Cambridge researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2025
20 May 2025Nine outstanding Cambridge scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in...
Potential new treatment to tackle commonest form of childhood cancer
20 May 2025A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL), the commonest cancer in...
Life, death and mowing – study reveals Britain’s poetic obsession with the humble lawnmower
17 May 2025Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a ‘lawnmower poetry microgenre’, using the machine to explore childhood, masculinity,...
The Cambridge view on memory
15 May 2025By tying together more than a century of memory research at Cambridge, the Memory Lab gives us tangible ways to improve, preserve and understand our...
New approach to treating aggressive breast cancers shows significant improvement in survival
13 May 2025A new treatment approach significantly improves survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancers, according to Cambridge researchers.
New era of UK physics research begins with opening of Cambridge’s Ray Dolby Centre
09 May 2025The Ray Dolby Centre, the state-of-the-art new home of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory and a major asset for the University, the city and the country, was...
Removing ovaries and fallopian tubes linked to lower risk of early death among certain breast cancer patients
07 May 2025Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry particular BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variants are offered surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes as this...
Significant gaps in NHS care for patients who are deaf or have hearing loss, study finds
07 May 2025A majority of individuals who are deaf or have hearing loss face significant communication barriers when accessing care through the National Health Service (NHS), with...
To save nature, AI needs our help
07 May 2025Researchers at Cambridge are leading conversations to make sure we embrace AI with eyes wide open.
Pondering artistic beauty encourages ‘big picture’ thinking
07 May 2025Psychological experiment suggests actively considering the beauty of art increases abstract thinking and “transformative” emotion – helping us escape the “mental trappings” of day-to-day living.