Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia
15 January 2025The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two...
Into the underworld
14 January 2025Sanne Cottaar is Professor of Global Seismology in Earth Sciences. She wants to understand Earth’s inner structure: how it shaped the surface and allowed life...
Feeding your good gut bacteria through fibre in diet may boost body against infections
10 January 2025A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with...
Origins of black holes revealed in their spin, study finds
07 January 2025Gravitational waves data held clues for high-mass black holes’ violent beginnings
Sex differences in brain structure present at birth
07 January 2025Sex differences in brain structure are present from birth, research from the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge has shown.
Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection
03 January 2025Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease,...
Boost your life in 2025: Top tips for a healthier body and mind from Cambridge experts
02 January 2025Five Cambridge experts share their top tips on ways to boost your body and mind, backed up by their own research
System to auto-detect new variants will inform better response to future infectious disease outbreaks
01 January 2025Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those...
Coming AI-driven economy will sell your decisions before you take them, researchers warn
30 December 2024Conversational AI agents may develop the ability to covertly influence our intentions, creating a new commercial frontier that researchers call the “intention economy”.
Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms
19 December 2024A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in...