Listening from afar
14 September 2022A new, hands-off approach to monitoring biodiversity is saving time and money, and helping to identify sites where intervention is most needed.
Competition with China a ‘driving force’ for clean energy funding in the 21st century
12 September 2022Analysis of energy RD&D investment in major economies also found that commitments at COP21 yielded some positives. Ultimately, however, trends over this century are not...
Fervent fans keep faith with heroes even after ‘immoral acts’, study finds
06 September 2022Analysis of posts from thousands of social media users either side of a scandal – the dramatic fall of YouTube celebrity Logan Paul – shows...
Mole-rats: meet the Ugly Naked Guys
06 September 2022Understanding their weirdness could help prevent and better treat human illnesses like arthritis and cancer.
Cambridge Biomedical Campus celebrates 60 years with £2bn boost to UK economy
02 September 2022A new economic impact report details the financial contributions of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), which celebrates its 60th anniversary this autumn. The independent report by...
Cannabis users no less likely to be motivated or able to enjoy life’s pleasure
01 September 2022Adult and adolescent cannabis users are no more likely than non-users to lack motivation or be unable to enjoy life’s pleasure, new research has shown,...
Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests
01 September 2022Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests.
The PhD student encouraging young Black aspiring scientists to claim their place
30 August 2022When PhD student Sigourney Bell turned to Twitter to connect with other Black scientists, she could never have guessed that this would be the beginning...
‘Synthetic’ embryo with brain and beating heart grown from stem cells
25 August 2022New model embryo, using mouse stem cells, reaches a further point in development than has been achieved in any other stem cell-derived model.
How to 'inoculate' millions against misinformation on social media
24 August 2022Briefly exposing social media users to tricks behind misinformation boosts awareness of dangerous online falsehoods – even amid intense ‘noise’ of world’s second-most visited website.