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30 Jun 2016: funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

11 Jan 2016: Trusts to facilitate equitable benefit sharing within local communities and promote long-term economic sustainability should be created;.

19 Feb 2016: In the 100 years since it was published, general relativity has passed every test that has been thrown at it, but one of its limitations is the existence of singularities.

12 Oct 2016: Initially funded by Cambridge’s Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account, the Whistle is now funded by the European Union as part of ‘ChainReact’, a multi-partner programme to

29 Mar 2016: Pregnant mothers – particular older mothers, whose offspring are at greatest risk of developing such disorders – are offered tests to predict the likelihood of genetic abnormalities. ... Between the 11th and 14th weeks of pregnancy, mothers may be

16 Feb 2016: Spinal cord injury is, in many respects, a testosterone disease, says Professor James Fawcett. What he means by this is that four out of five spinal cord

30 Sep 2016: Patrick’s policy internship at CSaP is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council Cambridge Doctoral Training Centre.

19 Apr 2016: Reports in both the media and from governments have suggested that the world is facing a dementia ‘tsunami’ of ever-increasing numbers, particularly as

19 Sep 2016: To verify the findings, additional tests were then carried out on samples taken from the brains of rats. ... At this stage we can only really speculate about the wider implications of these findings and more research is needed to test some of those ideas,

31 Oct 2016: Carrie Allison. A team of psychologists at the University of Cambridge has conducted a social psychology experiment to test the theory that an individual’s level of empathy influences their behaviour.

13 May 2016: A study of tropical butterflies has added to growing evidence that natural selection reduces species’ diversity by moulding parts of their genetic structure,

1 Jul 2016: It has been an emotional month for many in the UK. After the sadness and anger that followed the tragic murder of MP Jo Cox, many people now feel fearful and

17 Feb 2016: Restless, disordered, uncertain, impulsive, emotional – the teenage brain can be a confused fury of neural firings and misfirings. For most 14- to 24-year-olds

16 Feb 2016: Another study looked at how women’s spending habits would change during an economic recession.

12 Feb 2016: The drug, which is an approved anti-cancer treatment, has been shown to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, both in a test tube and in nematode worms. ... Using a test developed by study co-author Professor Tuomas Knowles, also from the Department

28 Oct 2016: These are essentially like miniature organs, which enable the researchers to study how these organs – for example, the liver – grow and to test possible drug candidates.

6 Sep 2016: These patients also sought out risks more, and showed a preference for novelty on lab tests.

29 Jan 2016: Researchers have successfully demonstrated how it is possible to interface graphene – a two-dimensional form of carbon – with neurons, or nerve cells, while

25 Feb 2016: Once you’re abstinent, the compulsivity or habits also improve. Now that we have this test we can start to cut across other addictions – is there an underlying neural process shared

12 Jan 2016: A second study from the team suggests that a drug used to treat paracetamol overdose may be able to help individuals who want to break their addiction and stop