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Farewell, Gaia: spacecraft operations come to an end
On 27 March 2025, Gaia’s control team at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre switched off the spacecraft’s subsystems and sent it into a ‘retirement orbit’ around the Sun.Though the spacecraft’s...
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Play 'humanises' paediatric care and should be key feature of a...
Play should be a core feature of children’s healthcare in forthcoming plans for the future of the NHS, according to a new report which argues that play “humanises” the experiences of child patients.The...
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New funding to model solar geoengineering impacts
The UK government is taking steps to research potential interventions that could reduce global warming by reflecting sunlight into space.New research will model the risks and impacts of using solar...
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Cambridge researchers named 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows
Now in its eighth year, the Fellowship provides financial support for a postdoctoral placement of one to two years at a world-class research institution.The funding equips scientists to apply their...
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One in 3,000 people at risk of punctured lung from faulty gene – almost 100...
The gene in question, FLCN, is linked to a condition known as Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, symptoms of which include benign skin tumours, lung cysts, and an increased risk of kidney cancer.In a study...
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Researchers demonstrate the UK’s first long-distance ultra-secure...
The team, from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge, created the network, which uses standard fibreoptic infrastructure, but relies on a variety of quantum phenomena to enable ultra-secure data...
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Handheld device could transform heart disease screening
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a device that makes it easy for people with or without medical training to record heart sounds accurately. Unlike a stethoscope, the device...
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Scientists create 'metal detector' to hunt down tumours
In a paper published today in Nature Genetics, scientists at the University of Cambridge and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre analysed the full DNA sequence of 4,775 tumours from seven types...
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Harmful effects of digital tech – the science ‘needs fixing’, experts argue
Scientific research on the harms of digital technology is stuck in a “failing cycle” that moves too slowly to allow governments and society to hold tech companies to account, according to two leading...
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Cambridge research: First global bond index to address fossil fuel expansion
This is a critical – and hugely challenging – moment for climate action. Legal and political pressures have paralysed asset managers and other financial service providers, leading to a recent wave of...
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Complete clean sweep for Cambridge at The Boat Race 2025
Thousands of spectators lined the banks of the River Thames on 13 April to witness a dramatic afternoon of action, with millions more following live on the BBC.Cambridge Women secured their eighth...
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Growing wildflowers on disused urban land can damage bee health
The metals have previously been shown to damage the health of pollinators, which ingest them in nectar as they feed, leading to reduced population sizes and death. Even low nectar metal levels can have...
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Mouse study suggests a common diabetes drug may prevent leukaemia
Around 3,100 people are diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) each year in the UK. It is an aggressive form of blood cancer that is very difficult to treat. Thanks to recent advances,...
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Extreme drought contributed to barbarian invasion of late Roman Britain,...
The ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’ of 367 CE was one of the most severe threats to Rome’s hold on Britain since the Boudiccan revolt three centuries earlier. Contemporary sources indicate that components of...
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Throwing a ‘spanner in the works’ of our cells’ machinery could help fight...
Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, have worked out the structure of this machine and shown how it operates like the lock on a canal to...
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Charles Darwin Archive recognised by UNESCO
The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme serves as the documentary heritage equivalent of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, protecting invaluable records that tell the story of human civilisation.A...
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Adolescents who sleep longer perform better at cognitive tasks
But the study of adolescents in the US also showed that even those with better sleeping habits were not reaching the amount of sleep recommended for their age group.Sleep plays an important role in...
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Adolescents with mental health conditions use social media differently than...
Young people with a diagnosable mental health condition report differences in their experiences of social media compared to those without a condition, including greater dissatisfaction with online...
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Significant gaps in NHS care for patients who are deaf or have hearing loss,...
A team of patients, clinicians, researchers and charity representatives, led by the University of Cambridge and the British Society of Audiology, surveyed over 550 people who are deaf or have hearing...
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Removing ovaries and fallopian tubes linked to lower risk of early death...
Women with certain variants of the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 have a high risk of developing ovarian and breast cancer. These women are recommended to have their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed at a...
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