Team’s hip replacement surgery invention is set to be world first
13 September 2024Technology that could transform the future of hip replacement surgery is being pioneered by a team of experts in Cambridge.
Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death
12 September 2024Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need...
Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated by rich and poor alike, study finds
12 September 2024The personal carbon footprint of the richest people in society is grossly underestimated, both by the rich themselves and by those on middle and lower...
New study aims to catch cancer earlier than ever before
12 September 2024A new study aims, for the first time, to pinpoint the very moment the immune system recognises a tumour to try to stop the disease...
UK organisations release statistics for use of animals in research in 2023
11 September 2024The 10 organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary and scientific research – have...
Early career researchers win major European funding
05 September 2024Nine Cambridge researchers are among the latest recipients of highly competitive and prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants.
Children switch to walking and cycling to school after introduction of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone
05 September 2024Four in ten children in Central London who travelled to school by car switched to more active modes of transport, such as walking, cycling, or...
High cholesterol levels at a young age significant risk factor for atherosclerosis
04 September 2024Our risk of developing atherosclerosis – ‘furring’ of the arteries – can begin much earlier in life than was previously thought, highlighting the need to...
Study reveals ‘patchy and inconsistent’ end-of-life care
03 September 2024One in three dying people in England and Wales was severely or overwhelmingly affected by pain in the last week of life, with bereaved people...
Anti-inflammatory drug could reduce future heart attack risk
02 September 2024Repurposed cancer drug helps to calm inflammation in arteries.