Interactive tool helps people decide how best to protect themselves and others from COVID-19
02 December 2021Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to...
Miniature grinding mill closes in on the details of ‘green’ chemical reactions
30 November 2021Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new approach for observing mechanochemical reactions — where simple ingredients are ground up to make new...
‘Transformational’ approach to machine learning could accelerate search for new disease treatments
29 November 2021Researchers have developed a new approach to machine learning that ‘learns how to learn’ and out-performs current machine learning methods for drug design, which in...
Collaboration could enable cancer patients to get faster and more personalised treatment
29 November 2021GE Healthcare, the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals have agreed to collaborate on developing an application aiming to improve cancer care, with Cambridge...
‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car
25 November 2021Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even...
Arctic Ocean started getting warmer decades earlier than we thought - study
24 November 2021The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water...
For the brain, context is key to new theory of movement and memory
24 November 2021Mathematical model could help in physical therapy and shed light on learning more generally.
Oldest Scottish manuscript to go on display in Aberdeen
24 November 2021The Book of Deer, possibly Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript, is set to return to the north-east of Scotland for the first time in 1,000 years...
Two-metre COVID-19 rule is ‘arbitrary measurement’ of safety
23 November 2021A new study has shown that the airborne transmission of COVID-19 is highly random and suggests that the two-metre rule was a number chosen from...
Mystery of high-performing solar cell materials revealed in stunning clarity
22 November 2021Researchers have visualised, for the first time, why perovskites – materials which could replace silicon in next-generation solar cells - are seemingly so tolerant of...
