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Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Bursaries help with students’ academic outcomes, wellbeing and university experience, a new from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Faculty of Education has found.

Victoria Honour is a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, who studies magma and emulsions. Emulsions are generally studied for making things like mayonnaise, ice cream, moisturiser or in the petroleum industry for petrol or diesel. But Victoria looks at them to see how molten rock (magma) solidifies when it’s trapped beneath the Earth’s surface. Here, she tells us about her research, camping in Greenland and volcanic eruptions. 

̽»¨Ö±²¥achievements and contributions of individuals from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and its Colleges have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push industry-favourable positions to policymakers and international bodies under the guise of neutral scientific endeavour.

Virtual reality (VR) can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than ‘gold standard’ cognitive tests currently in use, suggests new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who convert to farming work around ten hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a new study suggests, complicating the idea that agriculture represents progress. ̽»¨Ö±²¥research also shows that the adoption of agriculture impacts most on the lives of women.

̽»¨Ö±²¥smallest pixels yet created – a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold – could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays, big enough to cover entire buildings.

New study of FOI documents uncovers provisions that could allow the beverage giant to suppress findings from health science it funds at North American universities. Researchers argue that Coca-Cola’s contracts run counter to their public declarations of openness.

Towards the end of the 1960s, rumours began to spread that nonconformist citizens of the USSR were being diagnosed with mental illnesses and confined to psychiatric hospitals.

Five researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding body.