Gut microbes could protect us from toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Scientists have discovered that certain species of microbe found in the human gut can absorb PFAS - the toxic and long-lasting ‘forever chemicals.’ They say

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 1, 2025 ~5 min

Patient with debilitating inherited condition receives new approved treatment on the NHS in Europe first

A teenager who has lost family members including her mother because of a rare genetic hereditary illness has become the first patient in the UK and Europe to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 27, 2025 ~6 min


Patient with debilitating inherited condition receives new approved treatment on the NHS in Europe first

A teenager who has lost family members including her mother because of a rare genetic hereditary illness has become the first patient in the UK and Europe to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 27, 2025 ~6 min

AI art protection tools still leave creators at risk, researchers say

Artists urgently need stronger defences to protect their work from being used to train AI models without their consent.  

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 24, 2025 ~6 min

Rubin Observatory reveals first images

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a new scientific facility that will bring the night sky to life like never before using the largest camera ever built, has

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 23, 2025 ~4 min

Cosmic signal from the very early universe will help astronomers detect the first stars

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 20, 2025 ~5 min

Placenta and hormone levels in the womb may have been key driver in human evolution

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 20, 2025 ~6 min

Learning to thrive in diverse African habitats allowed early humans to spread across the world

Before the ‘Out of Africa’ migration that led our ancestors into Eurasia and beyond, human populations learned to adapt to new and challenging habitats

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 18, 2025 ~5 min


Cambridge researchers awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council

Eleven senior researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council – the highest number of grants

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 17, 2025 ~6 min

Evolution made us cheats, now free-riders run the world and we need to change, new book warns

To save democracy and solve the world's biggest challenges, we need to get better at spotting and exposing people who exploit human cooperation for personal

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 17, 2025 ~6 min

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