Tackling COVID-19: Professor Ian Goodfellow
30 April 2020Ian Goodfellow is no stranger to infectious disease outbreaks. In 2014 he left behind the safety of his Cambridge lab to join a taskforce fighting the hazardous...
The Royal Society announces election of new Fellows 2020
29 April 2020Nine Cambridge scientists are among the new Fellows announced today by the Royal Society.
Simple ‘sniff test’ reliably predicts recovery of severely brain-injured patients
29 April 2020The ability to detect smells predicts recovery and long-term survival in patients who have suffered severe brain injury, a new study has found. A simple,...
Strategic partner: Aviva
29 April 2020A new partnership between Aviva and Cambridge is asking what do advances in technology and data science mean for the future of insurance?
Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing – study
29 April 2020The worst thing for the economy would be not acting at all to prevent disease spread, followed by too short a lockdown, according to research based...
Coronavirus pandemic: making safer emergency hospitals
28 April 2020Simple, low-cost ventilation designs and configuration of wards can reduce the dispersal of airborne virus in emergency COVID-19 hospitals, say Cambridge researchers.
Tackling COVID-19: Dr Olivier Restif
23 April 2020“We have been expecting a pandemic like this for nearly twenty years,” says Olivier Restif, who uses mathematical modelling to understand how infectious diseases spread...
UK and US firms ‘lag’ in race to commercialise COVID-19 diagnostic tests
22 April 2020The diagnostic industry in countries such as Germany, South Korea and China lead the pack on getting coronavirus tests ready for market. Researchers warn that...
Opinion: Local food solutions during the coronavirus crisis could have lasting benefits
22 April 2020Solutions found during the current pandemic could benefit food security, human security, & international development.
Almost a quarter of adults living under lockdown in the UK have experienced loneliness
22 April 2020One in four adults (24 per cent) in the UK have felt lonely because of coronavirus, according to a longitudinal study that is tracking mental...