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New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and...
This means that animal welfare can now, for the first time, be properly considered alongside other impacts of farming to help identify which farming systems are best.This is vital for improving animal...
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At least 80% of the world’s most important sites for biodiversity on land...
A study has found that infrastructure worldwide is widespread in sites that have been identified as internationally important for biodiversity, and its prevalence is likely to increase.This is the...
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£16million gift to support Europe’s largest heart and lung research centre
The Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI) is home to the largest concentration of scientists and clinicians in heart and lung medicine in Europe. It opened in July 2022 with...
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Cambridge scientist Professor Christine Holt wins world’s top neuroscience award
The Lundbeck Foundation has announced today the recipients of The Brain Prize 2023, the world’s largest award for outstanding contributions to neuroscience.Professor Christine Holt shares the award...
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UK Innovation Report 2023 published by Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy
The UK Innovation Report 2023, compiled by Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy - based at the University's Institute for Manufacturing - brings together innovation and value-added indicators in a...
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Gene therapy approach to boost ‘cold shock protein’ in the brain without...
The discovery is a step towards harnessing the protective effects of cooling the brain to treat patients with acute brain injury and even to prevent dementias, such as Alzheimer’s.When the body cools...
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Finding new ways to diagnose childhood brain tumours
Funded by The Brain Tumour Charity, this research aims to develop new ways to diagnose medulloblastoma using minimally invasive methods, protecting the quality of life of children with this...
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Cambridge dominates a weekend of varsity sport
It was an exceptional weekend of sport between Cambridge and Oxford University which saw Cambridge win five out of six sporting fixtures. The Light Blues won the 141st men’s Varsity Rugby Match on...
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Cell mapping and ‘mini placentas’ give new insights into human pregnancy
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Switzerland, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute...
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Increasing availability of non-alcoholic drinks may reduce amount of alcohol...
The team used a simulated supermarket that presented shoppers with varying proportions of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and asked them to select drinks to purchase for their next online shop. They...
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Harsh discipline increases risk of children developing lasting mental health...
In a study of over 7,500 Irish children, researchers at the University of Cambridge and University College Dublin found that children exposed to ‘hostile’ parenting at age three were 1.5 times likelier...
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Four Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Advanced Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award of 218 Advanced Grants to outstanding research leaders across Europe, as part of the Horizon Europe programme.The grants, totalling €544...
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UK-US Summit for Democracy announces Cambridge team as joint winners of...
The announcement came at the second UK-US Summit for Democracy on 30 March 2023. The prize challenges innovators on both sides of the Atlantic to build solutions that enable collaborative development...
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Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs
By performing a famous magic trick for three species of monkey with differing hand structures, scientists have discovered that – in order to deceive – a conjuror needs the same anatomy as their...
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Ice sheets can collapse faster than previously thought possible
An international team of researchers used high-resolution imagery of the seafloor to reveal just how quickly a former ice sheet that extended from Norway retreated at the end of the last Ice Age, about...
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Medieval monks accidentally recorded some of history’s biggest volcanic...
An international team, including researchers from the University of Cambridge, drew on readings of medieval texts, along with ice core and tree ring data, to accurately date some of the biggest...
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New findings that map the universe’s cosmic growth support Einstein’s theory...
The findings, from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration involving researchers from the University of Cambridge, provide further support to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which has...
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Assisted reproduction kids grow up just fine – but it may be better to tell...
The study, by University of Cambridge researchers, is the first to examine the long-term effects of different types of third-party assisted reproduction on parenting and child adjustment, as well as...
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Companies’ zero-deforestation commitments have potential to halve...
Cattle-rearing is the biggest cause of tropical deforestation in the Amazon - and the world.A study has found that some of the world’s largest slaughterhouses reduced cattle-driven deforestation in the...
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Minority ethnic doctors less likely to get specialty NHS training posts while...
Their analysis, published today in BMJ Open, also found that while female applicants are more successful overall, particular specialities tend to appeal to different genders.Researchers from the...
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