Taking Cambridge global
01 December 2023In 2013, Cambridge opened its first-ever overseas research centre, the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES). Over the past decade, CARES has...
‘Bone biographies’ reveal life and times of medieval England’s common people
01 December 2023Researchers have given medieval Cambridge residents the ‘Richard III treatment’ to reveal the hard-knock lives of those who lived in the city during the University's...
Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language
30 November 2023Researchers find that babies don’t begin to process phonetic information reliably until seven months old which they say is too late to form the foundation...
Newborn babies at risk from bacteria commonly carried by mothers
29 November 2023One in 200 newborns is admitted to a neonatal unit with sepsis caused by a bacteria commonly carried by their mothers – much greater than...
Historical violence in Tasmania: human Aboriginal remains traded for scientific accolades
29 November 2023Victorian collector traded human Aboriginal remains for scientific accolades, study reveals
Early-stage stem cell therapy trial shows promise for treating progressive MS
27 November 2023An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Cambridge partners with AstraZeneca and Medical Research Council on new world-class functional genomics laboratory
27 November 2023The facility, based at the Milner Therapeutics Institute, will support the discovery of new medicines and diagnostics for chronic diseases by applying advanced biological and...
The Fens of eastern England once held vast woodlands
24 November 2023The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew trees, according...
Four Cambridge researchers awarded consolidator grants from the European Research Council
22 November 2023The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded grants worth a total of €627 million to 308 researchers across Europe, of whom four are at the...
New report highlights increase in number of children and young people with eating disorders
21 November 2023One in five children and young people have a probable mental health condition, according to The Mental Health of Children and Young People in England...