Journeys of discovery: Christine Holt on how our brains wire-up
18 October 2023Christine Holt knew she’d solved one of the key puzzles of how brains wire-up, but convincing others was no easy matter.
The artist who made ink from Newton's Apple Tree
16 October 2023Nabil Ali is discovering the natural colours hidden within the berries, blooms and bark found in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden – including from a...
UK needs AI legislation to create trust so companies can ‘plug AI into British economy’
16 October 2023Legislating for AI safety and transparency will allow British industry and education to put resources into AI development with confidence, argue researchers.
Scientists begin building AI for scientific discovery using tech behind ChatGPT
13 October 2023An international team of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, have launched a new research collaboration that will leverage the same technology behind ChatGPT...
Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments
12 October 2023Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using standard physics.
Latest Gaia data release reveals rare lenses, cluster cores and unforeseen science
10 October 2023The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has released a goldmine of knowledge about our galaxy and beyond. Among other findings, the star surveyor has...
Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and ‘prosocial’
09 October 2023Study using data from 10,000 people in the UK found that those who had a closer bond with their parents at age 3 tended to...
Vulnerability to different COVID-19 mutations depends on previous infections and vaccination, study suggests
06 October 2023A person’s immune response to variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on their previous exposure – and differences in the focus of...
Cambridge University receives $72 million gift for habitat restoration projects across Europe’s land and seas
06 October 2023The gift from Arcadia will support the next phase of the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme for the large-scale restoration of Europe’s most treasured but...
Restore, rewild and rejoice: the Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme
06 October 2023The Endangered Landscapes and Seascapes programme is demonstrating that large-scale restoration of nature is possible - and beneficial to people too. New funding will support...