Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study in sheep suggests
22 January 2019Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep....
Stronger political leadership needed to close global gender divide in education – report
21 January 2019The poorest girls in many Commonwealth countries spend no more than five years in school, with the global target of 12 years of quality universal...
Brain training app improves users’ concentration, study shows
21 January 2019A new ‘brain training’ game designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge improves users’ concentration, according to new research published today. The scientists behind...
Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by ‘Planet Nine’, say researchers
21 January 2019The strange orbits of some objects in the farthest reaches of our solar system, hypothesised by some astronomers to be shaped by an unknown ninth...
Ailing bodies, angry mountains, healing spirits: shamanic healing in Mongolia
18 January 2019Through sound and photography, Cambridge researcher Dr Elizabeth Turk shares her experiences of talking to shamanic healers in Mongolia. Over the past eight years, the social...
Cambridge researchers supporting world's largest air quality monitoring network in London
17 January 2019Cambridge researchers are using their expertise in air quality sensors to support the new Breathe London project launched by Mayor Sadiq Khan earlier this week.
Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer risk
15 January 2019Scientists have created the most comprehensive method yet to predict a woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to a study led by researchers at the...
Recalling happy memories during adolescence can reduce risk of depression
14 January 2019Recalling positive events and experiences can help protect young people against depression in later life, suggests new research published today.
Gamblers predicted Brexit before financial traders, study finds
11 January 2019Research shows how financial markets should have predicted Brexit hours before they eventually did, and that betting markets beat currency markets to the result by...