A peek at some of the top events at the Cambridge Festival 2024
05 Feb 2024Fixing the NHS, stopping wars, and the effects of AI on the democratic process headline a packed programme of events at this year’s Cambridge...
Using AI to tackle society's biggest challenges
05 Feb 2024The winners of a new prize supporting ambitious ideas for how artificial intelligence can address critical societal issues are announced today, with...
Cancer isn’t fair – but care should be
04 Feb 2024Listening to people's lived experiences is helping to improve the awareness and uptake of cancer care. On World Cancer Day, we take a look at some of...
Caring for cancer patients
31 Jan 2024Meet Umaima Ahmad, co-founder and CEO of a Cambridge spinout that aims to keep chemotherapy patients safe from infection while sparing them...
Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation
30 Jan 2024Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s...
Religious people coped better with Covid-19 pandemic, research suggests
30 Jan 2024Two Cambridge-led studies suggest that the psychological distress caused by lockdowns (UK) and experience of infection (US) was reduced among those...
Removing largest wine glass serving reduces amount of wine sold in bars and pubs
18 Jan 2024Taking away the largest serving of wine by the glass – in most cases the 250ml option – led to an average reduction in the amount of wine sold at...
‘Mini-placentas’ help scientists understand the causes of pre-eclampsia and pregnancy disorders
17 Jan 2024Scientists have grown ‘mini-placentas’ in the lab and used them to shed light on how the placenta develops and interacts with the inner lining of the...
Role of inherited genetic variants in rare blood cancer uncovered
17 Jan 2024Combining three different sources of genetic information has allowed researchers to further understand why only some people with a common mutation go...
Significant gaps in COVID-19 vaccine uptake may have led to over 7,000 hospitalisations and deaths
15 Jan 2024Between a third and a half of the populations of the four UK nations had not had the recommended number of COVID vaccinations and boosters by summer...
Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning
15 Jan 2024Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could...
Feeling depressed linked to short-term increase in bodyweight among people with overweight or obesity
10 Jan 2024Increases in symptoms of depression are associated with a subsequent increase in bodyweight when measured one month later, new research from the...