Blue and great tits deploy surprisingly powerful memories to find food, a new study shows
03 July 2024Blue and great tits recall what they have eaten in the past, where they found the food and when they found it, a new study...
Genetic study points to oxytocin as possible treatment for obesity and postnatal depression
02 July 2024Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The discovery, reported on 2...
Cutting-edge genomic test can improve care of children with cancer
02 July 2024Whole genome sequencing has improved clinical care of some children with cancer in England by informing individual patient care. Research published today supports the efforts...
Largest ever genetic study of age of puberty in girls shows links with weight gain
01 July 2024Genes can indirectly influence the age at which girls have their first period by accelerating weight gain in childhood, a known risk factor for early...
No evidence that England’s new ‘biodiversity boost’ planning policy will help birds or butterflies
28 June 2024A new legal requirement for developers to demonstrate a biodiversity boost in planning applications could make a more meaningful impact on nature recovery if improvements...
Antarctic ice shelves hold twice as much meltwater as previously thought
27 June 2024Slush – water-soaked snow – makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is...
Australia’s giant lizards help save sheep from being eaten alive
25 June 2024Heath goannas - a species of giant, scavenging lizard - act as natural clean-up crews by clearing maggot-ridden animal carcasses from the landscape.
Simon Baron-Cohen wins MRC Millennium Medal for transformative research into autism and neurodiversity
20 June 2024The UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) in the UK will today present the MRC Millennium Medal 2023 to Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, in recognition of...
Discovery of ‘new rules of the immune system’ could improve treatment of inflammatory diseases, say scientists.
18 June 2024Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that a type of white blood cell - called a regulatory T cell - exists as a...
Video analysis of Iceland 2010 eruption could improve volcanic ash forecasts for aviation safety
13 June 2024Video footage of Iceland’s 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption is providing researchers from the University of Cambridge with rare, up-close observations of volcanic ash clouds — information...