save lives.