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Genetic ‘paint box’ shuffled between butterfly species to create new…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genetic-paint-box-shuffled-between-butterfly-species-to-create-new-wing-patterns15 Jan 2016: New research on butterfly genomes has revealed that the genetic components that produce different splotches of colour on wings can be mixed up between species
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Support from family and friends important to help prevent depression…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/support-from-family-and-friends-important-to-help-prevent-depression-in-teenagers20 May 2016: Adolescence is a key time in an individual’s development, and is a period where some teenagers begin to show signs of major depression. One of the major risk
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Opinion: More accountability needed in how drugs are priced and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-more-accountability-needed-in-how-drugs-are-priced-and-reimbursed23 May 2016: economic and ethical considerations associated with the public funding of new drugs.
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Opinion: Only by keeping close ties with Europe can UK research…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-only-by-keeping-close-ties-with-europe-can-uk-research-remain-globally-competitive8 Aug 2016: So the uncertainty over the status of non-UK nationals from the EU and European Economic Area is especially disquieting. ... Here is a challenge that the government needs to meet squarely head on if it values national research excellence and its
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Lost in high-dimensional space: Study improves the cure for the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lost-in-high-dimensional-space-study-improves-the-cure-for-the-curse-of-dimensionality13 Oct 2016: Borrowing a technique widely used in biomolecular simulations, called the Multistate Bennett Acceptance Ratio, they developed a method which systematically tests the limits of one particular basin of attraction. ... To test this, the team modelled an
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Opinion: Brexit shock has caused a sterling crash of historic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-brexit-shock-has-caused-a-sterling-crash-of-historic-proportions-heres-just-how-bad-it-is11 Jul 2016: In 1967 the British government decided to devalue sterling after several years of poor economic performance, mirroring the declining role of Britain in the world. ... 30%. The world order had changed after the war and the US had a stronger economic
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Study demonstrates how academia and business can ensure…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-demonstrates-how-academia-and-business-can-ensure-sustainability-of-resources7 Oct 2016: the University of East Anglia, the University of Sheffield and the University of Exeter, and supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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Tiny changes in Parkinson’s protein can have “dramatic” impact on…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tiny-changes-in-parkinsons-protein-can-have-dramatic-impact-on-processes-that-lead-to-the-disease30 Aug 2016: To understand this, the researchers conducted lab tests in which they added each of the five mutated forms of alpha-synuclein, as well as a standard version of the protein, to ... The first round of tests examined the initiation of aggregation, using
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Cambridge to research future computing tech that could “ignite a…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-to-research-future-computing-tech-that-could-ignite-a-technology-field15 Apr 2016: As more economic and cultural activity moves online, the data centres which house the servers needed to handle internet traffic are consuming increasing amounts of energy.
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Opinion: Would gender differences exist if we treated all people the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-would-gender-differences-exist-if-we-treated-all-people-the-same-from-birth22 Nov 2016: This idea was put to the test: after a surgical accident, a one-year old boy was castrated and given a vagina.
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Chicken korma, Eton mess and a genetic variant provide clues to our…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/chicken-korma-eton-mess-and-a-genetic-variant-provide-clues-to-our-food-choices4 Oct 2016: The research has provided insights into why we make particular food choices, with potential implications for our understanding of obesity. This is one of the
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Other birds | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/research-at-cambridge/animal-research/what-types-of-animal-do-we-use/other-birds28 Oct 2016: and food-sharing in jackdaws, to tests of what jays and rooks understand about tools. -
Psychotic disorders in minority groups: the high price of being an…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/psychotic-disorders-in-minority-groups-the-high-price-of-being-an-outsider1 Apr 2016: Both minority groups suffer from deep-seated prejudices and discrimination.”. One possible reason for raised levels of psychotic disorders in minority groups is their lack of economic and social status.
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Opinion: Losing your virginity: how we discovered that genes could…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-losing-your-virginity-how-we-discovered-that-genes-could-play-a-part15 Apr 2016: As far as big life decisions go, choosing when to lose your virginity or the best time start a family are probably right up there for most people. It may seem
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Opinion: More women are running the world, so why aren't more men …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-more-women-are-running-the-world-so-why-arent-more-men-doing-the-dishes23 Sep 2016: Here’s what I found…. Rising employment for women partly reflects macro-economic changes. ... Similar changes have occurred in Zambia. From the mid-1980s, families' economic security worsened due to trade liberalisation, resulting factory closures,
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New imaging technique measures toxicity of proteins associated with…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-imaging-technique-measures-toxicity-of-proteins-associated-with-alzheimers-and-parkinsons23 Nov 2016: Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that makes it possible to study why proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases may go
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Opinion: Droughts and floods: India’s water crises demand more than…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-droughts-and-floods-indias-water-crises-demand-more-than-grand-projects6 Jun 2016: Water is an issue that cuts across all aspects of social and economic life in India.
