New journal to publish discoveries in biophysics
(Cambridge University Press) A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press -- QRB Discovery -- will provide an outlet for exciting new discoveries in the burgeoning field of biophysics. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 18, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Children with ADHD more likely to receive medication if they live in poorer areas
(Cambridge University Press) Children with ADHD from the poorest areas are significantly more likely to receive medication as children with ADHD from the most affluent areas, according to the first UK study of its kind. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers launches ‘STM 2020 Research Data Year’
To accelerate the implementation of research data solutions, The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has launched the ‘STM 2020 Research Data Year’ – a dedicated action plan to increase the number of journals with data policies, expand the number of journals depositing data links and grow the volume of citations to datasets. In any field of study, the sharing of data is one of the most fundamental aspects of maintaining the integrity of research. The availability of research data plays a vital role in ensuring reproducibility and the ongoing development of Open...
Source: News from STM - January 22, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Latest Source Type: news

Hope for OCD sufferers as study finds smearing faeces on a FAKE hand can help them overcome fears 
OCD sufferers may be terrified of germs, causing them to excessively wash. Researchers led by Cambridge University used the 'rubber hand illusion' to reduce the anxiety around exposure therapy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Breast cancer breakthrough as Cambridge University scientists identify 350 DNA 'errors'
A study of 200,000 patients by the prestigious university in England identified 352 genetic mutations which influence whether a person develops the killer disease. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Microscopic devices made of 'DNA origami' make antibiotics work better, Cambridge University find
The microscopic devices are crafted from intricately folded strands of DNA that force drugs into contact with bacteria. University of Cambridge researchers found they slowed growth of E.coli. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Smits wins Batchelor Prize
(Cambridge University Press) 2020 Batchelor Prize awarded to Alexander J Smits of Princeton University (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 10, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Former Miss World finalist, 30, graduates from Cambridge University with a Master's degree 
Carina Tyrrell, 30, who achieved fourth place in Miss World pageant in 2014, has received an MPhil in public health from Cambridge University, and will return to Miss World as a judge next year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Students accuse Cambridge university of 'greenwashing' ties with oil firms
Activists call Cambridge Zero initiative a ‘PR stunt to divert attention from links to fossil fuel industry’Student activists at Cambridge have accused the university of attempting to greenwash its relationship with oil and gas firms by stealing their group ’s name for a project led by an academic linked to the fossil fuel industry.Cambridge University is to launch its Cambridge Zero initiative at an event in London next week.The project ’s website, which is already live, touts it as a “bold response to the world’s greatest challenge”.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 23, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Damien Gayle and Anugraha Sundaravelu Tags: University of Cambridge Fossil fuels Fossil fuel divestment Environment Education Higher education Energy Greenhouse gas emissions Climate change Science Activism UK news Geoengineering Source Type: news

Switching to 'green' inhalers could reduce carbon footprint by 37-fold
The NHS is being urged to replace metered-dose inhalers after Cambridge University researchers found they had a carbon footprint 37 times that of dry powdered ones. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Here Are All the 2019 Nobel Prize Winners
The 2019 Nobel Prize announcements are underway this week, with the first prize, in the category of physiology or medicine, going to a trio of scientists for their work on cells’ ability to sense and react to oxygen availability. The Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry and literature have been announced and the prizes in peace and economic sciences will follow over the next few days. The awards are a recognition of work that advances each of the respective fields. Nobel winners are given a medal, a certificate and a cash award of about $900,000 (when multiple people win a single Nobel, they typically split the cash awa...
Source: TIME: Science - October 7, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Alex Fitzpatrick Tags: Uncategorized nobels onetime Research Success19 Source Type: news

Type 2 diabetes drug could offer hope for multiple sclerosis after a study on rats
Scientists from Cambridge University gave rats the blood-sugar lowering medication metformin for three months. They then stripped myelin from some of the nerves in the animals' brain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity ’s Ancestor, on a Computer
By comparing fossils and CT scans, researchers say they have reconstructed the skull of the last common forebear of modern humans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carl Zimmer Tags: Paleontology Skull (Body Part) Fossils Neanderthal Man Evolution (Biology) Cambridge University Harvati, Katerina Africa Lahr, Marta Mirazon (1965- ) Mounier, Aurelien Nature (Journal) your-feed-science Source Type: news

Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity ’s Ancestor — on a Computer
By comparing fossils and CT scans, researchers say they have reconstructed the skull of the last common forebear of modern humans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carl Zimmer Tags: your-feed-science Paleontology Skull (Body Part) Fossils Neanderthal Man Evolution (Biology) Cambridge University Harvati, Katerina Africa Aurelien Mounier Marta Mirazon Lahr Nature (Journal) Source Type: news

Blood test is '100 times more sensitive at picking up on tumours in early-stage breast cancer'
Scientists from Cambridge University developed a tool that detects 'tumour DNA' in individual patients. It identified genetic mutations that were specific to 33 breast-cancer sufferers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news