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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.
While trees have long been seen as nature's air conditioners for overheating cities, groundbreaking research reveals a more nuanced reality: their cooling…
Dec 10, 2024
A comprehensive 25-year study reveals that 32% of Chicago residents have carried a concealed handgun on city streets before reaching age 40, with stark differences between gender and racial demographics.
Dec 5, 2024
Physicists have developed a new computational method suggesting that several mysterious particle states discovered over the past 20 years might actually be…
Nov 20, 2024
People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and northeast England are significantly better at detecting fake versions of their accents compared to those from London and Essex, according to new research from the University of Cambridge.
Nov 20, 2024
Summary: New research from Cambridge University reveals stark differences in how different voters perceive threats to American values and prosperity.
Nov 11, 2024
Summary: A new study reveals that an accelerated form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targeting two brain regions simultaneously can effectively treat depression in just five days.
Oct 31, 2024
Summary: Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that methazolamide, a drug commonly used to treat glaucoma, may help prevent the build-up of tau protein in the brain - a key factor in various forms of dementia including Alzheimer's disease.
Oct 31, 2024
A majority of British adults expect global research universities to lead the way in developing innovations to combat climate change, according to a recent survey.
Oct 21, 2024
Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth.
Oct 11, 2024
The ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to five years and risks creating a lost generation of permanently traumatised Palestinian youth, a new study warns.
Sep 25, 2024
Summary: Physicists at the University of Cambridge have created a two-dimensional Bose glass, a novel phase of matter that defies conventional statistical mechanics and could have implications for quantum computing.
Sep 11, 2024
A new study from the University of Cambridge reveals that a common probiotic bacteria found in the maternal gut during pregnancy could play a crucial role in fetal brain development.
Aug 21, 2024
A new economic model focused on sustainable use of the Amazon's resources and supporting indigenous communities could transform conservation efforts while improving local livelihoods.
Aug 6, 2024
A new study, published today in Nature Communications and involving nearly the whole adult population of England, has found that the incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination than before or without vaccination.
Jul 31, 2024