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Before race mattered: what archives tell us about early encounters in …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/before-race-mattered-what-archives-tell-us-about-early-encounters-in-the-french-colonies16 Nov 2016: Ultimately, ‘racial’ discourses developed partly because the French needed to justify discrimination and segregation towards people who were viewed as a threat to French socio-economic and imperialist ambitions. ... Researchers have shown that this
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Opinion: Scientists find way to predict who is likely to wake up…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-scientists-find-way-to-predict-who-is-likely-to-wake-up-during-surgery22 Jan 2016: Measuring certain kinds of brain activity may help doctors track and predict how patients will react to anaesthesia before going under for surgery, our
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Body-worn cameras associated with increased assaults against police,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/body-worn-cameras-associated-with-increased-assaults-against-police-and-increase-in-use-of-force-if17 May 2016: tests in different kinds of places. ... doing these tests in different kinds of places.
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Diagnosis of cancer as a medical emergency leads to poorer prognosis…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/diagnosis-of-cancer-as-a-medical-emergency-leads-to-poorer-prognosis-for-many-patients11 Oct 2016: For example, based on indirect evidence in one geographical region in the UK, the introduction of faecal occult blood test in the UK is likely to have reduced the proportion of
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Russian art in the limelight: paintings and portraits that tell…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/russian-art-in-the-limelight-paintings-and-portraits-that-tell-remarkable-stories28 Apr 2016: died. While history painting – the depiction of epic scenes of historical, biblical or mythological content – was seen initially by the Academy as the supreme test of an artist’s skill, portraiture
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Maternal obesity and diabetes in pregnancy result in early overgrowth …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/maternal-obesity-and-diabetes-in-pregnancy-result-in-early-overgrowth-of-the-baby-in-the-womb8 Apr 2016: Women are screened for the condition through a blood glucose test at around 8-12 weeks into pregnancy. ... Current guidelines in the UK and the USA recommend that mothers found to be at greatest risk should then be offered a full test at between 24 and
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Sonic hedgehog gene provides evidence that our limbs may have evolved …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sonic-hedgehog-gene-provides-evidence-that-our-limbs-may-have-evolved-from-sharks-gills19 Apr 2016: To test whether the gene functions in the same way in skate embryos, Gillis and his colleagues inhibited Sonic hedgehog at different points during their development.
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Cambridge study named as People’s Choice for Science magazine’s…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-study-named-as-peoples-choice-for-science-magazines-breakthrough-of-the-year-201622 Dec 2016: His work led to the first ever 'test tube baby', Louise Brown.
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Opinion: How LSD helped us probe what the ‘sense of self’ looks like…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-lsd-helped-us-probe-what-the-sense-of-self-looks-like-in-the-brain14 Apr 2016: Every single person is different. We all have different backgrounds, views, values and interests. And yet there is one universal feeling that we all experience
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Opinion: Obama's Nobel-winning vision of 'world without…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-obamas-nobel-winning-vision-of-world-without-nuclear-weapons-is-still-distant27 Oct 2016: In September 2009 he sent Hillary Clinton to the UN’s Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) conference.
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Facebook updates could provide a window to understanding – and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/facebook-updates-could-provide-a-window-to-understanding-and-treating-mental-health-disorders28 Oct 2016: Over a billion people worldwide use Facebook daily – one in seven of the global population – and social media use is increasing at three times the rate of
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Male converts to Islam: landmark report examines conversion…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/male-converts-to-islam-landmark-report-examines-conversion-experience-of-british-muslims3 Feb 2016: The converts were from a diverse range of geographical and socio-economic backgrounds.
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Overweight individuals more likely to make unhealthier choices when…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/overweight-individuals-more-likely-to-make-unhealthier-choices-when-faced-with-real-food14 Apr 2016: The researchers found that when making hypothetical food choices, lean and overweight people showed highly comparable patterns both in terms of their choices
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Does nature make you happy? Crowdsourcing app looks at relationship…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/does-nature-make-you-happy-crowdsourcing-app-looks-at-relationship-between-the-outdoors-and26 Apr 2016: NatureBuzz, which is available to download free on iOS and Android platforms, asks participants three times per day to answer questions about how they feel,
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Hard Brexiter or ardent Remainer? Psychologists aim to find out what…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hard-brexiter-or-ardent-remainer-psychologists-aim-to-find-out-what-drives-our-political-ideologies1 Dec 2016: Now, researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge have launched an online survey looking at the relationship between political
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Lizards camouflage themselves by choosing rocks that best match the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lizards-camouflage-themselves-by-choosing-rocks-that-best-match-the-colour-of-their-backs25 Jan 2016: Marshall and her colleagues used visual modelling to test how conspicuous individual lizards would be to a bird’s eye against the backgrounds they had chosen to sit on.
