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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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Wireless limb control

17 May 2021

Researchers in Cambridge’s Bioelectronics Lab are developing implantable devices to bypass nerve damage and restore movement to paralysed limbs.

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The conservationist who started a Twitter trend and saved Nairobi’s wildlife

22 Apr 2021

Nyandire Reinhard believes the key to protecting ecosystems is to foster a love of nature in the community. He shares the story of how social media...

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Gates Cambridge class of 2021

14 Apr 2021

Gates Cambridge, Cambridge's leading international postgraduate scholarship programme, announces its Class of 2021: 74 new Gates Cambridge Scholars-...

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Growing Underground

29 Mar 2021

In the heart of London there is a farm like no other. It's subterranean, sustainable and energy smart. It also has a digital twin looking out for its...

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The researcher finding inspiration for the planet’s future in Latin American art

23 Mar 2021

Joanna Page has been exploring how work by Latin American artists can help to bring humanity back into a relationship with nature and give us hope...

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Hunting for COVID-19 variants

22 Mar 2021

Professor Sharon Peacock explains the story behind the UK's world-leading SARS-CoV-2 genomics capability.

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Giving life to research

19 Mar 2021

A special online symposium will celebrate the archive of IVF pioneer, Sir Robert Edwards, and seek ways that this extraordinary archive can be used...

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Is Social Media Changing Your Life?

16 Mar 2021

Social media: lifeline, or source of mental health problems? With its effects still not fully understood, Cambridge researchers discuss the best...

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European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia

15 Mar 2021

Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study.

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Humans who search

12 Mar 2021

Stefanie Reichelt had long felt there was a disconnect between the public’s perception of scientists and reality. Armed with only a camera and a...

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Ghost Words: Reading the past

02 Mar 2021

A new exhibition from Cambridge University Library is set to bring to life the hidden words buried in some of our oldest manuscripts - known as...

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A silent epidemic of grief

01 Mar 2021

Major changes in bereavement care have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a flood of demand for help from bereaved people, according to new...

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