Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal ...

Metformin, a widely used and affordable diabetes drug, could prevent a form of acute myeloid leukaemia in people at high risk ...

The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring days. With standing-room-only talks, packed-out ...