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Procrastination is on the rise, partly because of digital distractions and modern work, a new book warns. Working out which types of procrastinators we are...

Transplanting stem-cell derived dopamine progenitor cells into the brain to treat Parkinson’s disease is feasible, a landmark study has shown. Eight patients were transplanted in...

From quantum computing to AI infrastructure and autonomous systems, much of today’s deep tech innovation depends on how well we can control and manipulate light...

The ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary and scientific research -...

Tiny, invisible swirls and twirls – not much bigger than a coin – deep below the ocean’s surface are silently shaping some of the biggest...

Many men who have sex with men remain unaware of the growing risk posed by sexually transmitted Shigella, say researchers, as a new study...

Astronomers at the University of Cambridge are celebrating the formal start of the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), which has started...

Long-term exposure to certain types of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, Cambridge researchers have found in a critical review...

Bumblebees collect up to seven times the amount of toxic heavy metals as honeybees even when foraging in the same environment, new research from the...

At a time when 'being green' matters more than ever, a team of Cambridge researchers has devised a way to power electronic devices that's taken...