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Tree-dwelling mammals survived after asteroid strike destroyed…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tree-dwelling-mammals-survived-after-asteroid-strike-destroyed-forests14 Oct 2021: Analytical approaches like ancestral state reconstruction allow us to establish hypotheses for how groups like birds and mammals made it through this cataclysm, which palaeontologists can then test when additional fossils
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Minor volcanic eruptions could ‘cascade’ into global catastrophe,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/minor-volcanic-eruptions-could-cascade-into-global-catastrophe-experts-warn6 Aug 2021: Pinatubo would have a global economic impact of around US$740 million {£535 million} if it occurred in 2021.). ... Scenario modelling for a magnitude 6 eruption from Mount Rainier predicts potential economic losses of more than US$7 trillion (£5
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Lockdown wellbeing: children who spent more time in nature fared best …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lockdown-wellbeing-children-who-spent-more-time-in-nature-fared-best14 Oct 2021: compared to those whose connection to nature stayed the same or decreased - regardless of their socio-economic status. ... She added: “In reality the contrasting experiences of access to nature between different socio-economic groups may be even
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Four Cambridge researchers recognised in the 2022 Breakthrough Prizes …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/four-cambridge-researchers-recognised-in-the-2022-breakthrough-prizes9 Sep 2021: Professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman, from Cambridge’s Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, have been awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in
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Loan applications processed around midday more likely to be rejected…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/loan-applications-processed-around-midday-more-likely-to-be-rejected5 May 2021: By studying decisions made at a bank, the researchers could calculate the economic cost of decision fatigue in a specific context - the first time this has been done.
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Scientists identify the cause of Alzheimer’s progression in the brain …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-the-cause-of-alzheimers-progression-in-the-brain29 Oct 2021: It’s exciting to see the progress in this field – fifteen years ago, the basic molecular mechanisms were determined for simple systems in a test tube by us and others; but
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Following atoms in real time could lead to better materials design |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/following-atoms-in-real-time-could-lead-to-better-materials-design12 Apr 2021: Using a test sample of oxygen atoms moving on the surface of ruthenium metal, the researchers recorded the spontaneous breaking and formation of oxygen clusters, just a few atoms in size,
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Mathematics explains how giant ‘whirlpools’ form in developing egg…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mathematics-explains-how-giant-whirlpools-form-in-developing-egg-cells13 Jan 2021: Further experimental tests should be able to probe details of the transition between disordered and ordered flows, where there is still much to be understood.”.
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Gentrification changes the personality make-up of cities in just a…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gentrification-changes-the-personality-make-up-of-cities-in-just-a-few-years16 Dec 2021: Data modelling was used to discount socio-economic status at an individual level by incorporating education and self-reported 'social class' into calculations. ... The geographical clustering of personality reinforces existing social and economic
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New result from LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-result-from-lhcb-experiment-challenges-leading-theory-in-physics23 Mar 2021: The resulting precision measurements of matter-antimatter differences and rare decays of particles containing a beauty quark allow sensitive tests of the Standard Model of particle physics.
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Marmoset study identifies brain region linking actions to their…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/marmoset-study-identifies-brain-region-linking-actions-to-their-outcomes24 Jun 2021: A similar effect has been observed in computer-based tests on patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or addiction - when the relationship between an action and an outcome is uncoupled the
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Changes can be detected in BRCA1 breast cells before they turn…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/changes-can-be-detected-in-brca1-breast-cells-before-they-turn-cancerous9 Mar 2021: Although this is early work and larger clinical trials will be needed, the researchers hope to build on their findings and develop a blood test to detect the early changes occurring
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Scientists zero in on the role of volcanoes in the demise of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-zero-in-on-the-role-of-volcanoes-in-the-demise-of-dinosaurs29 Mar 2021: 2. the magmas started out with. Finally, they performed modeling of latest Cretaceous climate to test the impacts of Deccan Traps carbon release on surface temperatures. ... This work brings us closer to understanding the role of magmas in fundamentally
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Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ hint at treatments for neurodegenerative…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lab-grown-mini-brains-hint-at-treatments-for-neurodegenerative-diseases21 Oct 2021: It may also be possible in future to be able to take skin cells from a patient, reprogramme them to grow their ‘mini brain’ and test which unique combination of drugs
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Genomics study identifies routes of transmission of coronavirus in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genomics-study-identifies-routes-of-transmission-of-coronavirus-in-care-homes3 Mar 2021: 57% were admitted with COVID-19, 6% of cases had suspected hospital-acquired infection, and 33% were discharged from hospital within 7 days of a positive test.
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New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-grafting-technique-could-combat-the-disease-threatening-cavendish-bananas22 Dec 2021: This was confirmed through various tests, including the injection of fluorescent dye into the plant roots – from where it was seen to move up the plant and across the graft junction.
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Top UK organisations release annual statistics for use of animals in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/top-uk-organisations-release-annual-statistics-for-use-of-animals-in-research-115 Jul 2021: Guinea pigs have also been used in regulatory research to batch test vaccine potency. ... During these trials, thousands more humans than animals were used to test how effective and safe the vaccines were in people.
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Europe-wide political divide emerging between cities and countryside…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/europe-wide-political-divide-emerging-between-cities-and-countryside-study17 Aug 2021: Mainstream politicians seeking to re-engage residents of small towns and villages must provide economic opportunities, but they also need to address feelings of disconnection from mainstream politics and the changes
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‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/vegan-spider-silk-provides-sustainable-alternative-to-single-use-plastics10 Jun 2021: The researchers used soy protein isolate (SPI) as their test plant protein, since it is readily available as a by-product of soybean oil production.
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The Kennel Club Genetics Centre to re-open as part of the University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-kennel-club-genetics-centre-to-re-open-as-part-of-the-university-of-cambridge23 Mar 2021: The new centre will continue to be led by Dr Cathryn Mellersh, and will resume its mission to develop DNA tests and breeding tools for some of the most common and ... Researchers at the centre developed 25 different DNA tests for canine inherited
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