Tag: University of Cambridge
Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, have discovered that male butterflies have genes which give them...
Wine before beer, or beer before wine?
How do you order your drinks? Beer before wine or wine before beer?
Well, it really does not matter if you drink too much. You will...
Magnetic graphene switches between insulator and conductor
Magnetic graphene, or iron trithiohypophosphate (FePS3), is from a group of materials known as van der Waals materials and was first integrated during the...
Slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight
More than six out of ten grown-ups in the UK are overweight, and one of every four adults is obese. By age five, just...
Heart disease risk begins in the womb, study
Heart disease is the leading cause of death today, killing 17.7 million people a year. Our genes also interact with traditional lifestyle risk factors, such as...
Brain training game improves users’ concentration, study
Brain-training apps are being used by tens of millions of people worldwide. Studies have found that brain-training games improve the "executive functions, working memory,...
Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by Planet Nine, study
Some of the strangest orbits of some objects have reached our solar system. According to astronomers, these mysterious orbits are to be formed by a...
Most comprehensive way yet to predict breast cancer risk
Cambridge scientists have come up with a comprehensive method to predict a woman’s risk of breast cancer. They combined information on family history and other...
‘Treasure trove’ of dinosaur footprints found in southern England
In the course of 160 years, there have been sporadic reports of fossilized dinosaur impressions along the Sussex coast however no new real revelations...
