International collaboration identifies new breast cancer susceptibility genes

A large-scale international collaboration has identified new genes associated with breast cancer that could eventually be included in tests to identify women

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 17, 2023 ~3 min

Largest genetic study of brain structure identifies how the brain is organised

The largest ever study of the genetics of the brain – encompassing some 36,000 brain scans – has identified more than 4,000 genetic variants linked to brain

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 17, 2023 ~3 min


Switching ‘spin’ on and off (and up and down) in quantum materials at room temperature

Researchers have found a way to control the interaction of light and quantum ‘spin’ in organic semiconductors, that works even at room temperature.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 16, 2023 ~7 min

Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and nicotine addiction – study

Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioural basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists. 

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 15, 2023 ~7 min

Dark energy could be measured by studying the galaxy next door

Researchers have found a new way to measure dark energy – the mysterious force that makes up more than two-thirds of the universe and is responsible for its

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 14, 2023 ~5 min

Death tolls from climate disasters will ‘balloon’ without investment in Africa’s weather stations

Investment in ‘hydromet systems’ using technologies from AI to SMS would provide a nine-to-one ROI in saved lives and assets across African nations.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 14, 2023 ~6 min

How sure is sure? Incorporating human error into machine learning

Researchers are developing a way to incorporate one of the most human of characteristics – uncertainty – into machine learning systems.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 10, 2023 ~6 min

Treatments for poxviruses – including those causing mpox and smallpox – may already exist in licensed drugs

Scientists have discovered how poxviruses evade natural defences in living cells, and realised that drugs to stop them doing this are already available.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 9, 2023 ~5 min


Brain’s ‘appetite control centre’ different in people who are overweight or living with obesity

Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who are

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 8, 2023 ~5 min

Stealth swimmers: the fish that hide behind others to hunt

An experiment on coral reefs provides the first evidence that predators use other animals for motion camouflage to approach their prey without detection.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 7, 2023 ~4 min

/

150