Women bear brunt of coronavirus economic shutdown in UK and US
21 April 2020New data shows women and people who did not go to university are more likely to have lost work and earnings since mid-March.
COVID-19 severity associated with increased levels of air pollution in England, preliminary study finds
21 April 2020Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found an association between living in an area of England with high levels of air pollution and the...
Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries
20 April 2020In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge has designed an open-source ventilator in partnership with local clinicians, engineers and...
The sequencing of COVID-19
17 April 2020Labs across the country have converted to the genetic sequencing of coronavirus samples to help track its mutation and spread. The initiative, COG-UK, is being...
Leading European cancer centres share guidance on making their operations ‘pandemic proof’
16 April 2020Seven of Europe’s leading cancer centres have today published a report detailing how they have organized their healthcare systems at an unprecedented scale and pace...
Shedding light on dark traps
16 April 2020Researchers pinpoint the origin of defects that sap the performance of next-generation solar technology.
Study identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdown
15 April 2020Phased re-opening of schools, businesses and open spaces should be considered alongside a range of practical ways to keep people physically apart, say the authors...
Economic activity has halved during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown, study suggests
15 April 2020Almost one and a half billion spending transactions reveal 'real-time' reactions of consumers in a major western economy during the nation’s peak pandemic period.
Switching on a key cancer gene could provide first curative treatment for heart disease
14 April 2020Researchers trying to turn off a gene that allows cancers to spread have made a surprising U-turn. By making the gene overactive and functional in...
Everyone should wear masks in COVID-19 crisis, say Cambridge researchers
09 April 2020Governments and health agencies should reconsider the current guidelines with regards to widespread mask use in the COVID-19 pandemic and recommend that masks be worn...