Levels of autism in China similar to the West, joint Chinese-UK study shows
21 March 2019The first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in China has an autism spectrum condition – the same figure a
Premature babies could benefit from changes to drugs administered to at-risk mothers
20 March 2019Scientists at the University of Cambridge have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm birth or to prematu
Changes in ocean 'conveyor belt' predicted abrupt climate changes
20 March 2019A new study is the first to measure the time lags between changing ocean currents and major climate shifts.
Inflammation links heart disease and depression, study finds
19 March 2019People with heart disease are more likely to suffer from depression, and the opposite is also true.
Green tech startups see boost in patents and investment when partnering with government – study
18 March 2019Collaboration between government and startups could help meet the climate challenge while growing small businesses.
Report examines origins and nature of ‘maths anxiety’
14 March 2019A report out today examines the factors that influence ‘maths anxiety’ among primary and secondary school students, showing that teachers and parents may ina
Molecular patterns could better predict breast cancer recurrence
13 March 2019The genetic and molecular make-up of individual breast tumours holds clues to how a woman’s disease could progress, including the likelihood of it coming bac
Evidence-based web tool aims to better inform and refine need for treatment in early prostate cancer
12 March 2019A new tool to predict an individual’s prognosis following a prostate cancer diagnosis could help prevent unnecessary treatment and related side effects, say
Cambridge spin-out starts producing graphene at commercial scale
12 March 2019A recent University of Cambridge spin-out company, Paragraf, has started producing graphene – a sheet of carbon just one atomic layer thick – at up to eight
1989: The year Margaret Thatcher’s apparent mastery slipped away
09 March 2019Forty thousand pages of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s personal and political papers from 1989 are being opened to the public at the Churchill Arc