Celebrating Cambridge as the birthplace of modern football
11 May 2026University, football club and city leaders unite to celebrate Cambridge’s football heritage with new partnerships and a new brand identity.
Cement and faith top innovation competition
08 May 2026A faith-based climate donation platform and a low-carbon cement innovation took the top prizes at the 2026 Cambridge Climate Challenge.
Children in poorer countries face almost sixfold higher risk of dying after emergency surgery
07 May 2026Children who need life‑saving emergency surgery after a serious injury are almost six times more likely to die if in poorer countries than in wealthier ones, according to an international study led by the University of Cambridge.
Doctors favour explaining anxiety to patients as a human evolution ‘success story’
07 May 2026First major RCT on evolutionary psychiatry finds mental health clinicians are far more likely to say describing anxiety as an evolved survival response will help patients, compared to genetic ideas taught in training.
Deaf opera singer welcomes new Cambridge-led cochlear implant trial
06 May 2026Janine Roebuck, a formerly deaf opera singer who regained her hearing thanks to cochlear implants, has described as ‘life changing’ an upcoming Cambridge-led trial in hearing loss.
Can we feed the world without breaking the planet?
06 May 2026The global food system is more productive than ever, but it's pushing natural systems out of balance in the extreme. Can science help farmers produce the food we need in a more sustainable way?
Almost a minute to midnight: Cambridge helps launch open course on nuclear weapons as global tensions rise
05 May 2026The new Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk warns that a new nuclear arms race may be underway, as more countries consider or seek to expand their arsenals.
Unseen Peter Shaffer play revealed at Trinity
01 May 2026A PhD student at Trinity College has unearthed a complete, unpublished play 65 years after Peter Shaffer wrote it - and before he reignited the world of theatre with the acclaimed plays The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Equus, and Amadeus.
Carbon credits have enabled vital protection of tropical forests, despite being oversold tenfold
30 April 2026A major analysis led by the University of Cambridge has found that many REDD+ projects achieved meaningful reductions in forest loss - offering real environmental benefits.
Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in four decades, study finds
30 April 2026Snow cover in the mountains of Greece – an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months – has more than halved over the past four decades, a study has found.
