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Improving access to global healthcare
Christopher Slaughter grew up surrounded by academia as his mother completed her PhD. He saw how dedicated she was to her studies and serving her community and he plans to […]
Scholar wins awards for social impact
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Social Impact Award for her work on climate change action. Madeleine Hahne [2020], who is doing a PhD in Geography onhow […]
Brain cells are starved of energy when autophagy malfunctions, new study finds
Neurodegeneration in brain cells may be happening when the natural cellular cleaning process malfunctions due to falling levels of a niacin-related coenzyme and leaves cells starved of energy, new research […]
Evolution of two contagious cancers affecting Tasmanian devils underlines unpredictability of disease threat
Scientists, including Gates Cambridge Scholar Maximilian Stammnitz [2016], have traced the family trees of two transmissible cancers that affect Tasmanian devils and have pinpointed mutations which may drive growth of deadly […]
Lethal heatwaves threaten India’s sustainable development
Climate change-induced heatwaves in 2022 left almost 90 percent of Indians more vulnerable to public health issues, shortages of food staples and increased risks of death, according to a new […]
The green potential of supramolecular cages
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Sabrina Hu [2023] experienced and saw first hand the destructive impacts of climate change as hurricanes increased in both frequency and severity over the last […]
Gates Cambridge Class of 2023 announced
The Gates Cambridge Class of 2023 made up of 77 outstanding new scholars has been officially announced. The Gates Cambridge scholarship programme is the University of Cambridge’s flagship international postgraduate […]
From alpine skier to rowing champion
Jenna Armstrong is feeling a mixture of pure joy and relief. She is one of this year’s winning Cambridge women’s rowing team. The elation follows months of gruelling training every […]
Pushing the boundaries of bioprinting
“Can we print a functional intestine?” That was Josh Weygant’s first question when he saw how living cells were printed with a 3D printer. It was perhaps an oddly specific […]
Gates Cambridge collaboration leads to re-interpretation of ancient text
Two Gates Cambridge Scholars have joined forces to correct a mistake that has persisted in classical scholarship for over 400 years. Daniel Hanigan [2019] and Grant Kynaston [2019] have just […]
