Rare genetic disease may protect Ashkenazi Jews against TB
6 February 2023
Scientists may have solved the question of why Ashkenazi Jews are significantly more susceptible to a rare genetic disorder known as Gaucher disease – and the answer may help settle the debate about whether they are less susceptible to tuberculosis (TB).
New form of ice is like a snapshot of liquid water
2 February 2023
A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other and may hold the key to understanding this most famous of liquids.
Researchers devise a new path toward ‘quantum light’
2 February 2023
Researchers have theorised a new mechanism to generate high-energy ‘quantum light’, which could be used to investigate new properties of matter at the atomic scale.
© 2023 University of Cambridge
