New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices

Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming.

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today ~6 min

Cambridge start-up wins funding to develop new diagnostics

Cambridge start-up SMi and its research partners have received two Innovate UK awards to progress their work on testing for infectious diseases and detecting

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March 20, 2023 ~5 min


Underactive immune response may explain obesity link to COVID-19 severity

Individuals who are obese may be more susceptible to severe COVID-19 because of a poorer inflammatory immune response, say Cambridge scientists.

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March 20, 2023 ~6 min

Giant underwater waves affect the ocean’s ability to store carbon

Underwater waves deep below the ocean’s surface – some as tall as 500 metres – play an important role in how the ocean stores heat and carbon, according to new

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March 16, 2023 ~6 min

Maintaining heart function in donors declared ‘dead by circulatory criteria’ could improve access to heart transplantation

More donated hearts could be suitable for transplantation if they are kept functioning within the body for a short time following the death of the donor, new

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March 16, 2023 ~8 min

Scientists have new tool to estimate how much water might be hidden beneath a planet’s surface

In the search for life elsewhere in the Universe, scientists have traditionally looked for planets with liquid water at their surface. But, rather than flowing

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March 15, 2023 ~5 min

Robots can help improve mental wellbeing at work – as long as they look right

Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing coaches in the workplace – but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks like.

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March 15, 2023 ~6 min

Remarkable squirting mussels captured on film

Cambridge researchers have observed a highly unusual behaviour in the endangered freshwater mussel, Unio crassus.  

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March 11, 2023 ~2 min


First wiring map of insect brain complete

Researchers have built the first ever map showing every single neuron and how they’re wired together in the brain of the fruit fly larva.

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March 10, 2023 ~5 min

Humanity’s quest to discover the origins of life in the universe

Scientists from the University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago have founded the Origins Federation, which will

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March 8, 2023 ~5 min

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