Planting trees in the Arctic could make global warming worse, not better, say scientists

Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees’ ability to store large quantities of carbon from the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 7, 2024 ~6 min

Glaucoma drug shows promise against neurodegenerative diseases, animal studies suggest

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which causes

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 31, 2024 ~6 min


AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease, which

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 29, 2024 ~6 min

AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease, which

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 29, 2024 ~6 min

Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression

A type of therapy that involves applying a magnetic field to both sides of the brain has been shown to be effective at rapidly treating depression in patients

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 28, 2024 ~8 min

Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods

Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 24, 2024 ~8 min

‘Palaeo-robots’ to help scientists understand how fish started to walk on land

The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, palaeontologists and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 23, 2024 ~4 min

Public invited to chat to museum animals in novel AI experiment

Specimens in a Cambridge museum will be brought to life through the power of Artificial Intelligence, by a team aiming to strengthen our connection with the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 14, 2024 ~6 min


How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth?

Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 11, 2024 ~4 min

‘Inside-out’ galaxy growth observed in the early universe

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the ‘inside-out’ growth of a galaxy in the early universe, only 700 million

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 11, 2024 ~5 min

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