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Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen J Toope has joined other Cambridge researchers in supporting a new campaign to ask EU leaders to place science collaboration before politics. This comes as the UK’s and Switzerland's participation in the EU's world-leading research and innovation programme Horizon Europe is yet to be finalised.

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 livestock, which has traditionally been blamed for its emergence.

̽»¨Ö±²¥largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede – as big as a car – has been found on a beach in the north of England.

More than 900 talented sixth formers studying maths and science at state schools across the UK will next month join the ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s new STEM SMART widening participation pilot, launched to help bridge attainment gaps, mitigate COVID-19 disruption, and strengthen university applications.

Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New interactive tool helps people make decisions on COVID-19.

Mathematical model could help in physical therapy and shed light on learning more generally. 

Rising resistance to antibiotics is a worrying prospect, but a success story happening across the farms of the UK gives hope that something can be done.

What will it take to make the high-stakes United Nations climate summit a success? We spoke with some of our researchers and asked them what they want to see at COP26, what some of the biggest challenges are in getting to zero carbon, and what gives them hope.

Humanity is facing two existential threats. ̽»¨Ö±²¥first: uncontrolled CO2 emissions irreversibly changing the climate. ̽»¨Ö±²¥second: a hostile artificial intelligence (AI) becoming the dominant form of intelligence on Earth. But while the situation may appear bleak, this two-pronged crisis also presents an opportunity.

Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has become only the second woman to be awarded the Royal Society’s prestigious Copley Medal, the world’s oldest scientific prize.