Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
13 August 2020Researchers have identified the optimal dish positions to help 'nudge' diners into picking more planet-friendly meals in cafeterias.
Beyond the pandemic: tackle the digital divide
13 August 2020Increased working, learning and interacting online during the pandemic has widened the gap for those who lack digital skills or access, writes Gemma Burgess, an...
Coffee stains inspire optimal printing technique for electronics
12 August 2020Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented scales.
Meditation-relaxation therapy may offer escape from the terror of sleep paralysis
12 August 2020Sleep paralysis – a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits – could...
A baker, a plumber, and a... swan taker
10 August 2020Cambridge University Library's joint project with the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, continues to reveal the secrets of crime and punishment in the Isle...
Transgender and gender-diverse individuals are more likely to be autistic and report higher autistic traits
07 August 2020Transgender and gender-diverse adults are three to six times more likely as cisgender adults (individuals whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth)...
Unexpected experiences: Katy Pitts describes preparing the department for her colleagues to return to the workplace
07 August 2020Katy Pitts, Principal Assistant and Safety Officer at the Department of Biochemistry, could probably now write the How-To manual on re-opening a biochemistry department in a...
Metallic blue fruits use fat to produce colour and signal a treat for birds
06 August 2020Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue colour of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this...
Whiteness of AI erases people of colour from our ‘imagined futures’, researchers argue
06 August 2020The overwhelming ‘Whiteness’ of artificial intelligence – from stock images and cinematic robots to the dialects of virtual assistants – removes people of colour from...
Study suggests embryos could be susceptible to coronavirus as early as second week of pregnancy
05 August 2020Genes that are thought to play a role in how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects our cells have been found to be active in embryos as...