Health and medicine
Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Estherina Trachtenberg
24 Feb 2025Estherina Trachtenberg is a Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and is currently working...
Scientists develop ‘smart pyjamas’ to monitor sleep disorders
18 Feb 2025Researchers have developed comfortable, washable ‘smart pyjamas’ that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for...
Cambridge researcher aims to unlock new dementia treatments with nationwide blood test trial
13 Feb 2025A simple blood test is being rolled out across the UK as part of a new study to detect early signs of dementia decades before it develops and help...
Prioritise vaccine boosters for vulnerable immunocompromised patients, say scientists
12 Feb 2025Vaccinations alone may not be enough to protect people with compromised immune systems from infection, even if the vaccine has generated the...
The art of partnerships
12 Feb 2025Tammy Dougan on why it's so important that universities work with industry to get fundamental science out of the lab and into the real world.
Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Mireia Crispin
12 Feb 2025Dr Mireia Crispin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and leads a research group focusing on the...
Map of brain’s appetite centre could enable new treatments for obesity and diabetes
05 Feb 2025Scientists have created the most detailed map to date of the human hypothalamus, a crucial brain region that regulates body weight, appetite, sleep...
Collaboration Award 2024
03 Feb 2025The 2024 Collaboration Award winner is Representing psychosis in video games: Communicating clinical science and tackling stigma, a project led by...
The Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement
03 Feb 2025Meet the winner of the Cambridge Awards 2024 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.
The medic making a difference to the care of trans patients
03 Feb 2025Medical students are taught about some of the rarest diseases, yet do not learn something as important as how to care for trans patients. This needs...
Young adults generally more active after starting work, but sleep less – unless working from home
28 Jan 2025When young adults start working, the amount of daily physical activity they do increases sharply, only to fall away again over the next few years...
Cambridge researchers developing brain implants for treating Parkinson’s disease
23 Jan 2025Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.