Slow-moving shell of water can make Parkinson’s proteins ‘stickier’

Water – which makes up the majority of every cell in the body – plays a key role in how proteins, including those associated with Parkinson’s disease, fold,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 15, 2022 ~6 min

Feeling poorer than your friends in early adolescence is associated with worse mental health

How rich or poor young people think they are compared to their friendship group is linked to wellbeing and even bullying during the shift between childhood and

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Nov. 15, 2022 ~5 min


Study of ‘polluted’ white dwarfs finds that stars and planets grow together

A team of astronomers have found that planet formation in our young Solar System started much earlier than previously thought, with the building blocks of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 14, 2022 ~5 min

Lack of computer access linked to poorer mental health in young people during COVID-19 pandemic

Cambridge researchers have highlighted how lack of access to a computer was linked to poorer mental health among young people and adolescents during COVID-19

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Nov. 14, 2022 ~6 min

Workplace cafeteria study finds no evidence that physical activity calorie-equivalent labelling changes food purchasing

An experiment carried out across ten workplace cafeterias found no significant change in the overall number of calories purchased when food and drink labels

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Nov. 9, 2022 ~5 min

First ever clinical trial underway of laboratory grown red blood cells being transfused into another person

Cambridge researchers are taking part in the world’s first clinical trial of red blood cells that have been grown in a laboratory for transfusion into another

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Nov. 7, 2022 ~6 min

Substance use disorders linked to poor health outcomes in wide range of physical health conditions

People who have a past history of hospitalisation because of substance use disorders have much worse outcomes following the onset of a wide range of physical

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Nov. 4, 2022 ~6 min

Why keeping it in the family can be good news when it comes to CEOs

Family CEOs are more likely to make employees feel positive about their workplace and stay longer, finds a new study.

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Nov. 3, 2022 ~6 min


Can cosmic inflation be ruled out?

Astrophysicists say that cosmic inflation – a point in the Universe’s infancy when space-time expanded exponentially, and what physicists really refer to when

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Nov. 3, 2022 ~6 min

Catholic Church can curb carbon emissions by returning to meat-free Fridays

Even a small dietary change by a minority of UK Catholics had significant environmental benefits, say researchers, who argue that a papal decree reinstating

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Nov. 1, 2022 ~7 min

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