New insights into lithium-ion battery failure mechanism
24 August 2020Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries – a key step to designing effective methods to improve battery lifespan.
Children’s fiction on terror is leading a youth ‘write-back’ against post-9/11 paranoia
24 August 2020A wave of children’s fiction which tackles subjects such as suicide terrorism, militant jihadism and counter-terror violence is helping young readers to rethink and resist...
The chemist who fuses fashion with science
21 August 2020Areeb Mahtey is studying for a PhD in epigenetics, but outside the lab he is a member of the University of Cambridge’s Fashion and Luxury...
Cambridge takes major role in initiative to help solve UK ‘productivity puzzle’
21 August 2020The University is to be a key partner in a new national effort to boost British productivity, bringing together expertise to tackle questions of job...
Abrupt changes in Earth’s past climate occurred synchronously
20 August 2020A study from the Universities of Cambridge and Melbourne has found that the onset of past climate changes was synchronous over an area extending from...
Carbon dioxide ‘pulses’ are a common feature of the carbon cycle
20 August 2020Researchers have found that pulse-like releases of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are a pervasive feature of the carbon cycle and that they are closely...
Unexpected experiences: George Doji reflects on putting museum storytelling into the digital world
20 August 2020George Doji, host of Museum Remix at the University of Cambridge Museums, describes the digital experiment in museum storytelling that began when the collections were...
Tackling COVID-19: Professor Daniela De Angelis
20 August 2020Since January this year, Daniela De Angelis and her team have been informing the UK Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their real-time model of...
Prevention of heart disease can start before birth
19 August 2020Mitochondrial therapy in complicated pregnancies lowers the chance of cardiovascular problems in the offspring.
Ageing heart cells offer clues to susceptibility of older people to severe COVID-19
18 August 2020Genes that play an important role in allowing SARS-CoV-2 to invade heart cells become more active with age, according to research published today in the...