Antidepressant use more than doubles among over 65s in two decades
07 October 2019The proportion of people aged over 65 on antidepressants has more than doubled in two decades, according to new research led by the University of...
Women in STEM: Dr Helen Williams
03 October 2019Dr Helen Williams is a Reader in Cambridge's Department of Earth Sciences and a Fellow of Jesus College. Here, she tells us about using rocks...
Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound
01 October 2019Deafness in early childhood is known to lead to lasting changes in how sounds are processed in the brain, but new research published today in eLife shows...
Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed
30 September 2019Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we’re able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set...
Study highlights potential of whole genome sequencing to enable personalised cancer treatment
30 September 2019Whole genome sequencing of tumour cells could help predict the prognosis of a patient’s cancer and offer clues to identify the most effective treatment, suggests...
Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, say researchers
30 September 2019People who achieve weight loss of 10% or more in the first five years following diagnosis with type 2 diabetes have the greatest chance of...
Women in STEM: Dr Alexis Braun
26 September 2019Dr Alexis Braun is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Genetics. Here, she tells us about the importance of mentors, how her research might...
Gendered play in hunter-gatherer children strongly influenced by community demographics
26 September 2019The gendered play of children from two hunter-gatherer societies is strongly influenced by the demographics of their communities and the gender roles modelled by the...
New augmented reality head-mounted display offers unrivalled viewing experience
22 September 2019Cambridge engineers have developed a new augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD) that delivers a realistic 3D viewing experience, without the commonly associated side effects...
Annotating history: thoughts of an Elizabethan scholar revealed
21 September 2019Previously unrecorded book from Gabriel Harvey’s collection extends our knowledge of one of the most conspicuous and fascinating early modern annotators