Cambridge partners with Schmidt Futures in new software engineering network

Software engineers will bridge the gap between modern science and scalable complex software at four leading universities.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 19, 2022 ~5 min

Curbing COVID-19 in schools: Cambridge scientists support CO2 monitor rollout

UK schools have received more than 300,000 CO2 monitors as part of a government initiative to reduce COVID-19 spread in classrooms.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 17, 2022 ~4 min


‘Slushy’ magma ocean led to formation of the Moon’s crust

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 13, 2022 ~4 min

Learning through ‘guided’ play can be as effective as adult-led instruction

Play-based learning may also have a more positive effect on younger children’s acquisition of important early maths skills compared with traditional, direct

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 12, 2022 ~7 min

Cambridge launches new Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe

With a £10 million grant awarded by the Leverhulme Trust, the University of Cambridge is to establish a new research centre dedicated to exploring the nature

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 10, 2022 ~4 min

MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before antibiotic use

Scientists have found evidence that a type of the antibiotic-resistant superbug MRSA arose in nature long before the use of antibiotics in humans and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 4, 2022 ~5 min

MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before antibiotics

Scientists have found evidence that a type of the antibiotic-resistant superbug MRSA arose in nature long before the use of antibiotics in humans and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 4, 2022 ~5 min

Superbug MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before clinical use of antibiotics

Scientists have found evidence that a type of the antibiotic resistant superbug MRSA arose in nature long before the use of antibiotics in humans and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 4, 2022 ~5 min


‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and mother’s genes tussle over nutrition

Cambridge scientists have identified a key signal that the fetus uses to control its supply of nutrients from the placenta in a tug-of-war between genes

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 27, 2021 ~5 min

Templating approach stabilises ‘ideal’ material for alternative solar cells

Researchers have developed a method to stabilise a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 23, 2021 ~6 min

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