Teaching pupils to ‘think like Da Vinci’ will help them to take on climate change

Curriculum reforms which mix the arts and sciences will better prepare young people for the real-world challenges that will define their adult lives,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 23, 2021 ~6 min

Twelve Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding

Twelve University of Cambridge researchers have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding body. Cambridge

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 22, 2021 ~10 min


Cultivating ‘multilingual identities’ in schools could help reverse national crisis in language-learning

More young people may choose to study foreign languages to GCSE if they are encouraged to ‘identify’ with languages at school, rather than just learning

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 22, 2021 ~6 min

Simple treatment during pregnancy can protect baby from memory problems in later life, study in rats suggests

A new study in laboratory rats has discovered a direct link between low oxygen in the womb and impaired memory function in the adult offspring. It also finds

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 21, 2021 ~6 min

From extravagant to achievable - pushing the boundaries of research to find life beyond Earth

The University of Cambridge is creating a new research initiative, bringing together physicists, chemists, biologists, mathematicians, and earth scientists to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 20, 2021 ~4 min

Stone Age bear genome reconstructed from DNA in Mexican cave

Scientists have reconstructed ancient DNA from soil for the first time, in an advance that will significantly enhance the study of animal, plant and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 19, 2021 ~3 min

Artificial intelligence could be used to triage patients suspected at risk of early stage oesophageal cancer

Artificial intelligence ‘deep learning’ techniques can be used to triage suspected cases of Barrett oesophagus, a precursor to oesophageal cancer, potentially

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 15, 2021 ~5 min

Stress does not lead to loss of self-control in eating disorders, study finds

A unique residential study has concluded that, contrary to perceived wisdom, people with eating disorders do not lose self-control – leading to binge-eating –

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 12, 2021 ~8 min


Following atoms in real time could lead to better materials design

Researchers have used a technique similar to MRI to follow the movement of individual atoms in real time as they cluster together to form two-dimensional

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 12, 2021 ~4 min

Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations

Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can help to restore degraded ecosystems. But

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 12, 2021 ~4 min

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