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Prof. Rory Naismith holding a silver Byzantine coin in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Photo: Adam Page

An early medieval money mystery is solved

09 April 2024

Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne’s Francia a century later, new tests reveal. The findings could transform our understanding of Europe’s economic and political development.

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Green Leaf inside a Computer Circuit Board

Big data's hidden cost

16 Jan 2023

As the climate emergency and cost-of-living crisis focus our minds on how to reduce energy, a group of scientists have highlighted the hidden...

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Runaway West Antarctic ice retreat can be slowed by climate-driven changes in ocean temperature

16 Jan 2023

New research finds that ice-sheet-wide collapse in West Antarctica isn’t inevitable: the pace of ice loss varies according to regional differences in...

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Sophie the rescue dog

Sophie, the rescue dog who stole the nation's hearts

13 Jan 2023

At about 3am on the Saturday before Christmas, an internet sensation arrived in the home of Professor Diane Coyle. She tells us about Sophie, the...

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Christopher George

Meet the new Cambridge Union president

09 Jan 2023

Established in 1815, the Cambridge Union is the oldest student debating society in the world. The task of leading it in the first term of 2023 has...

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Stuffed puppies, smart birds and self-healing robots: 24 things we learned in 2022

19 Dec 2022

24 things we learned in 2022.

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Hull

Sea change for Hull

16 Dec 2022

With a changing climate and rising sea levels putting cities at risk of flooding, it’s crucial for planners to increase their cities’ resilience. A...

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London Underground trains

London Underground polluted with metallic particles small enough to enter human bloodstrem

15 Dec 2022

The London Underground is polluted with ultrafine metallic particles small enough to end up in the human bloodstream, according to University of...

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Priest reading Hindu scripts

Ancient grammatical puzzle solved after 2,500 years

15 Dec 2022

A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at Cambridge...

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Medical staff at Addenbrookes hospital

Partnering with local hospitals during COVID-19

13 Dec 2022

From developing intensive care equipment to tackling supplies of PPE and oxygen, here's how a group of Cambridge researchers refocused and partnered...

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Brett Wilson

The tulip hunter of Toktogul

09 Dec 2022

Brett Wilson's love of wild tulips has taken him to some of the most spectacular places in Central Asia, where he discovered a new species in...

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deep fried locusts

The future of farming: from eating insects to urban agriculture 

07 Dec 2022

The Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School is supporting new ventures to improve sustainability in agriculture to meet the...

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The off-patent drug that could protect us from future COVID-19 variants

05 Dec 2022

Cambridge scientists have identified a drug that can be repurposed to prevent COVID-19 in research involving a unique mix of ‘mini-organs’, donor...

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