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AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs
The research team, led by the University of Cambridge, adapted an algorithm originally designed for humans and found it could automatically detect and grade heart murmurs in dogs, based on audio...
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Glaucoma drug shows promise against neurodegenerative diseases, animal...
Researchers in the UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Cambridge screened more than 1,400 clinically-approved drug compounds using zebrafish genetically engineered to make them mimic...
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A radical economic transformation is the only way to save nature and ourselves
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's Chief Innovation Officer, James Cole, looks back at what happened at COP16, and asks what comes next in this article. After two weeks of negotiations...
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Greater Manchester and Cambridge strengthen Innovation Partnership to drive...
On Tuesday 5 November 2024, Greater Manchester’s Mayor Andy Burnham visited Cambridge to celebrate and further cement a groundbreaking partnership between the two cities' innovation ecosystems. The...
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Planting trees in the Arctic could make global warming worse, not better, say...
But, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, an international group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge, argue that tree planting at high latitudes will accelerate, rather than...
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Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers
In an article published today in Lancet Planetary Health, a team of researchers – including several from the University of Cambridge – argue that much more needs to be done to mitigate the impacts of...
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Time alone heightens ‘threat alert’ in teenagers – even when connecting on...
People in their late teens experience an increased sensitivity to threats after just a few hours left in a room on their own – an effect that endures even if they are interacting online with friends...
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Presidents' Challenge marks start of 2025 Boat Race season
This year’s Challenge, held at the iconic Somerset House in London, saw the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs come together in celebration of one of British sport’s most enduring rivalries....
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New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to...
An initial £10 million donation will be used to support education and research into areas including the conservation of biodiversity, enhancing business sustainability, and the restoration of natural...
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Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape...
A team of researchers from the UK and Australia analysed charcoal and pollen contained in ancient mud to determine how Aboriginal Tasmanians shaped their surroundings. This is the earliest record of...
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A peek inside the box that could help solve a quantum mystery
Appearing as ‘bumps’ in the data from high-energy experiments, these signals came to be known as short-lived ‘XYZ states.’ They defy the standard picture of particle behaviour and are a problem in...
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Northerners, Scots and Irish excel at detecting fake accents to guard against...
People from Belfast proved most able to detect someone faking their accent, while people from London, Essex and Bristol were least accurate.The study, published today in Evolutionary Human Sciences...
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‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year
‘Manifest’ was looked up almost 130,000 times on the Cambridge Dictionary website, making it one of the most-viewed words of 2024. The word jumped from use in the self-help community and on social...
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Arm donates £3.5 million for Cambridge PhD students to study computer...
The first three students to be supported by the Arm donation will begin their studies at the new research centre in the autumn of 2025. They will be followed by another three students each year for the...
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Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the...
Fry brings outstanding experience to the role of communicating to diverse audiences, including with people not previously interested in maths. She will follow in the footsteps of giants of public...
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