WOMEN in STEM: Dr Karen Pinilla
20 February 2020Dr Karen Pinilla is a clinical research fellow at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre. She worked as a clinician in the breast unit at...
Watching TV helps birds make better food choices
20 February 2020By watching videos of each other eating, blue tits and great tits can learn to avoid foods that taste disgusting and are potentially toxic, a...
Cambridge researchers advise county council on net zero policy actions
19 February 2020A team of early-career researchers from the University of Cambridge are working with the county council to identify the best ways for Cambridgeshire to reach...
Shanidar Z: what did Neanderthals do with their dead?
18 February 2020Archaeologists have unearthed a Neanderthal skeleton in a famous cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. They say the new discovery provides a unique opportunity to use modern...
Zooming in on breast cancer reveals how mutations shape the tumour landscape
17 February 2020Scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of breast cancer ever achieved, revealing how genetic changes shape the physical tumour landscape, according to...
Fixing India’s slum rehabilitation housing
13 February 2020Millions of new houses being built for former slum-dwellers are failing their residents and fuelling unnecessary energy use. New research aims to improve their...
Women in STEM: Dr Natasha Morrison
13 February 2020Dr Natasha Morrison is a Research Fellow in mathematics at Sidney Sussex College and a member of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical...
Create a WTO-equivalent to oversee the internet, recommends new report
12 February 2020The internet needs an international World Trade Organization (WTO)-style body to protect and grow it as one of the world’s unique shared resources: a communications...
High flying academics
10 February 2020Cambridge University has committed to dramatically reducing its carbon footprint. But making a meaningful difference will involve tackling the culture of international travel that runs...
Women in STEM: Dr Francesca Chadha-Day
06 February 2020Dr Francesca Chadha-Day is a theoretical physicist, a research fellow at Peterhouse, and a science comedian. Here, she tells us about her lifelong love of physics,...
