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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the fourth-oldest surviving university in the world.
Researchers have found a way to create much stronger interactions between photons and electrons, in the process producing a hundredfold increase in the emission of light from a phenomenon called Smith-Purcell radiation. Credits:Courtesy of the researchers

A new path toward ‘quantum light’

University of Cambridge
Categories Physics & Mathematics
Graphic showing how microlensing was used to measure the mass of a white dwarf star.

Astronomers observe light bending around an isolated white dwarf

University of Cambridge
Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space
Low-cost blood pressure lowering drugs, statins and aspirin widely in the form of a single pill, also known as the polypill

Combined steroid and statin treatment could reduce ‘accelerated ageing’ in preterm babies

University of Cambridge
Categories Health
The brainwaves experiment set-up in the Adaptive Brain Lab, led by Prof Zoe Kourtzi, in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology.

Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults

University of Cambridge
Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology
Man in hat smokes a cigar

Interfering in big decisions friends and family take could violate a crucial moral right

University of Cambridge
Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
Illustration of DNA molecules Credit: KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images

DNA sequencing method lifts ‘veil’ from genome black box

University of Cambridge
Categories Health, Technology
Steel mesh

We need to talk about steel

University of Cambridge
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
Chemical plant drone view Credit: yorkfoto via Getty Images

Researchers unravel the complex reaction pathways in zero carbon fuel synthesis

University of Cambridge
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology
Doctor examining a patient Credit: Natalia Gdovskaia via Getty Images

Gone fishing: highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as ‘bait’

University of Cambridge
Categories Health
Map of Antarctica highlighting the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas

Runaway West Antarctic ice retreat can be slowed by climate-driven changes in ocean temperature

University of Cambridge
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
Solar-powered reactor for converting plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels Credit: Reisner Lab

Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

University of Cambridge
Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology
ALMA image of the protoplanetary disc around HL Tauri Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Astronomers use ‘little hurricanes’ to weigh and date planets around young stars

University of Cambridge
Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space
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