Students in Rwanda confound pandemic predictions and head back to school
07 October 2022New data from Rwanda, and some of the first published on how COVID-19 has impacted school attendance in the Global South, suggest that a widely-predicted...
From saving the endangered pangolins to creating an open library of DNA: Researchers and Professional Staff recognised at the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2022
06 October 2022Academics from across the University have been recognised for helping to save the endangered pangolin, creating an open source library of DNA for manufacturing enzymes and...
A retrofitting revolution
06 October 2022Laying the foundations for buildings to stay cool in extreme heat.
Seasonal change in Antarctic ice sheet movement observed for first time
06 October 2022Some estimates of Antarctica’s total contribution to sea-level rise may be over- or underestimated, after researchers detected a previously unknown source of ice loss variability.
Referrals to long COVID clinic fell by 79% following roll-out of the vaccine
06 October 2022Referrals to Cambridge’s long COVID clinic fell dramatically in the period August 2021 to June 2022, which researchers say is likely due to the successful...
New route to evolution: how DNA from our mitochondria gets into our genomes
05 October 2022Scientists have shown that in one in every 4,000 births, some of the genetic code from our mitochondria – the ‘batteries’ that power our cells...
Experts urge government to keep focus on levelling-up health
30 September 2022Experts are calling on the Government to continue focusing on ‘levelling-up’ health, arguing that reducing the health gap is too important an agenda to abandon.
Nobel Laureates of Cambridge
30 September 2022What’s it like to win a Nobel Prize? Does it always come as a surprise? How does it change your life? Professor Didier Queloz, winner...
Traumatic brain injury ‘remains a major global health problem’ say experts
30 September 2022A new report highlights the advances and challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research in traumatic brain injury, a leading cause of injury-related death and...
Breakthrough in understanding of how cancer spreads could lead to better treatments
29 September 2022Cambridge scientists have discovered that cancer cells ‘hijack’ a process used by healthy cells to spread around the body, completely changing current ways of thinking...