Living with snow leopards
24 October 2019Local people in the Nepal Himalayas value snow leopards as much for the potential personal benefits they gain from the animals’ conservation as they do...
Women in STEM: Stepheni Uh
24 October 2019Stepheni Uh is a PhD candidate in the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about her...
Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain regions
24 October 2019Obesity in children is associated with differences in brain structure in regions linked to cognitive control compared to the brains of children who are normal...
Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers
23 October 2019Cambridge researchers have captured the visible nanostructure of living wood for the first time using an advanced low-temperature scanning electron microscope.
Virtual investment experiment indicates informed consumers choose sustainable funds even with reduced returns
22 October 2019A new study has shown that when given clear social and environmental performance data, consumers display an appetite for sustainable investment, even with lower returns.
‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
21 October 2019A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and...
Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling
21 October 2019“Weather” in clusters of galaxies may explain a longstanding puzzle, according to a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Discovering a world of languages
21 October 2019A Cambridge-led team seeks to revitalise languages in the UK with a series of interactive pop-up exhibitions and an online game designed to set tongues...
Cambridge joins new transatlantic research alliance to detect cancer at its earliest stage
21 October 2019Cambridge scientists are set to benefit from a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK and partners to develop radical new strategies and technologies to...
Prevention better than cure at keeping young users from getting involved in cybercrime
21 October 2019Highly-targeted messaging campaigns from law enforcement can be surprisingly effective at dissuading young gamers from getting involved in cybercrime, a new study has suggested.