Last chance to record archaic Greek language ‘heading for extinction’
03 April 2024A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a...
UK's only research institute dedicated to understanding early cancer receives £11 million donation
02 April 2024The University of Cambridge’s Early Cancer Institute – the UK's only research facility dedicated to understanding early cancer – has received a landmark £11 million...
New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects
28 March 2024Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists.
TB vaccine may enable elimination of the disease in cattle by reducing its spread
28 March 2024Vaccination not only reduces the severity of TB in infected cattle, but reduces its spread in dairy herds by 89%, research finds.
‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention
28 March 2024Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created the world’s largest catalogue of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in healthy carriers...
Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its political radicalism, new book argues
28 March 2024A new cultural history of the 1970s wellness industry offers urgent lessons for today. It reveals that in the seventies, wellness was neither narcissistic nor...
Quantum leap
21 March 2024Meet the brilliant founder and CEO of Nu Quantum, a Cambridge spinout paving the way for a new era of quantum computing.
Fish fed to farmed salmon should be part of our diet, too, study suggests
20 March 2024The public are being encouraged to eat more wild fish, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, which are often used within farmed salmon feeds. These...
‘Cosy domesticity’ of prehistoric Fenland stilt-house dwellers
20 March 2024Detailed reports on thousands of artefacts pulled from “Britain’s Pompeii” reveals the surprisingly sophisticated domestic lives of Bronze Age Fen folk, from home interiors to recipes,...