Music inspired by a survivor of the Nazis wins international recognition
24 May 2019A new orchestral composition - Ik zeg: NU by Richard Causton - has been chosen by BBC Radio 3 for worldwide broadcast.
Virtual reality can spot navigation problems in early Alzheimer’s disease
24 May 2019Virtual reality (VR) can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than ‘gold standard’ cognitive tests currently in use, suggests new research from the University of...
Interplay between mitochondria and the nucleus may have implications for changing cell’s ‘batteries’
23 May 2019Mitochondria, the ‘batteries’ that produce our energy, interact with the cell’s nucleus in subtle ways previously unseen in humans, according to research published today in...
Cambridge recognised as Leader in Openness around animal research
23 May 2019The University of Cambridge has been presented with a Leader in Openness Award in recognition of its work to promote openness and transparency around its...
Enemy at the gates: the battle to save our crops
22 May 2019A gene newly-linked to plant self-defence may hold the key to saving important crops from a deadly disease, scientists at Cambridge's Sainsbury Laboratory now hope....
Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests
21 May 2019Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who convert to farming work around ten hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a new study suggests, complicating the idea...
Study identifies our ‘inner pickpocket’
21 May 2019Researchers have identified how the human brain is able to determine the properties of a particular object using purely statistical information: a result which suggests...
The cultural significance of carbon-storing peatlands to rural communities
21 May 2019A group of UK and Peruvian researchers have carried out the first detailed study of how rural communities interact with peatlands in the Peruvian Amazon,...
Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests
20 May 2019Children who regularly walk or cycle to school are less likely to be overweight or obese than those who travel by car or public transport,...
Driverless cars working together can speed up traffic by 35 percent
20 May 2019A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall traffic flow by at least 35 percent, researchers have shown....