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Tolls saved Britain from pothole hell in the Industrial Revolution. The ‘turnpike’ toll road system deserves far more credit for improving roads in 18th-century England and Wales. The Rokos School of ... The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dati
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Robert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in BBC Reith Lectures
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (525+ words) Cambridge’s Professor of Literature and the Environmental Humanities, Robert Macfarlane, will contribute to BBC Radio 4’s highly prestigious series of public lectures in late 2026. He will argue for the urgent need to re-imagine humanity’s relationship with the living world, in…...
Physicists solve 40-year-old magnetic mystery
2+ week, 4+ day ago (483+ words) Quantum particles turn into a spread-out ‘wisp of fog’ when they cross a mirror-like boundary. A quantum particle that crosses a ‘duality defect’ – a boundary between order and disorder – is never reflected. It always passes through, but it comes out…...
New DNA sequencing method reveals layer of epigenetic information inside our cells
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (15+ words) University of Cambridge...
Road traffic is putting smaller hedgehog populations at risk of collapse
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (157+ words) Road traffic kills almost a third of hedgehogs in some British populations each year, a new study shows, and could be putting smaller populations at risk of collapse and local extinction. A new study involving the University of Cambridge has…...
Cambridge researchers contribute to AI Materials Foundry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (224+ words) Researchers from the University of Cambridge are contributing to the AI Materials Foundry, a global network launched by Cambridge-based start-up CuspAI to accelerate the discovery and design of next-generation materials. The collaboration aims to help address the materials bottleneck that…...
Eye contact helps infants ‘tune in’ to speaker’s brainwaves and learn language
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (725+ words) Infants use eye contact with speakers to work out what to pay attention to and synchronise their brainwaves, helping them learn language, scientists in Cambridge and Singapore have shown. Infants are surrounded by a vast range of stimuli that compete…...
The King officially opens Cambridge’s New Whittle Laboratory
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (405+ words) His Majesty The King was in Cambridge today (20 July) to officially open Cambridge’s New Whittle Laboratory, a £58 million facility designed to be the world’s leading research centre for jet engines and power generation. He met with researchers, government representatives, and…...
Landmark summit at Cambridge’s New Whittle Laboratory aims to reignite Britain’s industrial engine in aerospace, energy and defence
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (257+ words) Frank Whittle Summit – which also marks the official opening of the New Whittle Laboratory – will bring together government, business and tech giants to kickstart innovation missions and potentially add £30 billion in economic value to the UK. Business leaders, senior government…...
Sweeteners shown to slow growth of important gut bacteria in lab tests
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (721+ words) Cambridge researchers have shown how commonly-used sweeteners slow the growth of certain gut bacteria. One sweetener in particular – isosteviol – when combined with the anti-depressant duloxetine significantly impaired two important gut bacteria linked to regulating blood sugar and gut health and…...
Landmark summit at Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory aims to reignite Britain’s industrial engine in aerospace, energy and defence
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (256+ words) Frank Whittle Summit – which also marks the official opening of the New Whittle Laboratory – will bring together government, business and tech giants to kickstart innovation missions and potentially add £30 billion in economic value to the UK. Business leaders, senior government…...