Artificial Pancreas Critical Trial Shows Benefits Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Medicine & Technology Jan 12, 2023

The artificial pancreas cut the time type 2 diabetes patients spent experiencing high glucose levels. Read the article to learn more about this breakthrough device.

Scientists Make Mouse Embryo From Stem Cells, Paving the Way to Mammalian Development Process

Oct 07, 2022

Collaborative work of US and UK universities are paving the way in embryonic stem cells to learn more about mammalian development. Know more about this researcher here. Read now!

Fossilized Ancient Human Feces With Parasites Reveals the Diet of Stonehenge Builders

May 20, 2022

An analysis of the human feces with parasitic worms revealed the type of food that the Stonehenge builders ate. Read on to know the details.

New 'Long COVID' Effects in Memory and Concentration Discovered

Mar 27, 2022

Long COVID cases are commonly overlooked by many specialists and politicians. See more about the unknown effects of long COVID on our cognition.

Persistent Lung Cancer: Personalized Blood Test Could Detect Tumor to Select Best Treatment Options

Mar 18, 2022

Researchers at the University of Cambridge used personalized blood tests to detect patients with a high risk of lung cancer returning. Find out how this would help in cancer treatment.

Toddlers Can Now Be Screened for Autism Through Simple Checklist

Jul 19, 2021

Neuroscientists recently developed a simple questionnaire, also called Q-CHAT, that could detect autism condition as early as toddlerhood.

New Study Reveals Social Inequality “Recorded on the Bones” in Medieval Cambridge

Jan 26, 2021

New research on hundreds of human remains from medieval Cambridge suggests that social inequality was "recorded on its residents' bones."

Researchers Calculate the Fastest Possible Speed of Sound

Oct 11, 2020

Researchers establish that sound waves, theoretically, can travel almost twice as they do on-air at Earth's surface - and determines where this phenomenon is possible

University of Cambridge Commits to Full Divestment in Fossil Fuel Industry

Oct 02, 2020

The University of Cambridge makes a historic break from its investment in the fossil fuel industry in response to the five-year battle of the climate crisis.

Scientists Create a ‘Membrane on a Chip’ to Track Cell Reactions to Viruses

Jul 06, 2020

Scientists recreate human cell membranes onto an electronic chip to measure its behavior with external substances such as viruses and antibiotics. Soon, it will be screening drug candidates for coronavirus.

Geneticists Say Coronavirus Outbreak Started as Early as September Casting Doubts to its Origin

Apr 19, 2020

Scientists from the University of Cambridge suspect that COVID-19 started a month earlier than initially predicted, which has mutated into three different types that have spread across the world.

Scientists Used 3D Glasses in Cuttlefish to Understand Its Eyesight

Jan 12, 2020

It may look silly and amusing but this little experiment involving a cuttlefish and some 3D glasses made way for a deeper understanding of cuttlefish eyesight.

Drones Now Able To Capture Real-time Snaps Of Guatemalan Volcano

Apr 12, 2017

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can now provide live coverage of Volcán de Fuego and Volcán de Pacaya in Guatemala. here

How Early Man Survived at the ‘Roof of the World’—And Found the Secret to Beer Too

Nov 21, 2014

For early man, surviving and conquering niche environments, like that of the Tibetan Plateau of Asia, was a difficult task that required the perfect combination of conditions. Tribes needed to learn how to work together, to traverse harsh terrain, to find/build shelter, and above all they had to learn how to feed themselves year-round. And while the surmounting odds of surviving the domain known as the “Roof of the World” were stacked against them, with extreme altitudes, relentless winds, frigid temperatures and low-oxygen conditions complicating the living conditions they had in their new home, researchers now say that early men were able to conquer this uninhabited ecosystem thanks to a cold-hardy crop used to make beer – barley.