A new study led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has revealed that as our springs and summers get hotter and drier, the UK wildfire season is being stretched and intensified.
Researchers call on the international community to recognise and start tackling the ‘biodiversity leak’.
From helping to inoculate the public against misinformation to tackling air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities, researchers from across the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge were honoured at the Cambridge Awards on 3 February.
̽»¨Ö±²¥world’s botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting, say researchers.
A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae, E.coli and other bugs - and it may be altered by changing your diet.
Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans – including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and tuberculosis.
A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia.Â
An MRI-based imaging technique developed at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working, in patient-derived cell models.
̽»¨Ö±²¥controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.
Scientists say the findings might shed light on the link between loneliness and mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, which are on the rise in young people.
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