Cambridge researcher awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy
6 June 2025
Professor George Efstathiou has been awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy, one of the biggest prizes in the field.
Cambridge celebrates historic Varsity Athletics competition and World Athletics recognition
5 June 2025
The world’s oldest athletics competition — the annual contest between Cambridge and Oxford — reached a landmark celebration this year, commemorating 150 years of men's competition, 50 years of women's competition, and the second year of the para-athletics Varsity.
‘AI scientist’ suggests combinations of widely available non-cancer drugs can kill cancer cells
4 June 2025
An ‘AI scientist’, working in collaboration with human scientists, has found that combinations of cheap and safe drugs – used to treat conditions such as high cholesterol and alcohol dependence – could also be effective at treating cancer, a promising new approach to drug discovery.