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L-R: Professor John Morton (UCL), Professor Rachel McKendry (UCL), Professor Mete Atatüre (Cambridge), Professor Eleni Nastouli (UCL)

Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future

26 July 2024

A major new research hub led by the University of Cambridge and UCL aims to harness quantum technology to improve early diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Imperceptible sensors made from ‘electronic spider silk’ can be printed directly on human skin

24 May 2024

Researchers have developed a method to make adaptive and eco-friendly sensors that can be directly and imperceptibly printed onto a wide range of biological surfaces, whether that’s a finger or a flower petal.

Woman in purple and white floral shirt washing a carrot

Strongest evidence to date of brain’s ability to compensate for age-related cognitive decline

06 February 2024

Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that our brains can compensate for age-related deterioration by recruiting other areas to help with brain function and maintain cognitive performance.

Could bird flu spark the next pandemic - and are we prepared if it does?

13 June 2023

Should we be worried about frequent news reports of flu being detected in birds and other animals?

Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy

22 March 2023

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.

Mother is holding a tiny hand of her preterm baby that is in the NICU.

Combined steroid and statin treatment could reduce ‘accelerated ageing’ in preterm babies, study in rats suggests

02 February 2023

Potentially life-saving steroids commonly given to preterm babies also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular problems, but a new study in rats has found that if given in conjunction with statins, their positive effects remain while the potential negative side-effects are ‘weeded out’.

Cambridge researchers join new £2 million UK consortium to tackle monkeypox outbreak

20 October 2022

Cambridge is among 12 institutions across the UK that will be working together to tackle the monkeypox outbreak, developing better diagnostic tests, identifying potential therapies and studying vaccine effectiveness and the virus’ spread.

Scientists crack egg forging evolutionary puzzle

12 April 2022

A genetic study of Zambian cuckoo finches has solved one of nature’s biggest criminal cases, an egg forgery scandal two million years in the making. Its findings suggest that the victims of this fraud may now be gaining the upper hand.

Tiny ‘skyscrapers’ help bacteria convert sunlight into electricity

07 March 2022

Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water.

‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and mother’s genes tussle over nutrition

27 December 2021

Cambridge scientists have identified a key signal that the fetus uses to control its supply of nutrients from the placenta in a tug-of-war between genes inherited from the father and from the mother. The study, carried out in mice, could help explain why some babies grow poorly in the womb.

Articles about 'Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)'

Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future

Imperceptible sensors made from ‘electronic spider silk’ can be printed directly on human skin

Strongest evidence to date of brain’s ability to compensate for age-related cognitive decline

Could bird flu spark the next pandemic - and are we prepared if it does?

Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy

Combined steroid and statin treatment could reduce ‘accelerated ageing’ in preterm babies, study in rats suggests

Cambridge researchers join new £2 million UK consortium to tackle monkeypox outbreak

Scientists crack egg forging evolutionary puzzle

Tiny ‘skyscrapers’ help bacteria convert sunlight into electricity

‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and mother’s genes tussle over nutrition

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