The neuroscientist who champions LGBT+ equal rights
26 February 2021Duncan Astle is a neuroscientist on a mission to understand why the brains of some children develop differently to others – and how it affects...
Single dose of Pfizer BioNTech vaccine reduces asymptomatic infections and potential for SARS-CoV-2 transmission
26 February 2021New data from Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge suggests that a single dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine can reduce by 75% the number of asymptomatic...
Forests' long-term capacity to store carbon is dropping in regions with extreme annual fires
25 February 2021Researchers have analysed decades’ worth of data on the impact of repeated fires on ecosystems across the world. Their results, published today in the...
Artificial ‘brain’ reveals why we can’t always believe our eyes
25 February 2021A computer network closely modelled on part of the human brain is enabling new insights into the way our brains process moving images - and...
Cambridge institute publishes ethical framework for asymptomatic COVID-19 student testing in HE institutions
25 February 2021The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute has today published an ethical framework for higher education institutions considering running asymptomatic COVID-19 testing programmes for their students.
Historian wins major journalism award for Indigenous land project
25 February 2021Dr Robert Lee, University lecturer in American History, has been awarded a George Polk Award, one of the most prestigious in journalism, for his investigation...
Identification of ‘violent’ processes that cause wheezing could lead to better diagnosis and treatment for lung disease
24 February 2021A team of engineers has identified the ‘violent’ physical processes at work inside the lungs which cause wheezing, a condition that affects up to a...
Scientists launch a pre-emptive strike on deadly post-transplant infection
23 February 2021A potential new treatment to protect immunosuppressed patients from human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has been discovered by scientists at the University...
Q&A with Sharon Peacock, coronavirus variant hunter
22 February 2021The UK is a world leader in sequencing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Of all the coronavirus genomes that have been sequenced in the world,...
Psychological ‘signature’ for the extremist mind uncovered
22 February 2021Scientists have mapped an underlying “psychological signature” for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or religious attitudes – and support violence in...
