Professor Duncan Richards appointed as Head of Department of Medicine
06 December 2024Professor Duncan Richards has today been announced as the new Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Imaging technique allows rapid assessment of ovarian cancer subtypes and their response to treatment
06 December 2024An MRI-based imaging technique developed at the University of Cambridge predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment...
Cambridge researchers develop urine test for early detection of lung cancer
06 December 2024Cambridge scientists have developed a urine test for early detection of lung cancer. The test, the first of its kind, detects ‘zombie’ cells that could...
War in Lebanon has turned a decade of education crisis into a catastrophe - report
05 December 2024Israel-Hezbollah conflict has deepened an education crisis in which children have lost up to 60% of schooling in 6 years, study shows.
A third of people from Chicago carry concealed handguns in public before they reach middle age
05 December 2024Major 25-year study reveals a ‘dual pathway’ for when people start carrying.
Professor Joya Chatterji awarded Wolfson History Prize 2024
03 December 2024Chatterji wins for Shadows at Noon, her genre-defying history of South Asia during the 20th century.
Report highlights University’s under-researched African collections
03 December 2024The University's collections include an estimated 350,000 artefacts, alongside natural history specimens and human/ancestral remains, from Africa, according to a new report aiming to promote...
Researchers deal a blow to theory that Venus once had liquid water on its surface
02 December 2024A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbour was once much more...
New datasets will train AI models to think like scientists
02 December 2024What can exploding stars teach us about how blood flows through an artery? Or swimming bacteria about how the ocean’s layers mix? A collaboration of...
Landmark 'pill-on-a-thread' cancer screening trial welcomes first participants
28 November 2024A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for oesophageal cancer, has welcomed its first...