Cambridge researchers are working to undo a longstanding male bias in health research, to help drive more effective ...

Scientists have discovered that certain species of microbe found in the human gut can absorb PFAS - the toxic and ...

Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett’s oesophagus, a ...

A teenager who has lost family members including her mother because of a rare genetic hereditary illness has become the first ...

Incredible images created by our scientists using advanced microscopes are helping to drive biological discovery ...

An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian woman astronomer whose pioneering work at the University of Cambridge has been uncovered more than 100 years later.

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

The University of Cambridge today conferred honorary degrees on eight distinguished individuals in recognition of their ...

Research finds that appetite for bushmeat – rather than the black market for scales to use in traditional Chinese medicine – may be driving West Africa’s illegal hunting of one of the world’s most ...

After 14 years as Chancellor of the University, Lord Sainsbury of Turville has formally stood down from the role.

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

UK Ambassador to the United States of America Lord Mandelson visited the University of Cambridge to explore its world-leading strengths in ...