Mental Health Overhaul: probing the processes behind the symptoms
04 October 2024A new Cambridge network is turning to basic science in a bid to advance our understanding and treatment of mental health disorders
Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal
03 October 2024A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England’s most vulnerable children while battling their local authorities.
First map of every neuron in an adult fly brain complete
02 October 2024The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly.
Solidarity drives online virality in a nation under attack, study of Ukrainian social media reveals
01 October 2024While divisive social media posts get more traction in countries such as the US, a new study shows that celebrating national unity is the way...
Putting business thinking into sustainability
01 October 2024New thinking from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) argues that we need to flip the ESG model on its head.
Previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco discovered
26 September 2024Multi-disciplinary archaeological survey at the site of Oued Beht, Morocco, reveals a previously unknown 3400–2900 BC farming society, shedding new light on North Africa’s role in...
‘Extinct’ snails found breeding in French Polynesia
26 September 2024A species of tropical tree snail is no longer extinct in the wild following a successful reintroduction project.
Palestinian education ‘under attack’, leaving a generation close to losing hope, study warns
25 September 2024Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to 5 years, report suggests.
Energy inefficiency and inability to downsize pose even bigger threat to low-income pensioners than loss of Winter Fuel Payments, study suggests
23 September 2024The UK Government’s policy to scrap Winter Fuel Payments could disproportionately affect low-income pensioners in England, new analysis suggests. But the same study argues that...
Combining kidney and lung cancer screening helps identify tumours early
23 September 2024Combining screening for lung and kidney cancers could help identify undiagnosed cases of kidney cancer, say researchers as they release the results from a study...