Professor Andrew Fabian awarded Kavli Prize
27 May 2020Professor Andrew Fabian from Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy has been awarded the 2020 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, one of the world's most prestigious science prizes.
School segregation by wealth is creating unequal learning outcomes for children in the Global South
27 May 2020Millions of the world’s poorest children are leaving school without mastering even basic levels of reading or maths because of an overlooked pattern of widespread,...
Antibody designed to recognise pathogens of Alzheimer’s disease
25 May 2020Researchers have found a way to design an antibody that can identify the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells – a potential advance in...
COVID-19: The long view
22 May 2020The COVID-19 pandemic should only present a short-term interruption to 250 years of improving life expectancy, argues historian Leigh Shaw-Taylor.
Healthcare rationing could see unlawful deaths from COVID-19, researchers claim
21 May 2020Current medical guidelines risk unlawful deaths of patients – with doctors, hospitals, and even the government potentially liable – if a second peak forces hard...
Surging numbers of first-generation learners at risk of being left behind in education systems worldwide
21 May 2020‘First-generation learners’ – a substantial number of pupils around the world who represent the first generation in their families to receive an education – are...
Tackling COVID-19: Karl Wilson
21 May 2020Operations Director Karl Wilson has helped lead a herculean effort to transform a standard laboratory into a bespoke testing centre, to aid the national response...
National trial launched to test re-purposing existing drugs to treat COVID-19 patients
20 May 2020A new trial to prevent organ failure and death in COVID-19 patients has been launched led by clinicians and scientists in Cambridge and London.
Most young people with increased suicide risk only display ‘mild to moderate’ mental distress – study
20 May 2020Around 70% of young people who report self-harming or suicidal thoughts are within the normal or non-clinical range of mental distress.
Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists
20 May 2020Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast. Results...