‘Extinct’ snails found breeding in French Polynesia
26 Sep 2024A species of tropical tree snail is no longer extinct in the wild following a successful reintroduction project.
Palestinian education ‘under attack’, leaving a generation close to losing hope, study warns
25 Sep 2024Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to 5 years, report suggests.
Energy inefficiency and inability to downsize pose even bigger threat to low-income pensioners than loss of Winter Fuel Payments, study suggests
23 Sep 2024The UK Government’s policy to scrap Winter Fuel Payments could disproportionately affect low-income pensioners in England, new analysis suggests. But the same study argues that the energy inefficiency of homes and challenges involved in downsizing will have an even more harmful effect this winter.
Combining kidney and lung cancer screening helps identify tumours early
23 Sep 2024Combining screening for lung and kidney cancers could help identify undiagnosed cases of kidney cancer, say researchers as they release the results from a study showing this approach is feasible and acceptable to participants.
Building a more sustainable world
19 Sep 2024This longstanding partnership between Cambridge, Arup and the Ove Arup Foundation has made our world safer and more sustainable and changed the way professionals are taught.
Removing pint glasses could reduce beer sales by almost 10%
18 Sep 2024Cambridge researchers have shown that reducing the serving size for beer, lager and cider reduces the volume of those drinks consumed in pubs, bars and restaurants, which could have wider public health benefits.
Highly-sensitive beaks could help albatrosses and penguins find their food
18 Sep 2024Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks that could be used to help them find food. This is the first time this ability has been identified in seabirds.
Monoclonal antibodies offer hope for tackling antimicrobial resistance
16 Sep 2024Monoclonal antibodies – treatments developed by cloning a cell that makes an antibody – could help provide an answer to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance, say scientists.
Flowers use adjustable ‘paint by numbers’ petal designs to attract pollinators
13 Sep 2024Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint established very early in petal formation that dictates the size of their bullseyes – a crucial pre-pattern that can significantly impact their ability to attract pollinating bees.
Cancer researchers and astronomers join forces in fight against disease
13 Sep 2024A unique collaboration of astronomers and cancer researchers at Cambridge has been awarded more than £5m to establish the Spatial Profiling and Annotation Centre of Excellence (SPACE) to open up access to their groundbreaking cancer mapping technology and establish collaborations with other scientists to enable them to investigate tumours in 3D.
