Astronomers use ‘little hurricanes’ to weigh and date planets around young stars
06 January 2023Little ‘hurricanes’ that form in the discs of gas and dust around young stars can be used to study certain aspects of planet formation, even...
First UK proton beam therapy trial for breast cancer launches
04 January 2023Cambridge researchers are jointly leading the first UK trial to test the benefits of proton beam therapy for certain patients with breast cancer.
Insulation only provides short-term reduction in household gas consumption
01 January 2023First study to look at long-term effect of home insulation in England and Wales finds fall in gas consumption per household was small and only...
Females perform better than males on a ‘theory of mind’ test across 57 countries
26 December 2022Females, on average, are better than males at putting themselves in others’ shoes and imagining what the other person is thinking or feeling, suggests a...
Men may not ‘perceive’ domestic tasks as needing doing in the same way as women, philosophers argue
22 December 2022By adding a gender dimension to the theory of “affordance perception” and applying it to the home, a new hypothesis may help answer questions of...
Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most cost-effective way to hit UK environment targets
20 December 2022Study of farmer preferences shows that turning whole areas of farmland into habitats comes with half the price tag of integrating nature into productive farmland,...
Technique for tracking resistant cancer cells could lead to new treatments for relapsing breast cancer patients
19 December 2022Cambridge scientists have managed to identify and kill those breast cancer cells that evade standard treatments in a study in mice. The approach is a...
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...