Adolescents who sleep longer perform better at cognitive tasks
22 Apr 2025Adolescents who sleep for longer – and from an earlier bedtime – than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at...
Throwing a ‘spanner in the works’ of our cells’ machinery could help fight cancer, fatty liver disease… and hair loss
18 Apr 2025Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of our cells...
Mouse study suggests a common diabetes drug may prevent leukaemia
16 Apr 2025Metformin, a widely used and affordable diabetes drug, could prevent a form of acute myeloid leukaemia in people at high risk of the disease, a study...
Harmful effects of digital tech – the science ‘needs fixing’, experts argue
10 Apr 2025From social media to AI, online technologies are changing too fast for the scientific infrastructure used to gauge their public health harms, say two...
Scientists create 'metal detector' to hunt down tumours
10 Apr 2025Cambridge researchers have created a ‘metal detector’ algorithm that can hunt down vulnerable tumours, in a development that could one day...
Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue
10 Apr 2025The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring...
Handheld device could transform heart disease screening
08 Apr 2025Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart disease.
One in 3,000 people at risk of punctured lung from faulty gene – almost 100 times higher than previous estimate
08 Apr 2025As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, according to new...
AI can be good for our health and wellbeing
07 Apr 2025Cambridge researchers are looking at ways that AI can transform everything from drug discovery to Alzheimer's diagnoses to GP consultations.
Opinion: AI can transform health and medicine
07 Apr 2025AI has the potential to transform health and medicine. It won't be straightforward, but if we get it right, the benefits could be enormous. Andres...
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...
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...