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Powerful new MRI scans enable life-changing surgery in first for adults with epilepsy

21 March 2025

Scientists have developed a new technique that has enabled ultra-powerful MRI scanners to identify tiny differences in patients’ brains that cause treatment-resistant epilepsy. It has allowed doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, to offer the patients surgery to cure their condition.

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Pollinators: first global risk index for species declines and effects on humanity

16 Aug 2021

The Global South may have most to lose from pollinator loss, with Latin America at particular risk due to crop exports and indigenous cultures.

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Open Cambridge launches 2021 programme

16 Aug 2021

This year’s programme, focussing on the past and present, is a real treat for anyone interested in learning more about this fascinating city through...

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Climate change will transform cooling effects of volcanic eruptions, study suggests

12 Aug 2021

Researchers have shown that human-caused climate change will have important consequences for how volcanic gases interact with the atmosphere.

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Transcribing together

23 Jul 2021

Volunteers join together to help the Cambridge Digital Library transcribe the notebooks of notable British ecologist, Oliver Rackham.

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Monitoring the Meerkats of the Kalahari

16 Jul 2021

Getting close was a challenge. Cracking it was key to an incredible 30-year study of the wild meerkats of the Kalahari.

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Inflatable, shape-changing spinal implants could help treat severe pain

25 Jun 2021

A team of engineers and clinicians has developed an ultra-thin, inflatable device that can be used to treat the most severe forms of pain without the...

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Fighting anxiety with science: exploring the links between self-control and wellbeing

25 Jun 2021

Dr Olivia Remes has spent her career researching mental health and wellbeing. In her new book, The Instant Mood Fix, she brings together the research...

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Slamming political rivals may be the most effective way to go viral

22 Jun 2021

Study of almost 3 million Facebook and Twitter posts from US media and politicians shows divisive posts dunking on opponents drive engagement on...

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Putting plants under the microscope

18 Jun 2021

Advanced microscopes at the University’s Sainsbury Laboratory are revealing the potential of plants as green factories for new chemicals and...

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Cambridge Festival.

The Cambridge Festival

11 Jun 2021

Four themes, ten days, 350 free online events, and more than 100,000 views across 175 countries.

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The futurist who'd like the future to slow down - just a little

10 Jun 2021

The problem with being a futurist, says Richard Watson, is that change is happening a lot faster and a lot crazier these days. We talk to him about...

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The conservationist helping us to make better decisions

04 Jun 2021

Bill Sutherland has started a revolution in conservation. Put simply he’d “like us to stop doing the things that we know don't work and do more of...

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