Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
today ~5 min

Prioritise vaccine boosters for vulnerable immunocompromised patients, say scientists

Vaccinations alone may not be enough to protect people with compromised immune systems from infection, even if the vaccine has generated the production of

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yesterday ~5 min


Map of brain’s appetite centre could enable new treatments for obesity and diabetes

Scientists have created the most detailed map to date of the human hypothalamus, a crucial brain region that regulates body weight, appetite, sleep, and stress.

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Feb. 5, 2025 ~5 min

Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production

Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and

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Feb. 3, 2025 ~4 min

Electricity prices across Europe to stabilise if 2030 targets for renewable energy are met, study suggests

National targets for solar and wind power will see reliance on natural gas plummet, reducing electricity price volatility across Europe, with major

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Feb. 3, 2025 ~6 min

Young adults generally more active after starting work, but sleep less – unless working from home

When young adults start working, the amount of daily physical activity they do increases sharply, only to fall away again over the new few years, while the

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Jan. 28, 2025 ~6 min

Botanic Gardens must team up to save wild plants from extinction

The world’s botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting,

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Jan. 27, 2025 ~7 min

Cambridge researchers developing brain implants for treating Parkinson’s disease

Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.

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Jan. 23, 2025 ~4 min


Autistic perspectives sought for new study on comics and inclusion

Autistic people in the UK are being invited to participate in a University of Cambridge-led project exploring the uniquely powerful connection between autism

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Jan. 23, 2025 ~6 min

£10 million programme to use AI and state-of-the-art analytics to fight cancer

Cambridge researchers are to lead a £10million project that could result in doctors being able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer

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Jan. 22, 2025 ~5 min

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