When light is confined to a really tiny space, it starts exerting a physical force on the object it’s directed at. This weird property is the basis of a microscope technology called ‘optical tweezers’ ...

A teenager who has lost family members including her mother because of a rare genetic hereditary illness has become the first patient in the UK and Europe to have a new treatment developed by ...

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

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

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

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

Artists urgently need stronger defences to protect their work from being used to train AI models without their consent.

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

Dr Tom Worthington works on the restoration and conservation of coastal ecosystems. The data he provides sits at the heart of ...

The Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the US National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has released its first imagery, showing cosmic phenomena at an ...

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s ...