Researchers have ‘hacked’ the earliest stages of photosynthesis, the natural machine that powers the vast majority of life on Earth, and discovered new ways to extract energy from the process, a finding that could lead to new ways of generating clean fuel and renewable energy.
Cambridge researchers have observed a highly unusual behaviour in the endangered freshwater mussel, Unio crassus.
Study finds that just 8% of all depictions of AI professionals from a century of film are women – and half of these are shown as subordinate to men.
How fresh-water mussels and a stretch of the River Thames connected two postgraduate scientists separated by over half a century.
Scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species – the depressed river mussel – completely gone.
Undergraduate scientists from universities across the UK and Republic of Ireland took part in a Cambridge University widening participation programme to encourage more students to apply for postgraduate study.
Understanding their weirdness could help prevent and better treat human illnesses like arthritis and cancer.
How did our medieval ancestors use dove faeces, fox lungs, salted owl or eel grease in medical treatments? A Wellcome-funded project at Cambridge University Library is about to find out.
A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on natural matter like leaves and twigs.
How do you deal with a harmful invasive species wreaking havoc on the UK’s water pipes? You take advantage of them being fussy eaters and send them a Trojan Horse.
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