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First Study of Its Kind Links Moms’ Problems to Adolescent Attachment

Mothers’ Own Experiences with Caregivers May Be Important Driver Within This Relationship

Watching Lithium In Real Time Could Improve Performance Of EV Battery Materials

Researchers have found that the irregular movement of lithium ions in next-generation battery materials could be reducing their capacity and hindering their performance.

Power of the Pulpit: Uh Study Suggests Lower Mortality Rates for Men 50+ Who Attend Religious Services

Faith-based communities have long provided members with life enhancing benefits. Beyond offering messages of hope, churches and other spiritual institutions offer members many support services that enrich lives and strengthen family bonds.

Texas A&M AgriLife Designs System To Create Bioplastics

The new method could be used to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce reliance on nondegradable plastics.

Small-Scale Octopus Fisheries Can Provide Sustainable Source Of Vital Nutrients For Tropical Coastal Communities

Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics - where children’s growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients – can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus fisheries, say researchers.

Solar-Powered System Converts Plastic And Greenhouse Gases Into Sustainable Fuels

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun.

Just Like Humans, More Intelligent Jays Have Greater Self-Control

A study has found that Eurasian jays can pass a version of the ‘marshmallow test’ – and those with the greatest self-control also score the highest on intelligence tests.

New Approach To ‘Cosmic Magnet’ Manufacturing Could Reduce Reliance On Rare Earths In Low-Carbon Technologies

Researchers have discovered a potential new method for making the high-performance magnets used in wind turbines and electric cars without the need for rare earth elements, which are almost exclusively sourced in China.

Exceptional Scientists Elected As Fellows Of The Royal Society 2023

Seven outstanding Cambridge researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.

Dust Plumes Observed Being ‘Pushed’ Into Interstellar Space By Intense Starlight

Astronomers have observed directly for the first time how intense light from stars can ‘push’ matter. Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Sydney made the observation when tracking a giant plume of dust generated by the violent interactions between two massive stars.

Aggie Entomologists Show How Ant Colonies Adapt To Urbanization

A group of Texas A&M researchers has identified behavioral and physiological changes in ants disturbed by development and urban sprawl.

New Catalyst Offers a More Affordable Way to Produce Hydrogen from Seawater

Researchers Discover a Single Catalyst Capable of Splitting Both Freshwater and Seawater at Low Voltage

Cambridge-Led Consortium Receives $35m To Boost Crop Production Sustainably In Sub-Saharan Africa

A Cambridge-led consortium has received US$35m (£28m) over five years to develop sustainable solutions to increasing the yields of small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, without the need for costly and polluting inorganic fertilisers.

Tuning Into Brainwave Rhythms Speeds Up Learning In Adults

The first study to show that delivering information at the natural tempo of our neural pulses accelerates our ability to learn.

Unlocking Hidden Connections Between Cell Death And Inflammation

New research sheds light on how a genetic mutation affecting mitochondria influences chronic inflammatory disorders and immune responses.

Astronomers Observe Light Bending Around An Isolated White Dwarf

Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a dead star using an effect known as gravitational microlensing, first predicted by Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity, and first observed by two Cambridge astronomers 100 years ago.

Researchers Devise A New Path Toward ‘Quantum Light’

Researchers have theorised a new mechanism to generate high-energy ‘quantum light’, which could be used to investigate new properties of matter at the atomic scale.

Combined Steroid And Statin Treatment Could Reduce ‘Accelerated Ageing’ In Preterm Babies, Study In Rats Suggests

Potentially life-saving steroids commonly given to preterm babies also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular problems, but a new study in rats has found that if given in conjunction with statins, their positive effects remain while the potential negative side-effects are ‘weeded out’.

New Form Of Ice Is Like A Snapshot Of Liquid Water

A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other and may hold the key to understanding this most famous of liquids.