Effectiveness of antibiotics significantly reduced when multiple bugs present
19 Mar 2022A study has found that much higher doses of antibiotics are needed to eliminate a bacterial infection of the airways when other microbes are present...
Climate change threat to seabirds must be properly considered for their conservation to be effective
09 Mar 2022A new study shows how knowledge of climate change threats could be better connected with conservation efforts to help protect seabirds and other at-...
Tiny ‘skyscrapers’ help bacteria convert sunlight into electricity
07 Mar 2022Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water.
New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels
28 Feb 2022Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.
Microscopic view on asteroid collisions could help us understand planet formation
24 Feb 2022A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout our Solar System’s history could help scientists reconstruct how and...
Risks of using AI to grow our food are substantial and must not be ignored, warn researchers
23 Feb 2022Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding our growing global...
Cambridge spin-out receives European Innovation Council grant to develop cancer imaging technologies
21 Feb 2022Spin-off company Cambridge Raman Imaging Ltd. and the Cambridge Graphene Centre will lead ‘CHARM’ project, recently awarded with €3.2 million
Two-dimensional material could store quantum information at room temperature
11 Feb 2022Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature.
Cambridge partners with Schmidt Futures in new software engineering network
19 Jan 2022Software engineers will bridge the gap between modern science and scalable complex software at four leading universities.
Curbing COVID-19 in schools: Cambridge scientists support CO2 monitor rollout
17 Jan 2022UK schools have received more than 300,000 CO2 monitors as part of a government initiative to reduce COVID-19 spread in classrooms.
‘Slushy’ magma ocean led to formation of the Moon’s crust
13 Jan 2022Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust.
The chemist who saved a restaurant and launched a vision for Africa
13 Jan 2022David Izuogu’s ambition is to establish a research institute in his home country of Nigeria. But he isn’t waiting until he realises his goal to help...