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When she’s not making atomic-scale changes to create super-efficient light bulbs and cut carbon emissions, Professor Rachel Oliver has her sights set on helping to level-up equality and diversity in science. We speak to her on International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February).

COVID-19 has exposed a lack of preparedness for biological hazards – both in the UK and globally. Luke Kemp from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk discusses findings from a series of ‘horizon scans’ he led to help identify future biosecurity risks.

Since the start of October, a dedicated team drawn from across the ̽��ֱ�� and its Colleges has been running an innovate programme to screen its students for COVID-19. Getting it up and running in time may have been a Herculean task, but its success has been remarkable.

Nature is a “blind spot” in economics that can no longer be ignored by the accounting systems that dictate national finances, according to a major global review by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta.

Life in medieval Cambridge was toughest for the ordinary workers, according to a study of the “skeletal trauma” found on remains from three different cemeteries.

As the pandemic crisis has played out across the world, different governments have taken different approaches to controlling the spread of virus and supporting citizens – with different outcomes. Can we start to draw conclusions on how best to govern future catastrophic risks?

Treating those most severely affected by COVID-19 has necessarily taken priority during the pandemic. But could long COVID be the next wave of the crisis?

They transport us, educate us, and inspire us but when was the last time you used a map? Explore the world of maps on the Cambridge Digital Library. 

Dr Alex Pryce is the Course Director for the ̽��ֱ��’s new Foundation Year, which offers a pathway to higher education for disadvantaged students. She explains why increasing access can only be a good thing. 

̽��ֱ�� ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge has been awarded £3m from the AHRC's Capability for Collections Fund to invest in equipment and refurbishment that will enable researchers from across the UK and worldwide to undertake new research into its heritage collections.