One Hundred Days of Trump
28 April 2017Professor Andrew Preston examines the origins of the first hundred days as a measure of presidential success in American politics.
#ICYMI - Trump’s First Hundred Days
28 April 2017Dr Emily Charnock, Lecturer in American History, delivers her verdict as the Trump presidency reaches its first major milestone.
University of Cambridge looking for first professor of innovation
28 April 2017The University of Cambridge is to appoint its first professor of innovation, funded by an inventor with more than 400 patents to his name.
Discarded History exhibition lifts the lid on 1,000 years of medieval history
27 April 2017Treasures from the world’s largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts – chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo – have gone on display in Cambridge today for a six-month-long exhibition at Cambridge University Library.
Opinion: We need to break science out of its ivory tower – here's one way to do this
26 April 2017Science doesn't work the same for everyone everywhere - there are huge disparities in access to scientific hardware, and in gender and minority representation in labs. In this piece from The Conversation, Jenny Molloy (Department of Earth Sciences) and Max Liboiron (Memorial University of Newfoundland) look at some of the initiatives around the world which are attempting to level the playing field for scientists.
Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting biodegradable solution to plastic pollution
24 April 2017A common insect larva that eats beeswax has been found to break down chemical bonds in the plastic used for packaging and shopping bags at uniquely high speeds. Scientists say the discovery could lead to a biotechnological approach to the polyethylene waste that chokes ocean ecosystems and landfill sites.
Study identifies hundreds of genes that influence timing of puberty and alter risk of several cancers
24 April 2017The largest genomic analysis of puberty timing in men and women conducted to date has identified 389 genetic signals associated with puberty timing, four times the number that were previously known.
Opinion: Worthless mining waste could suck CO₂ out of the atmosphere and reverse emissions
20 April 2017Could waste material from mining be used to trap CO2 emissions? A new £8.6 million research programme will investigate the possibilities. Simon Redfern (Department of Earth Sciences) explains, in this article from The Conversation.
#EarthOptimism: Recovering species must be celebrated or we risk reversing progress
20 April 2017Cambridge conservationists will unite with colleagues across the globe on Earth Day this Saturday to lionise environmental victories and show there is cause for hope – the decisive component in the fight to save disappearing biodiversity.
Scientists discover two repurposed drugs that arrest neurodegeneration in mice
20 April 2017A team of scientists who a few years ago identified a major pathway that leads to brain cell death in mice, have now found two drugs that block the pathway and prevent neurodegeneration. The drugs caused minimal side effects in the mice and one is already licensed for use in humans, so is ready for clinical trials.
