Opinion: How to start healing those Brexit family rifts
01 July 2016A difference in values can be a major stumbling block for family relationships, writes Dr Lucy Blake from the Centre for Family Research for The...
Fingerprinting rare earth elements from the air
01 July 2016Vital to many modern technologies yet mined in few places, the ‘rare earth elements’ are in fact not that rare – they are just difficult...
Infant bodies were ‘prized’ by 19th century anatomists, study suggests
01 July 2016A study of the University of Cambridge anatomy collection dating from the 1700s and 1800s shows how the bodies of stillborn foetuses and babies were...
Chasing the volcano
01 July 2016In 2014, Cambridge researchers monitored a series of seismic shocks which preceded Iceland’s biggest volcanic eruption in 200 years. The dramatic story of their work,...
Living on the edge: succeeding in the slums
30 June 2016Cities exist in a state of constant flux: not always ‘smart’ and successful, they can be vulnerable, chaotic and seem on the edge of failure....
Leading theologians urge the Church of England to celebrate same-sex relationships
30 June 2016Leading theologians have called on the Church of England to recognise and celebrate same-sex relationships at its forthcoming General Synod, warning that to take a...
Using gravitational waves to catch runaway black holes
30 June 2016Black holes are the most powerful gravitational force in the Universe. So what could cause them to be kicked out of their host galaxies? Cambridge...
Opinion: What Brexit means for UK science: a view from the coalface
27 June 2016Simon Redfern (Department of Earth Sciences) discusses how Brexit may impact EU research opportunities and funding in the UK.
Super-slow circulation allowed world’s oceans to store huge amounts of carbon during the last ice age
27 June 2016The way the ocean transported heat, nutrients and carbon dioxide at the peak of the last ice age, about 20,000 years ago, is significantly different...
Diabetes sniffer dogs? ‘Scent’ of hypos could aid development of new tests
27 June 2016A chemical found in our breath could provide a flag to warn of dangerously-low blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to...