Oysters

Scientists supercharge shellfish to tackle vitamin deficiency in humans

20 July 2020

Cambridge scientists have developed a new way to fortify shellfish to tackle human nutrient deficiencies which cause severe health problems across the world. 探花直播team is now working with major seafood manufacturers to further test their microencapsulation technology, or 鈥淰itamin Bullets鈥.聽

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Women in STEM: Dr Jenny Zhang

05 December 2019

Dr Jenny Zhang is a group leader and BBSRC聽David Phillips Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, where she is re-wiring photosynthesis to generate renewable fuels. Here, she tells us about why she switched from cancer research to sustainability, how her Fellowship programme is helping her develop leadership skills, and why eggs in her childhood home would regularly go missing.

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Artificial leaf

鈥楢rtificial leaf鈥 successfully produces clean gas

21 October 2019

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 鈥榓rtificial leaf鈥 that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and which could eventually be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to petrol.

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Expecting

Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study in sheep suggests

22 January 2019

Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep. 探花直播research, led by a team at the 探花直播 of Cambridge, suggests that our cards may be marked even before we are born.

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