Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and nicotine addiction
15 August 2023Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioural basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists.
Dark energy could be measured by studying the galaxy next door
14 August 2023Researchers have found a new way to measure dark energy – the mysterious force that makes up more than two-thirds of the universe and is...
Death tolls from climate disasters will ‘balloon’ without investment in Africa’s weather stations
14 August 2023Investment in ‘hydromet systems’ using technologies from AI to SMS would provide a nine-to-one ROI in saved lives and assets across African nations.
Meet Cambridge's mussel man
10 August 2023How new ways of shellfish farming could help meet future food needs.
How sure is sure? Incorporating human error into machine learning
10 August 2023Researchers are developing a way to incorporate one of the most human of characteristics – uncertainty – into machine learning systems.
Treatments for poxviruses – including those causing mpox and smallpox – may already exist in licensed drugs
09 August 2023Scientists have discovered how poxviruses evade natural defences in living cells, and realised that drugs to stop them doing this are already available.
Brain’s ‘appetite control centre’ different in people who are overweight or living with obesity
08 August 2023Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who...
Stealth swimmers: fish hide behind others to hunt
07 August 2023An experiment on coral reefs provides the first evidence that predators use other animals for motion camouflage to approach their prey without detection.
Robots cause company profits to fall – at least at first
03 August 2023Researchers have found that robots can have a ‘U-shaped’ effect on profits: causing profit margins to fall at first, before eventually rising again.
Cambridge researchers awarded ERC funding to support commercial potential of their work
02 August 2023University of Cambridge researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept grants from the European Research Council (ERC), to help them explore the commercial or societal...