Major genetic study identifies 12 new genetic variants for ovarian cancer
27 March 2017A genetic trawl through the DNA of almost 100,000 people, including 17,000 patients with the most common type of ovarian cancer, has identified 12 new...
New stem cell method produces millions of human brain and muscle cells in days
23 March 2017Scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have created a new technique that simplifies the production of human brain and...
Moderate drinking linked to lower risk of some – but not all – heart conditions
22 March 2017Moderate drinking is associated with a lower risk of several, but not all, cardiovascular diseases, according to a large study of UK adults led by...
Tiller the Hun? Farmers in Roman Empire converted to Hun lifestyle – and vice versa
22 March 2017New archaeological analysis suggests people of Western Roman Empire switched between Hunnic nomadism and settled farming over a lifetime. Findings may be evidence of tribal...
New study shakes the roots of the dinosaur family tree
22 March 2017More than a century of theory about the evolutionary history of dinosaurs has been turned on its head following the publication of new research from...
Opinion: A rattled Saudi Arabia pivots for support to South-East Asia
22 March 2017Saudi Arabia is seeking to strengthen its commercial links with South-east's fast-growing economies. What makes this such an attractive offer - and are there any...
Opinion: Aid workers get a bad rap – but too often they’re thrown in at the deep end
21 March 2017The media are quick to criticise humanitarian organisations as inefficient and expensive, writes Corinna Frey (Cambridge Judge Business School), in The Conversation, but we should remember the...
Infections during pregnancy may interfere with key genes associated with autism and prenatal brain development
21 March 2017If a mother picks up an infection during pregnancy, her immune system will kick into action to clear the infection – but this self-defence mechanism...
Revealed: face of ‘ordinary poor’ man from medieval Cambridge
20 March 2017New facial reconstruction of a man buried in a medieval hospital graveyard discovered underneath a Cambridge college sheds light on how ordinary poor people lived...
Opinion: The science ‘reproducibility crisis’ – and what can be done about it
20 March 2017Reproducibility is the idea that an experiment can be repeated by another scientist and they will get the same result. It is important to show...