Sleep app tracks link between air pollution and a bad night’s sleep
Has your partner ever woken you up at night with their coughing? Has your coughing ever woken them up? New research suggests it could be...
Reading for pleasure - and for better health
Reading for pleasure – from tucking into a Jane Austen classic to devouring a Heartstopper graphic novel – is linked to better mental health, greater...
Robert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in BBC Reith Lectures
Cambridge’s Professor of Literature and the Environmental Humanities, Robert Macfarlane, will contribute to BBC Radio 4’s highly prestigious series of public lectures in late 2026...
One of the oldest known 3D animal fossils found in Norwegian sheep field
One of the oldest known 3D fossils of an animal has been discovered in a sheep field in the Norwegian Arctic, the first new major...
Cancer cells release antioxidants to prevent immune cells from destroying them
Molecules called reactive oxygen species, which include so-called 'free radicals', have long been viewed as damaging byproducts of our body’s metabolism – a reason why...
Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Starting Grants
Three researchers from the University of Cambridge have been awarded Starting Grants from the European Research Council, to support early-career researchers across Europe.
Comparison of male and female fly brains is unlocking the secret workings of the mind
Scientists have produced the first full scale wiring map of a male adult animal’s brain and nerve cord, enabling unprecedented insights into how the brain...
A thousand eyes on the Universe: new UK-led astronomy instrument takes first look into the heart of the Milky Way
Groundbreaking instrument captures its first observations of the heart of our Galaxy, launching a mission to map millions of stars and galaxies.
Pre-eclampsia discovery could lead to new test and treatments for at-risk pregnancies
Cambridge scientists have identified a key protein that could act as a predictor for pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction, two of the major causes of...
Physicists solve 40-year-old magnetic mystery
Quantum particles turn into a spread-out ‘wisp of fog’ when they cross a mirror-like boundary.