The amount of time it takes to diagnose dementia could be reduced from the current 18 months to just three months, thanks in part to technology originally developed at the University of Cambridge.

From the elixirs of legend to transmutation of base metals into gold, medieval medical practice and social mobility were steeped in alchemy.

New insights from research suggest ways to measure the world at the scale of single atoms and molecules.

Social entrepreneurs among the university’s staff and student population could receive financial backing for their enterprise activities after a new partnership was announced.

Fundraising is under way for a joint Cambridge University and Papworth Hospital Heart and Lung Research Institute – to sit alongside the anticipated new Papworth Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus – enabling a major expansion of cardiorespiratory research in Cambridge.

A campaign by the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Art Fund to raise £3.9m to enable the museum to acquire Nicolas Poussin’s masterpiece Extreme Unction (c. 1638-40) has reached a successful conclusion with the help of a substantial grant of £3,021,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the acquisition and outreach work, and almost £1m in donations from members of the public and charitable organisations.

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has invited ten of the best UK poets writing today to take part in an unprecedented series of residencies at the University of Cambridge, supported by Arts Council England.

Alemtuzumab, a drug previously used to treat a type of leukaemia, shown to help people with early multiple sclerosis who relapsed on previous drugs as well as patients who had not yet been treated.

The Right Reverend Stephen Conway of Selwyn College, Lord Bishop of Ely since 2011, is to preach at the University's Annual Commemoration of Benefactors in Great St Mary's, the University Church, at 11.15am on Sunday 4 November.

The renowned pianist, conductor and musicologist, Robert Levin, arrives in Cambridge this week, where he will give a series of lectures and recitals that take us behind the scenes of performing Mozart.