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Artist's impression of Cosmo Cube

Tiny satellite will use the dark side of the Moon to eavesdrop on whispers from the early universe

14 August 2026

A tiny UK-developed satellite, roughly the size of a small carry-on suitcase, could help answer one of the biggest questions in cosmology: what happened in...

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Immunofluorescence spinning disc microscopy images of organoids

Cambridge to lead new £20m MRC Hub to transform development of new medicines using stem cells and AI

12 August 2026

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced a £20 million investment in a new Pre-clinical Translational Models Hub, led by Cambridge, which will transform the...

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The canals and raised fields of La Mojana during wet season. Photo: Nicolás Jiménez, ICANH

No bosses, no problem! Pre-Hispanic farmers built giant water system bottom-up, archaeologists reveal

11 August 2026

Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a...

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Jack Hardwick at the Department of Chemistry.

New DNA sequencing method reveals layer of epigenetic information inside our cells

05 August 2026

Researchers are uncovering a new layer of epigenetic information inside our cells. Learning to interpret its language could let us track the development of cancers...

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Cross-section view of Mitochondria, 3d rendering

Cambridge to lead new £50 million centre to study mitochondrial DNA diseases

05 August 2026

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced a £50 million investment in the new MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mitochondrial Genome Therapeutics, which aims...

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Female patient undergoing a mammogram screening with the assistance of a healthcare professional

NICE referral criteria miss up to 95% of women under 50 who go on to develop breast cancer within 10 years

04 August 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) criteria used to decide who should be referred by GPs for further breast cancer risk assessment...

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Polling station

Maths shows why your vote may not count the way you think it does

31 July 2026

Mathematicians have shown that completely fair elections are – in a sense – impossible. No electoral system can guarantee both that local votes translate directly...

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Hedgehog

Road traffic is putting smaller hedgehog populations at risk of collapse

31 July 2026

Road traffic kills almost a third of hedgehogs in some British populations each year, a new study shows, and could be putting smaller populations at...

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Robot arm holding CPU chip

Cambridge researchers contribute to AI Materials Foundry

28 July 2026

Researchers from the University of Cambridge are contributing to the AI Materials Foundry, a global network launched by Cambridge-based start-up CuspAI to accelerate the discovery...

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Melissa Ooi and her child You Ern taking part in the study into eye contact and learning.

Eye contact helps infants ‘tune in’ to speaker’s brainwaves and learn language

28 July 2026

Infants use eye contact with speakers to work out what to pay attention to and synchronise their brainwaves, helping them learn language, scientists in Cambridge...

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