Six months of Herceptin could be as effective as 12 months for some women
17 May 2018For women with HER2 positive early-stage breast cancer taking Herceptin for six months could be as effective as 12 months in preventing relapse and death,...
Opinion: The Dambusters raid took place 75 years ago – here's how they made a bomb bounce
16 May 2018Hugh Hunt from Cambridge's Department of Engineering - who recreated the Dambusters raid in 2011 - discusses how engineers made a bomb bounce 75 years ago...
Online atlas explores north-south divide in childbirth and child mortality during Victorian era
15 May 2018A new interactive online atlas, which illustrates when, where and possibly how fertility rates began to fall in England and Wales during the Victorian era...
Oldest genetic evidence of Hepatitis B virus found in ancient DNA from 4,500 year-old skeletons
09 May 2018An extinct strain of the human Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been discovered in Bronze Age human skeletons found in burial sites across Europe and...
Brain cholesterol associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease
07 May 2018Researchers have shown how cholesterol – a molecule normally linked with cardiovascular diseases – may also play an important role in the onset and progression...
‘The greatest director in the world right now’ begins residency at Centre for Film and Screen
04 May 2018One of Argentina’s and Latin America’s pre-eminent filmmakers begins a 16-day residency at Cambridge’s Centre for Film and Screen from tomorrow (May 5).
Greenhouse gas ‘feedback loop’ discovered in freshwater lakes
04 May 2018Latest research finds plant debris in lake sediment affects methane emissions. The flourishing reed beds created by changing climates could threaten to double the already...
Blood and bodies: the messy meanings of a life-giving substance
03 May 2018A collection of essays explores understandings of a vital bodily fluid in the period 1400-1700. Its contributors offer insight into both theory and practice...
Professor Lynn Gladden named Executive Chair of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
03 May 2018Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng has been selected to be the next Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as...
Taming the multiverse: Stephen Hawking’s final theory about the big bang
02 May 2018Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor Thomas Hertog from KU Leuven, has...