Mito warriors: how T cell assassins reload their weapons to kill and kill again
14 October 2021Cambridge researchers have discovered how T cells – an important component of our immune system – are able to keep on killing as they hunt...
Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of herd immunity in the face of Delta variant
14 October 2021The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it...
Tree-dwelling mammals survived after asteroid strike destroyed forests
14 October 2021An asteroid strike 66 million years ago wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and devastated the Earth’s forests, but tree-dwelling ancestors of primates may have survived...
Film: Sir Partha Dasgupta on "our most precious asset"
14 October 2021Following on from his ground-breaking report published earlier this year, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta outlines the radical shift in thinking required to reshape global economies...
The Fitzwilliam Museum reveals how the Saka people made history and great art
14 October 2021A new exhibition of Iron Age treasures recently discovered in East Kazakhstan transforms our understanding of an extraordinary civilisation rooted in one of the world’s...
Lockdown wellbeing: children who spent more time in nature fared best
14 October 2021Children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found COVID-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental health because they experienced a lower connection with...
Flu season 2021: how worried should we be?
12 October 2021Are we in for a bad flu season this winter? Cambridge experts who have been studying flu for decades consider the scenarios that may lie...
Queen Elizabeth I would tell Boris to tax the rich rather than cut universal credit, a new book argues
11 October 2021A new book about how Covid-19 rocked the world argues that Elizabeth I would have supported the poor in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Drawing Cambridgeshire
08 October 2021A collection of drawings by local amateur artist Richard Relhan, showing the history of Cambridgeshire, has been added to the Cambridge Digital Library
Vice-Chancellor’s Awards highlight research impact and engagement across Cambridge
07 October 2021Academics from across the University have been recognised in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Research Impact and Engagement Awards for their research into improving management of maternity...