The Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement
03 February 2025Meet the winner of the Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.
Cambridge ReseARch Trail
14 March 2024A new augmented reality trail, launched as part of the Cambridge Festival, is showcasing the world leading research of the University of Cambridge in a new light.
Marmoset study finds single brain region linking depression and anxiety, heart disease, and people’s sensitivity to treatment
26 October 2020Over-activity in a single brain region called the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) underlies several key symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders, but an antidepressant only successfully treats some of the symptoms.
Placenta is initiated first, as cells of a fertilised egg divide and specialise
23 September 2020The first stages of placental development take place days before the embryo starts to form in human pregnancies. This new finding highlights the importance of healthy placental development in pregnancy, and could lead to future improvements in fertility treatments such as IVF, and a better understanding of placental-related diseases in pregnancy.
Prevention of heart disease can start before birth
19 August 2020Mitochondrial therapy in complicated pregnancies lowers the chance of cardiovascular problems in the offspring.
High doses of ketamine can temporarily switch off the brain, say researchers
11 June 2020Researchers have identified two brain phenomena that may explain some of the side-effects of ketamine. Their measurements of the brain waves of sheep sedated by the drug may explain the out-of-body experience and state of complete oblivion it can cause.
