Keeping the lights on in Ghana
07 February 2017When Ghanaian Abu Yaya wondered why his country imports all of its electroporcelain – a small but crucial component for electrical power transmission – it...
Cambridge-Africa Programme: 58 institutions, 26 countries, and growing
06 February 2017We ask how a 'matchmaking' programme that teams up Cambridge and African researchers is making expertise and resources available to support Africans working in Africa.
'The Iron Lady' and the paradox of treating anaemia
03 February 2017Iron deficiency can be fatal. But in countries where patients are also likely to have other serious diseases, so too can the iron supplements used...
Baltic hunter-gatherers adopted farming without influence of mass migration, ancient DNA suggests
02 February 2017Ancient DNA analyses show that – unlike elsewhere in Europe – farmers from the Near East did not overtake hunter-gatherer populations in the Baltic. The findings...
“A girl without education is nothing in the world”
02 February 2017Half the children in Africa miss out on school and basic learning as a result of poverty, gender or disability. While major efforts are being...
Ancient DNA reveals 'genetic continuity’ between Stone Age and modern populations in East Asia
01 February 2017In contrast to Western Europeans, new research finds contemporary East Asians are genetically much closer to the ancient hunter-gatherers that lived in the same region...
Cambridge and Africa
01 February 2017Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities in its engagement with, and support for, African research. This month we begin a month-long focus on...
History reveals the hazards of dismantling trade protection
31 January 2017As the UK prepares to leave the EU, trade regimes are being reconfigured. Research into 19th-century trade regulations by Carolyn Cobbold, historian of science, shows that scientific claims play a...
Bag-like sea creature was humans’ oldest known ancestor
30 January 2017A tiny sea creature identified from fossils found in China may be the earliest known step on an evolutionary path that eventually led to the...
Pets are a child’s best friend, not their siblings
26 January 2017Children get more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their brothers or sisters, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Children...