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US gun violence: half of people from Chicago witness a shooting by age 40,...
A study tracking the lives of Chicagoans from childhood and adolescence in the 1990s to the start of middle age has found that 56% of Black and Hispanic residents from across the city witnessed at...
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Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering and medicine.The Society’s fundamental purpose, as it...
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Sustainable solar cell material shown to be highly promising for medical imaging
A team of researchers, jointly led by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, have discovered that a solar cell material – bismuth oxyiodide (BiOI) – is capable of detecting X-ray dose rates over 250...
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Cambridge University excels in BUCS Athletics Championships and secures...
The BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships, held in Manchester, saw Cambridge athletes from Cambridge University Athletic Club and Cambridge University Hare and Hounds, clinch five medals. Some of the...
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Obesity accelerates loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity, study finds
Clinical trials have shown that COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at reducing symptoms, hospitalisation and deaths caused by the virus, including for people with obesity. Previous studies have...
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Pre-primary education "chronically” underfunded as richest nations drift...
International aid for pre-primary education has fallen further behind an agreed 10% spending target since the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new research.The report, compiled by academics at the...
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Cambridge biomedical and health researchers elected to Academy of Medical...
The new Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of biomedical and health science, cutting-edge research discoveries and translating...
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University collections and regional partners secure major AHRC funding to...
Fifteen fully-funded PhD studentships based in these collections, and with a strong community focus, will be offered, with the first five studentships beginning in October 2024.The Collections and...
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Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert CO2, water and sunlight into multicarbon fuels – ethanol and propanol – in a single step. These fuels...
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Joint statement from University and Cambridge UCU on marking boycott
It is regrettable that the national pay and conditions dispute has reached a point whereby a marking and assessment boycott has been called. Very sadly, and as things stand, it is likely to have a...
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Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem
A new analysis of ancient faeces taken from two Jerusalem latrines dating back to the biblical Kingdom of Judah has uncovered traces of a single-celled microorganism Giardia duodenalis– a common cause...
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House of moveable wooden walls unveiled, promising a cheaper, greener...
House-owners the world over consider ‘knocking through’ walls to achieve more open-plan living or changing layouts to accommodate new arrivals or circumstances. The results may be impressive, but they...
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Prof Arif Ahmed appointed as OfS Freedom of Speech Director
Prof Ahmed, who has been Professor of Philosophy since 2022 and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College since 2015, will take up his role later in the summer.Dr Anthony Freeling, Acting Vice-Chancellor,...
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Robot ‘chef’ learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, programmed their robotic chef with a ‘cookbook’ of eight simple salad recipes. After watching a video of a human demonstrating one of the recipes, the...
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Early universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb Telescope shows
One of the largest programmes in Webb’s first year of science is the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey, or JADES, which will devote about 32 days of telescope time to uncover and characterise...
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Limited resources leave school leaders with few options to manage poor...
The findings are from a qualitative study which investigated why more school leaders are not exploring alternative approaches to behaviour management. It argues that resource limitations and other...
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DNA discovery highlights how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after meals
The findings, published today in Nature Genetics, could help inform future treatments of type 2 diabetes, which affects around 4 million people in the UK and over 460 million people worldwide.Several...
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Trinity College prayer book belonged to Thomas Cromwell, new research suggests
Hever Castle curator, Alison Palmer, recognised the bejewelled, silver gilt binding of Trinity’s Book of Hours from the famous portrait of Thomas Cromwell painted by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1532-3,...
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‘Smart’ drugs can decrease productivity in people who don’t have ADHD, study...
New research from the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne, published in Science Advances, shows neurotypical workers and students taking cognitive enhancers, or ‘smart’ drugs, may...
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First hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old ‘Lucy’ could...
A Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early human ancestor – or hominin – for the first time, revealing a capability to stand as erect as we do...
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