Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood
07 December 2009Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to...
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Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to...
A major new drive to understand, diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease has begun in Cambridge.
Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.
An ancient South American civilisation which disappeared around 1,500 years ago helped to cause its own demise by damaging the fragile ecosystem that held it...
The latest instalment of a 20-year study to understand how Britain became an island completes a tale of megafloods and super-rivers.
It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. Now research suggests that the pattern may differ depending...
Professor Paul Cartledge finds that the Greeks, a people rarely known for their wine-making skills, nevertheless laid the foundations for the European wine trade.
Expensive medical equipment is lying unused in Rwanda's leading hospital because it costs too much to use it, a report by enterprising students has found.
The Cambridge Primary Review, based at the University's Faculty of Education has published its final report on the condition and future of English primary education.
Archaeological finds from thousands of years ago have been uncovered in a Cambridge village in an event which was part of the celebrations of the...