Sea change for Hull
16 December 2022With a changing climate and rising sea levels putting cities at risk of flooding, it’s crucial for planners to increase their cities’ resilience. A new...
London Underground polluted with metallic particles small enough to enter human bloodstrem
15 December 2022The London Underground is polluted with ultrafine metallic particles small enough to end up in the human bloodstream, according to University of Cambridge researchers. These...
Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest
15 December 2022Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube frontier provinces...
Ancient grammatical puzzle solved after 2,500 years
15 December 2022A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at Cambridge. Rishi...
‘Cocktail’ vaccines could offer increased protection against future COVID-19 variants of concern
14 December 2022COVID-19 vaccinations that combine two or more distinct variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could offer protection against both current and future ‘variants of concern’, say...
Partnering with local hospitals during COVID-19
13 December 2022From developing intensive care equipment to tackling supplies of PPE and oxygen, here's how a group of Cambridge researchers refocused and partnered with local hospitals...
UK-led robotic sky scanner reveals its first galactic fingerprint
12 December 2022A major telescope upgrade has peered through to the distant Universe to reveal the spectra of a pair of galaxies 280 million light years away...
Prostate cancer risk prediction algorithm could help target testing at men at greatest risk
09 December 2022Cambridge scientists have created a comprehensive tool for predicting an individual’s risk of developing prostate cancer, which they say could help ensure that those men...
Webb telescope reaches new milestone in its search for distant galaxies
09 December 2022New findings confirm that JWST has surpassed the Hubble telescope in its ability to observe the early Universe
The tulip hunter of Toktogul
09 December 2022Brett Wilson's love of wild tulips has taken him to some of the most spectacular places in Central Asia, where he discovered a new species...