Police workforce: almost one in five suffer with a form of PTSD
09 May 2019Rates of PTSD in the police service revealed as close to five times higher than in the UK population. Cambridge researchers and a policing charity...
New approach to drug discovery could lead to personalised treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders
08 May 2019Researchers have developed a method that could drastically accelerate the search for new drugs to treat mental health disorders such as schizophrenia.
Contracts give Coca-Cola power to ‘quash’ health research, study suggests
08 May 2019New study of FOI documents uncovers provisions that could allow the beverage giant to suppress findings from health science it funds at North American universities....
Ultra-secure form of virtual money proposed
08 May 2019A new type of money that allows users to make decisions based on information arriving at different locations and times, and that could also protect...
Cambridge researchers launch charity to tackle ‘slow motion spinal cord injury’ affecting up to a million UK adults
07 May 2019Today sees the official launch of Myelopathy.org, a charity dedicated to one of the most common, yet under-diagnosed neurological conditions. The charity is the brainchild...
New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
03 May 2019Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new test that can reliably predict the future course of inflammatory bowel disease in individuals, transforming...
Brexit puts UK’s ability to tackle drug-related crime at risk, say experts
03 May 2019Brexit could threaten the UK’s ability to tackle drug-related crime linked to serious and organised crime, according to public health experts writing today in the...
Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines
02 May 2019Researchers have discovered that honey bees are able to share immunity with other bees and to their offspring in a hive by transmitting RNA ‘vaccines’...
Changing the world, one café at a time
01 May 2019Not far from the mystical temple complex of Angkor Wat in Cambodia sits a café, set up with support from the University of Cambridge, that...
Cambridge University Library stages first public play in its 600-year history
01 May 2019Performance marked the launch of digital edition of Arthur Schnitzler's works and archive.