Earth’s earliest sea creatures drove evolution by stirring the water
17 May 20243D reconstructions suggest that simple marine animals living over 560 million years ago drove the emergence of more complex life by mixing the...
2023 was the hottest summer in two thousand years
14 May 2024Researchers have found that 2023 was the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere in the past two thousand years, almost four degrees warmer than...
Transition Live: Park Farm
14 May 2024University of Cambridge's Park Farm hosted one of the most important new agricultural events on the UK farming calendar this month.
Ice shelves fracture under weight of meltwater lakes
03 May 2024Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse
A simple ‘twist’ improves the engine of clean fuel generation
24 Apr 2024Researchers have found a way to super-charge the ‘engine’ of sustainable fuel generation – by giving the materials a little twist.
Mess is best: disordered structure of battery-like devices improves performance
18 Apr 2024The energy density of supercapacitors – battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes – can be improved by increasing the ‘...
Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say researchers
11 Apr 2024Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do...
Fish bellies, fava beans and food security
05 Apr 2024Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.
Cancer's climate innovation
04 Apr 2024An enzyme inspired by brain cancer DNA that has the potential to slash greenhouse gas emissions from the production of nylon won the 2024 Cambridge...
Partha Dasgupta wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Economics
04 Apr 2024Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (Economics, St. John's) wins the BBVA award for Economics, Finance and Management for his groundbreaking work in...
TB vaccine may enable elimination of the disease in cattle by reducing its spread
28 Mar 2024Vaccination not only reduces the severity of TB in infected cattle, but reduces its spread in dairy herds by 89%, research finds.
New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects
28 Mar 2024Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists.