AI used to test evolution’s oldest mathematical model
14 August 2019Researchers have used artificial intelligence to make new discoveries, and confirm old ones, about one of nature’s best-known mimics, opening up whole new directions of...
Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells
14 August 2019New research reveals how increasing brain stiffness as we age causes brain stem cell dysfunction, and demonstrates new ways to reverse older stem cells to...
Governments are failing to understand global catastrophic risks and need to take urgent action, says new report
13 August 2019Governments are failing to understand the human-driven catastrophic risks that threaten global security, prosperity and potential, and could in the worst case lead to mass...
Women in STEM: Dr Anita Faul
08 August 2019Dr Anita Faul is a Teaching Associate at the Cavendish Laboratory and a Fellow of Selwyn College, where she specialises in algorithms. Here, she tells us...
Machine learning to help develop self-healing robots that ‘feel pain’
07 August 2019Researchers from the University of Cambridge will use self-healing materials and machine learning to develop soft robotics as part of a new collaborative project.
Prenatal parental stress linked to behaviour problems in toddlers
06 August 2019Expectant parents’ emotional struggles predict emotional and behavioural problems in 2-year-olds, new research shows. The same study reveals, for the first time, that couple conflict...
New stem cell combination could help to repair damaged hearts
05 August 2019A combination of heart cells derived from human stem cells could be the answer to developing a desperately-needed treatment for heart failure, according to new...
The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas
01 August 2019A contagious canine cancer that conquered the world by spreading between dogs during mating likely arose around 6,000 years ago in Asia and spread around...
Women in STEM: Valentina Ndolo
01 August 2019Valentina Ndolo is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, where she is a PhD student developing mathematical models to identify...
High levels of oestrogen in the womb linked to autism
29 July 2019Scientists have identified a link between exposure to high levels of oestrogen sex hormones in the womb and the likelihood of developing autism. The findings...