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...
Racism and socioeconomic stress may alter pregnancy biology, leaving black women nearly three times more likely to die
28 Apr 2026A University of Cambridge study has found that stresses such as systemic racism and socioeconomic disadvantage may sensitise key processes in the...
Deep-ocean heat has been marching closer to Antarctica, study reveals
28 Apr 2026A decades-long study of oceanographic data provides the first evidence that deep-ocean heat has moved closer to Antarctica, threatening the fragile...
Cambridge academics elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
27 Apr 2026Five academics from the University of Cambridge have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Malaria shaped the distribution of early humans across Africa
22 Apr 2026A new study suggests that malaria influenced where early humans lived in sub-Saharan Africa between around 74,000 and 5,000 years ago, fragmenting...
Damage to brain’s white matter may play key role in neurodegenerative disease, and could be target for future treatments
22 Apr 2026Damage to white matter in the brain can trigger features associated with neurodegenerative disease, Cambridge researchers have discovered in a new...
Scientists find a new way coronaviruses can get into human cells
22 Apr 2026An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells.
Professor Simon Conway Morris receives 2026 Templeton Prize
21 Apr 2026Professor Simon Conway Morris, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Paleobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences and Fellow of St John’s College...
50,000 join Cambridge Festival for ideas, debate and discovery
09 Apr 2026Cambridge turned curious, noisy and gloriously hands on this spring as the Cambridge Festival wrapped its 2026 edition with a surge of public energy...
What's killing our bees – and how they fight back
08 Apr 2026Professor Mark Brown has devoted decades to defending pollinators from disease, pesticides and parasites.
Cambridge appoints Pascal Levensohn as Chair of its Innovation Hub Global Advisory Board
07 Apr 2026The announcement was made by the Vice‑Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, during a visit to Station F in Paris.
Cambridge's University's new pop-up planetarium will take school children to the stars for free
07 Apr 2026New immersive experience will help University astronomers inspire next generation of scientists.