Emissions-free flying takes off at Cambridge Climate Challenge
03 Apr 2025A biology PhD candidate and an early career aerospace engineer researcher won the 2025 Cambridge Zero Climate Challenge for turning waste into sustainable jet fuel
Psychedelic medicine could revolutionise how we treat mental illness
02 Apr 2025Dr. Ayla Selamoglu is an expert on psychedelic medicine. Her work shows how nature’s most mysterious compounds provide new ways to combat mental illness.
Play 'humanises' paediatric care and should be key feature of a child-friendly NHS – report
31 Mar 2025The Cambridge report argues that play should be a recognised component of children’s healthcare in the Government’s forthcoming 10-year plan for the NHS.
Weasel testicles, stargazing and royal remedies: medieval medicine examined in Curious Cures exhibition
27 Mar 2025Ancient manuscripts reveal complex theories behind the terrifying treatments of the medieval era
Information about the precautionary injunction order granted following hearing on 21 March 2025
27 Mar 2025The University of Cambridge has been granted a precautionary injunction to prevent trespassing and related actions (e.g., blocking access to the sites named in the injunction). The sites affected by this order are:
Senate House (including the Yard)
Greenwich House
The Old Schools
Farewell, Gaia: spacecraft operations come to an end
27 Mar 2025The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has been powered down, after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy.
Students from across the country get a taste of studying at Cambridge at the Cambridge Festival
27 Mar 2025Over 500 KS2 and KS3 students from as far away as Warrington got the chance to experience studying at the University of Cambridge with a selection of lectures and workshops held as part of the Cambridge Festival.
Cambridge triumphs in Varsity double as University and United FC forge exciting partnership
27 Mar 2025Cambridge University football teams enjoyed a historic night on Friday 21 March, as both the men’s and women’s squads claimed stunning victories over Oxford in the football Varsity matches at Cambridge United FC’s Cledara Abbey Stadium.
Cambridge Blue Boats revealed for The Boat Race 2025
26 Mar 2025The stage has been set for The Boat Race 2025, with Cambridge University Boat Club announcing its Women’s and Men’s Blue Boats at the historic Battersea Power Station in London.
Webb Telescope sees galaxy in mysteriously clearing fog of early Universe
26 Mar 2025Astronomers have identified a bright hydrogen emission from a galaxy in the very early Universe. The surprise finding is challenging researchers to explain how this light could have pierced the thick fog of neutral hydrogen that filled space at that time.
