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The Academy of Medical Sciences announces new Fellows for 2017
The Fellows have been elected for their contribution to biomedical and health research, the generation of new knowledge in medical sciences and its translation into benefits to society.This year's...
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Marmoset study provides clues to link between mental health disorders and...
The study, carried out in marmosets, highlights why non-human primates can be an important model in addition to rodents for understanding brain disorders in humans.Changes in heart rate and blood...
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Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker comes to Cambridge
Rosi’s most recent documentary, 2016’s Fire at Sea, was an uncompromising look at the everyday life of six locals on the Italian island of Lampedusa, the first port of call for the hundreds of...
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Opinion: Macron’s European trap
By any account, the French presidential election that ended last Sunday was extraordinary. The run-off in the second round was between two political ‘outsiders’: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. In...
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Scientists publish first comprehensive map of proteins within cells
Using the Sweden-based Cell Atlas, researchers examined the spatial distribution of the human proteome (the entire complement of proteins that make up the human body) that correspond to the majority of...
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Can robots feel pain?
Could - and should - robots feel pain? Dr Beth Singler will be addressing this question and many others raised by developments in artificial intelligence at this year’s Hay Festival.She is speaking as...
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Opinion: How epigenetics may help us slow down the ageing clock
Humankind has a longstanding obsession with eternal youth. Stories about elixirs of life and fountains that quench one’s thirst for immortality have stirred our imagination since time immemorial....
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Cambridge alumni's tech firm startup Improbable raises $500m
The company, which helps companies build complex simulations and virtual worlds, has been valued at more than $1bn after raising $502m (£390m) from Japan’s SoftBank.The investment in the London-based...
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Opinion: How an open approach to patents could help build a sustainable future
To sustain a population of 9.7 billion people by 2050 the world is going to need innovations that make careful use of the available resources, human and environmental. Key industry sectors such as...
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Centre for the Future of Intelligence joins international coalition for safe...
The Partnership is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to collaboration and open dialogue on the opportunities and challenges of AI. Its founding members included Amazon, Apple, Google/DeepMind,...
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Bioengineering, embryos and eggshells
In 1999, Dr Michelle Oyen was a bioengineering student, working on a PhD project to measure the stiffness of bone, when the phone rang. It was Dr Steven Calvin, an obstetrician at the local hospital....
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Opinion: Dairy got the all-clear this week - but was it justified?
A new study, published recently in the European Journal of Epidemiology, appeared to give dairy products a clean bill of health. The researchers found no evidence for an increased risk of...
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Robots and carbon targets may signal the end of globalisation
For decades we have been told that globalisation is an irresistible force. As Tony Blair said: “you might as well debate whether autumn follows summer.” According to a new book by a Cambridge academic,...
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The last Muslim King in Spain
Based on original research, and drawing attention to the connections between the medieval Moorish king Boabdil, and current social and political concerns in Europe today, Drayson presents the first...
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Supporting high-achieving black students
Target Oxbridge provides 16 – 18 year old black African and Caribbean students with positive role models and practical advice. The development programme runs over the course of a year and involves...
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Icy ring around young planetary system has similar chemical fingerprint to...
Earlier observations of the star, known as Fomalhaut and located 25 light years from Earth, were taken in 2012 by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA), located in...
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Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material
The researchers, from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick, have developed a wire made from a single string of tellurium atoms, making it a true one-dimensional material. These one-dimensional...
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Refreezing the Arctic
Is it too late to save the Arctic without using geoengineering techniques? Dr Hugh Hunt argues this may be the case, but that people need to wake up to the scale of the climate problems we are...
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Saving a renaissance masterpiece: Fitzwilliam Museum wins award for...
The conservation work on Sebastiano de Piombo's (1485–1547) 'Adoration of the Shepherds' c.1510, one of the founding Renaissance works in the Fitzwilliam’s collections, won the restoration and...
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Opinion: Maintaining the same weight as you age may prevent diabetes – even...
It is well known that losing weight reduces your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Our latest research shows that maintaining the same weight as you age may also prevent diabetes, even in people who...
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