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The hospital that will change the story of cancer forever

15 July 2024

Work will begin soon on a new hospital that will transform how we diagnose and treat cancer. Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital will treat patients across the East of England, but the research that takes place there promises to change the lives of cancer patients across the UK and beyond.

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USA sexually ‘teased’ its troops in WWI to make them fight harder

07 Nov 2022

The United States Government sought to sexually stimulate then frustrate its soldiers to prepare them for an unpopular conflict in Europe, a...

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Photos suggest rhino horns have shrunk over the past century

01 Nov 2022

Cambridge researchers have made the first ever measurements that show rhinoceros horns have gradually decreased in size over time.

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Disappearing notes show dramatic loss of whales

14 Oct 2022

A Cambridge team frustrated by the apathetic response to biodiversity loss has developed a dramatic new way to highlight the demise of nature – and...

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Liquid water beneath Martian polar ice cap

29 Sep 2022

An international team of researchers has revealed new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars.

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Inside the new institute looking at early cancer

21 Sep 2022

Today sees the launch of the Early Cancer Institute at Cambridge. Its mission is deceptively simple: to detect cancer early enough to cure it.

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Ukrainian students depart

16 Sep 2022

The Ukrainian medical students who received essential training at Cambridge University over the summer will take the specialist skills they have...

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Listening from afar

14 Sep 2022

A new, hands-off approach to monitoring biodiversity is saving time and money, and helping to identify sites where intervention is most needed.

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Mole-rats: meet the Ugly Naked Guys

06 Sep 2022

Understanding their weirdness could help prevent and better treat human illnesses like arthritis and cancer.

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‘Synthetic’ embryo with brain and beating heart grown from stem cells

25 Aug 2022

New model embryo, using mouse stem cells, reaches a further point in development than has been achieved in any other stem cell-derived model.

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DNA profiling solves Australian rabbit plague puzzle

22 Aug 2022

A new study proves that a single introduction of rabbits shipped from England in 1859 caused the infamous invasion and argues that wild genetic...

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Floating ‘artificial leaves’ ride the wave of clean fuel production

17 Aug 2022

Researchers have developed floating ‘artificial leaves’ that generate clean fuels from sunlight and water, and could eventually operate on a large...

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Do not try this at home: Medieval medicine under the spotlight in major new project

17 Aug 2022

How did our medieval ancestors use dove faeces, fox lungs, salted owl or eel grease in medical treatments? A Wellcome-funded project at Cambridge...

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