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From Shakespeare to Austen: King’s College celebrates the Thackeray…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/from-shakespeare-to-austen-kings-college-celebrates-the-thackeray-collection-of-rare-books18 Jun 2016: When King’s College was bequeathed a library of some 4,000 books by George Thackeray, who was its Provost from 1814 to 1850, the gift arrived as a mixed
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Positive teacher-student relationships boost good behaviour in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/positive-teacher-student-relationships-boost-good-behaviour-in-teenagers-for-up-to-four-years9 Aug 2016: A new study has found that having a positive relationship with a teacher around the age of 10-11 years old can markedly influence the development of
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Changes in brain structure during teenage years provide clues to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/changes-in-brain-structure-during-teenage-years-provide-clues-to-onset-of-mental-health-problems25 Jul 2016: In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Cambridge and University College London
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‘Map’ of teenage brain provides strong evidence of link between…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/map-of-teenage-brain-provides-strong-evidence-of-link-between-serious-antisocial-behaviour-and-brain16 Jun 2016: In a study published today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods to look at the brain
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Dead satellite finds a calm centre at the heart of brightest galaxy…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/dead-satellite-finds-a-calm-centre-at-the-heart-of-brightest-galaxy-cluster-in-the-sky6 Jul 2016: Computer models of the expanding Universe use the distribution of cluster masses as an observational test of whether they are correct.
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A BLUEPRINT for blood cells: Cambridge researchers play leading role…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-blueprint-for-blood-cells-cambridge-researchers-play-leading-role-in-major-release-of-epigenetic17 Nov 2016: The studies are part of BLUEPRINT, a large-scale research project bringing together 42 leading European universities, research institutes and industry
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Slow, slow, quick quick, slow: Scientists discover how proteins in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/slow-slow-quick-quick-slow-scientists-discover-how-proteins-in-the-brain-build-up-rapidly-in18 Jul 2016: The ability of biological molecules, such as our DNA, to replicate themselves is the foundation of life. It is a process that usually involves complex cellular
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Unprecedented study of Aboriginal Australians points to one shared…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/unprecedented-study-of-aboriginal-australians-points-to-one-shared-out-of-africa-migration-for21 Sep 2016: The first major genomic study of Aboriginal Australians ever undertaken has confirmed that all present-day non-African populations are descended from the same
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Opinion: Genetics: what it is that makes you clever – and why it’s…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-genetics-what-it-is-that-makes-you-clever-and-why-its-shrouded-in-controversy21 Apr 2016: For nearly 150 years, the concept of intelligence and its study have offered scientific ways of classifying people in terms of their “ability”. The drive to
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Opinion: How to save inbred, short-faced dogs such as pugs and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-to-save-inbred-short-faced-dogs-such-as-pugs-and-bulldogs-from-poor-health2 Aug 2016: Short-faced dogs such as pugs, bulldogs (known as English bulldogs in the US) and French bulldogs are among the cutest pets out there – they’re the very
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Melting of massive ice ‘lid’ resulted in huge release of CO2 at the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/melting-of-massive-ice-lid-resulted-in-huge-release-of-co2-at-the-end-of-the-ice-age4 Jan 2016: We set out to test the idea that a decrease in ocean density resulted in a rise in CO.
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“The best or worst thing to happen to humanity” - Stephen Hawking…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-best-or-worst-thing-to-happen-to-humanity-stephen-hawking-launches-centre-for-the-future-of19 Oct 2016: Speaking at the launch of the £10million Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) in Cambridge, Professor Hawking said the rise of AI would
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Peter Pan and Wendy: how J M Barrie understood and demonstrated key…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/peter-pan-and-wendy-how-j-m-barrie-understood-and-demonstrated-key-aspects-of-cognition3 Aug 2016: In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J M Barrie describes a moment when a young girl, seeking to comfort a tearful Peter, gives him her handkerchief. But he
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Opinion: GM crops already feed much of the world today – why not…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-gm-crops-already-feed-much-of-the-world-today-why-not-tomorrows-generations-too24 May 2016: There have been claims made about the negative health effects and economic costs of GM crops – claims later shown to be unsubstantiated.
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Opinion: Here’s how tweets and check-ins can be used to spot early…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-heres-how-tweets-and-check-ins-can-be-used-to-spot-early-signs-of-gentrification12 Apr 2016: effects, which include economic growth.
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Living with adversity: What Tupac and Eminem can tell us about risk…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/living-with-adversity-what-tupac-and-eminem-can-tell-us-about-risk-factors-for-mental-health12 Apr 2016: Tupac Shakur and Eminem are often touted as two of the greatest rappers of all time. While Tupac, who was shot dead in 1996, is African American and Eminem is
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Opinion: Musical genres are out of date – but this new system…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-musical-genres-are-out-of-date-but-this-new-system-explains-why-you-might-like-both-jazz-and5 Aug 2016: It’s hard to pinpoint the exact time in history when genre labels were used to classify music, but the fact is that over the past century, and certainly still
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