The tulip hunter of Toktogul
09 December 2022Brett Wilson's love of wild tulips has taken him to some of the most spectacular places in Central Asia, where he discovered a new species...
Protecting Europe’s seabirds
08 December 2022New conservation guide launched to protect European seabirds at risk from climate change
A new chapter in the history of evolution: Two-million-year-old DNA
07 December 2022Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years.
Born in Cambridge: Meet 10 University spinouts
07 December 202210 University spinouts that are having an impact in the UK and around the world.
The future of farming: from eating insects to urban agriculture
07 December 2022The Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School is supporting new ventures to improve sustainability in agriculture to meet the demands of a growing global...
The off-patent drug that could protect us from future COVID-19 variants
05 December 2022Cambridge scientists have identified a drug that can be repurposed to prevent COVID-19 in research involving a unique mix of ‘mini-organs’, donor organs, animal studies...
Pedestrians choose healthy obstacles over boring pavements, study finds
05 December 2022Up to 78% of walkers would take a more challenging route featuring obstacles such as balancing beams, stepping stones and high steps, research has found....
Two Cambridge researchers awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies
01 December 2022Professor Rachel Oliver and Professor Silvia Vignolini from the University of Cambridge have been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. Each...
Fitness levels accurately predicted using wearable devices – no exercise required
01 December 2022Cambridge researchers have developed a method for measuring overall fitness accurately on wearable devices – and more robustly than current consumer smartwatches and fitness monitors...
Graphene heads to the moon
30 November 2022Cambridge researchers are part of a European project testing graphene’s ability to protect spacecraft against the sticky, sharp dust on the moon’s surface – a...