From microscopic cells to massive galaxies, imaging is a core tool for many research fields today, and it’s also the basis of a surge in recent technical developments – some of which are being pioneered in Cambridge.

Harnessing AI in the fight against COVID-19

04 Jun 2020

AI assisted COVID-19 diagnostic and prognostic tool could improve resource allocation and patient outcomes.

Read more

AI successfully used to identify different types of brain injuries

15 May 2020

Researchers have developed an AI algorithm that can detect and identify different types of brain injuries.

Read more

AI techniques in medical imaging may lead to incorrect diagnoses

12 May 2020

Machine learning and AI are highly unstable in medical image reconstruction, and may lead to false positives and false negatives, a new study...

Read more

New tools show a way forward for large-scale storage of renewable energy

02 Mar 2020

A technique based on the principles of MRI and NMR has allowed researchers to observe not only how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy...

Read more

Magnetised molecules used to monitor breast cancer

22 Jan 2020

A new type of scan that involves magnetising molecules allows doctors to see in real-time which regions of a breast tumour are active, according to...

Read more

New 3D imaging analysis technique could lead to improved arthritis treatment

18 Jun 2018

An algorithm to monitor the joints of patients with arthritis, which could change the way that the severity of the condition is assessed, has been...

Read more

Rosalind Franklin Institute to harness disruptive technology to transform drug discovery

06 Jun 2018

Business Secretary Greg Clark today announced funding for a series of ambitious technology projects that will transform the way medicines are...

Read more

Calcium may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease

19 Feb 2018

Researchers have found that excess levels of calcium in brain cells may lead to the formation of toxic clusters that are the hallmark of Parkinson’s...

Read more

Advances in brain imaging settle debate over spread of key protein in Alzheimer’s

05 Jan 2018

Recent advances in brain imaging have enabled scientists to show for the first time that a key protein which causes nerve cell death spreads...

Read more

New brain mapping technique highlights relationship between connectivity and IQ

02 Jan 2018

A new and relatively simple technique for mapping the wiring of the brain has shown a correlation between how well connected an individual’s brain...

Read more

“All this cancer talk is new to me, but I do know there isn’t a stage five”

08 Dec 2017

Kate Gross was just 36 years old when she died of cancer. Researchers at Cambridge – including her husband – are trying to ensure that others receive...

Read more

Cambridge alumnus and former research associate awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017

04 Oct 2017

Cambridge alumnus Richard Henderson (Corpus Christi College, 1966) has been jointly awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with former...

Read more

Pages