Hubble sees new atmosphere forming on a rocky exoplanet

For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence of volcanic activity reforming the atmosphere on a rocky planet

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 11, 2021 ~6 min

Pandemic restrictions aggravating known triggers for self-harm and poor mental health among children and young people

Experts have issued a stark warning about the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of children and young people.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 10, 2021 ~4 min


Sugar purchased in soft drinks fell 10% following introduction of industry levy

The amount of sugar purchased by households through soft drinks fell by 10% in the year following the introduction of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy, say

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March 10, 2021 ~6 min

Medieval ‘birthing girdle’ parchment was worn during labour, study suggests

Scientists have used proteomic techniques to find evidence of vaginal fluid, along with honey and milk, on a rare manuscript from the late 15th century.   

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March 10, 2021 ~5 min

Medieval parchment was worn as ‘birthing girdle’ during labour, study suggests

Scientists have used proteomic techniques to find evidence of vaginal fluid, along with honey and milk, in a rare manuscript from the late 15th century.   

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March 10, 2021 ~5 min

School closures may have wiped out a year of academic progress for pupils in Global South, study warns

As much as a year’s worth of past academic progress made by disadvantaged children in the Global South may have been wiped out by school closures during the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 9, 2021 ~6 min

Study highlights ‘unbridled globetrotting’ of the strangles pathogen in horses

In the largest ever study of its kind into an equine pathogen, scientists in 18 countries used the latest DNA sequencing techniques to track the bacteria

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March 9, 2021 ~5 min

Changes can be detected in BRCA1 breast cells before they turn cancerous

Researchers may have found the earliest changes that occur in seemingly healthy breast tissue long before any tumours appear, according to a new study

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March 9, 2021 ~5 min


Professor Ruth Cameron receives Suffrage Science award on the scheme’s tenth anniversary

Professor Ruth Cameron from Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy is one of twelve winners of this year’s Suffrage Science awards. She and

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March 8, 2021 ~5 min

Diphtheria risks becoming ‘major global threat’ again as it evolves resistance to antimicrobials

Diphtheria – a relatively easily-preventable infection – is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could lead to

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March 8, 2021 ~6 min

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