Science

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Botanic Gardens must team up to save wild plants from extinction

27 Jan 2025

The world’s botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-...

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The codemakers

24 Jan 2025

The 2025 Darwin Lecture series looks at codes, be they computational, mathematical, biological, linguistic or even musical.

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Millimetre continuum images for the REASONS resolved sample of 74 exocomet belts

Scientists reveal structure of 74 exocomet belts orbiting nearby stars

17 Jan 2025

An international team of astrophysicists has imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them.

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This is a new artist’s impression of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from ESA’s Gaia space telescope.

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

15 Jan 2025

The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion...

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Sanne at Madingley Rise

Into the underworld

14 Jan 2025

Sanne Cottaar is Professor of Global Seismology in Earth Sciences. She wants to understand Earth’s inner structure: how it shaped the surface and...

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Left to right: Nicola Ayton, Deputy Chief Executive of Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), Feryal Clark MP, Minister for AI and Digital Government, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Professor Deborah Prentice

Minister for AI and Digital Government visits Cambridge to tour the DAWN supercomputer

13 Jan 2025

The Minister for AI and Digital Government, Feryal Clark MP, visited the University of Cambridge on the day the Government announced their new AI...

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Intestine with microbiome

Feeding your good gut bacteria through fibre in diet may boost body against infections

10 Jan 2025

A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening...

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Computer-simulated image of a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy.

Origins of black holes revealed in their spin, study finds

07 Jan 2025

Gravitational waves data held clues for high-mass black holes’ violent beginnings.

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Hot air balloon in the sky

Boost your life in 2025: Top tips for a healthier body and mind from Cambridge experts

02 Jan 2025

Five Cambridge experts share their top tips on ways to boost your body and mind, backed up by their own research

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Syringe in bottle of vaccine

System to auto-detect new variants will inform better response to future infectious disease outbreaks

01 Jan 2025

Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those...

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Nativity scene with the Star of Bethlehem

What was the Star of Bethlehem?

23 Dec 2024

It’s a key feature of a school nativity play, but what’s the science behind the Star of Bethlehem?

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Huge locust swarm fills the skies in Ethiopia

Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms

19 Dec 2024

A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food...

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