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£9.2m boost for next generation of Cambridge cancer experts
The charity is to award the funding over the next five years to train early-career clinician scientists – doctors who also carry out medical research - as part of its Clinical Academic Training...
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Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say...
Researchers have evaluated different types of pig farming – including woodland, organic, free range, RSPCA assured, and Red Tractor certified, to assess each systems’ impact across four areas: land use...
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Four Cambridge researchers awarded prestigious European Research Council...
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced today the award of 255 Advanced Grants to outstanding research leaders across Europe, as part of the EU’s Horizon Europe programme. Four University of...
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Study unpicks why childhood maltreatment continues to impact on mental and...
Individuals who experienced maltreatment in childhood – such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse, or emotional and physical neglect – are more likely to develop mental illness throughout their...
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Is Democracy Dying?
2024 is the year of elections. A record number of elections will take place, with half the adult population of the world, some two billion people, having the chance to vote. Is this a milestone to be...
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Interspecies competition led to even more forms of ancient human – defying...
Climate has long been held responsible for the emergence and extinction of hominin species. In most vertebrates, however, interspecies competition is known to play an important role.Now, research shows...
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AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson’s ten-fold
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, designed and used an AI-based strategy to identify compounds that block the clumping, or aggregation, of alpha-synuclein, the protein that...
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Steven Barrett appointed Regius Professor of Engineering
Professor Steven Barrett has been appointed Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, effective 1 June. He joins the University from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
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Artificial intelligence beats doctors in accurately assessing eye problems
The clinical knowledge and reasoning skills of GPT-4 are approaching the level of specialist eye doctors, a study led by the University of Cambridge has found.GPT-4 - a ‘large language model’ - was...
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Mess is best: disordered structure of battery-like devices improves performance
Researchers led by the University of Cambridge used experimental and computer modelling techniques to study the porous carbon electrodes used in supercapacitors. They found that electrodes with a more...
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Training AI models to answer ‘what if?’ questions could improve medical...
Artificial intelligence techniques can be helpful for multiple medical applications, such as radiology or oncology, where the ability to recognise patterns in large volumes of data is vital. For these...
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Rare disease research at Cambridge receives major boost with launch of two...
The virtual centres, supported by the charity LifeArc, will focus on areas where there are significant unmet needs. They will tackle barriers that ordinarily prevent new tests and treatments reaching...
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A simple ‘twist’ improves the engine of clean fuel generation
The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, are developing low-cost light-harvesting semiconductors that power devices for converting water into clean hydrogen fuel, using just the power of...
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Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast cancer survivors
For the first time, the research has shown that this risk is higher in people living in areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation.Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK. Around...
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Robotic nerve ‘cuffs’ could help treat a range of neurological conditions
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, combined flexible electronics and soft robotics techniques to develop the devices, which could be used for the diagnosis and treatment of a range of...
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