Study finds that genes play a role in empathy
12 March 2018A new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a...
"We all need to press for progress, in science and beyond"
08 March 2018Read more about the female scientists at Cambridge taking their fields by storm - and using International Women's Day to encourage others to do...
Method to predict drug stability could lead to more effective medicines
05 March 2018Researchers from the UK and Denmark have developed a new method to predict the physical stability of drug candidates, which could help with the development...
Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time
05 March 2018A rare mineral with potential industrial and medical applications has been discovered on alpine plants at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
Living with artificial intelligence: how do we get it right?
28 February 2018Powerful AI needs to be reliably aligned with human values. Does this mean that AI will eventually have to police those values? Cambridge philosophers Huw Price...
Silent witnesses: how an ice age was written in the trees
27 February 2018What connects a series of volcanic eruptions and severe summer cooling with a century of pandemics, human migration and the rise and fall of civilisations?...
Identification of brain region responsible for alleviating pain could lead to development of opioid alternatives
27 February 2018Researchers from the UK & Japan have identified how the brain’s natural painkilling system could be used as a possible alternative to opioids for the...
New evidence suggests nutritional labelling on menus may reduce our calorie intake
27 February 2018New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today shows that adding calorie labels to menus and next to food in restaurants, coffee shops and cafeterias,...
Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism
26 February 2018A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in autistic children.
Helping police make custody decisions using artificial intelligence
26 February 2018Police at the “front line” of difficult risk-based judgements are trialling an AI system trained by University of Cambridge criminologists to give guidance using the...