The doctor turned detective investigating the imprints of cancer
15 Aug 2022Self-confessed ‘nerd’ Serena Nik-Zainal went from hospital wards to the laboratory on a mission to provide patients with the best possible treatment...
Large number of stem cell lines carry significant DNA damage, say researchers
11 Aug 2022DNA damage caused by factors such as ultraviolet radiation affect nearly three-quarters of all stem cell lines derived from human skin cells, say...
AI tackles the challenge of materials structure prediction
27 Jul 2022Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with five times the efficiency of the current...
Prehistoric roots of cold sore virus traced through ancient DNA
27 Jul 2022First ancient herpes genomes to be sequenced suggest a Bronze Age flourishing linked to migrations into Europe and possibly the emergence of kissing.
Natural clean-up: bacteria can remove plastic pollution from lakes
26 Jul 2022A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags...
Astronomers develop novel way to ‘see’ first stars through fog of early Universe
21 Jul 2022A team of astronomers has developed a method that will allow them to ‘see’ through the fog of the early Universe and detect light from the first...
Study reveals why highly infectious cholera variant mysteriously died out
05 Jul 2022Scientists say continuous monitoring of the cholera bug genome is key to preventing outbreaks of new variants.
Male dogs four times more likely to develop contagious cancer on nose or mouth than females
04 Jul 2022Sniffing or licking other dogs’ genitalia – the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour – can spread this unusual cancer to the nose and...
Slow spin of early galaxy observed for the first time
01 Jul 2022One of the most distant known galaxies, observed in the very earliest years of the Universe, appears to be rotating at less than a quarter of the...
Chandra Observatory shows black hole spins slower than its peers
30 Jun 2022Astronomers have made a record-breaking measurement of a black hole’s spin, one of two fundamental properties of black holes. NASA’s Chandra X-ray...
Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
30 Jun 2022Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5...
Maternal microbiome promotes healthy development of the baby
28 Jun 2022Researchers studying mice have found the first evidence of how a mother’s gut microbes can help in the development of the placenta, and the healthy...