Women in STEM: Dr Cecilia Brassett
22 August 2019Dr Cecilia Brassett is the University Clinical Anatomist and a Fellow of Magdalene College. Here, she tells us about teaching anatomy, which has been taking place at...
Colour-changing artificial ‘chameleon skin’ powered by nanomachines
21 August 2019Researchers have developed artificial ‘chameleon skin’ that changes colour when exposed to light and could be used in applications such as active camouflage and large-scale...
Opinion: Plants can tell time even without a brain
21 August 2019Mark Greenwood and James Locke from the University's Sainsbury Laboratory reveal how plants tell the time and coordinate their cellular rhythms. This article was originally...
Cambridge researchers and Jaguar Land Rover develop immersive 3D head-up display for in-car use
20 August 2019Researchers from the University of Cambridge are working with Jaguar Land Rover to develop next-generation head-up display technology that could beam real-time safety information in...
Climate change to shrink economies of rich, poor, hot and cold countries alike unless Paris Agreement holds
19 August 2019Study suggests that 7% of global GDP will disappear by 2100 as a result of business-as-usual carbon emissions – including over 10% of incomes in...
Shelley’s Peterloo poem took inspiration from the radical press, new research reveals
16 August 2019Percy Bysshe Shelley’s The Mask of Anarchy, the most celebrated literary response to the Peterloo massacre – which has its bicentenary on 16 August – drew...
Ancient faeces reveal how ‘marsh diet’ left Bronze Age Fen folk infected with parasites
16 August 2019Coprolites from the Must Farm archaeological excavation in East Anglia shows the prehistoric inhabitants were infected by parasitic worms that can be spread by eating raw...
Women in STEM: Fiona Iddon
15 August 2019Fiona Iddon is a PhD student in the Department of Earth Sciences, where she studies volcanoes. Here, she tells us about making science accessible, being...
Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, study finds
15 August 2019A team at the University of Cambridge has shown how, in osteoarthritis patients, the viscous lubricant that ordinarily allows our joints to move smoothly triggers...
AI used to test evolution’s oldest mathematical model
14 August 2019Researchers have used artificial intelligence to make new discoveries, and confirm old ones, about one of nature’s best-known mimics, opening up whole new directions of...