How ‘supergenes’ help fish evolve into new species

Researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 12, 2025 ~4 min

Cambridge scholar helps bring Ukraine’s pain and power to the stage in critically acclaimed creative collaboration

The Reckoning is an intimate work of documentary theatre composed from a verified archive of witness testimonies chronicling Russia’s war of aggression. It is

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 12, 2025 ~3 min


Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report

Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 11, 2025 ~7 min

Whistleblowing tech based on Cambridge research launched by the Guardian

Whistleblowers can contact journalists more securely thanks to a new confidential and anonymous messaging technology co-developed by University of Cambridge

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 9, 2025 ~7 min

Cambridge researcher awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Professor George Efstathiou has been awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy, one of the biggest prizes in the field.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 6, 2025 ~4 min

‘AI scientist’ suggests combinations of widely available non-cancer drugs can kill cancer cells

An ‘AI scientist’, working in collaboration with human scientists, has found that combinations of cheap and safe drugs – used to treat conditions such as high

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 4, 2025 ~5 min

Cambridge researchers awarded £7.5 million to build programmable plants

Two groups involving researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Plant Sciences are among nine teams to have been awarded funding today from

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 2, 2025 ~5 min

Cambridge researchers named as 2025 Academy of Medical Sciences Fellows

Four Cambridge biomedical and health researchers are among those announced today as newly-elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 22, 2025 ~5 min


Enhanced breast cancer screening in the UK could detect an extra 3,500 cancers per year, trial shows

Researchers in Cambridge are calling for additional scans to be added to breast screening for women with very dense breasts. This follows a large-scale trial,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 21, 2025 ~5 min

Cambridge researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2025

Nine outstanding Cambridge scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 20, 2025 ~7 min

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