Jason Arday/Image: St Mary’s University The University of Cambridge is reviewing the way it appoints senior academics after the resignation of Professor Jason Arday, whose career and academic record have come under intense scrutiny.Arday, who made history as Cambridge’s youngest Black professor when he was appointed in 2023, resigned from his position with immediate effect…

In 2001, Denmark began restoring 19 km of the straightened River Skjern by turning it into 26 km of winding river. Researchers later found that some of the habitats lost during decades of river engineering could take centuries to return. The large civil engineering project along the lower River Skjern in West Jutland aimed to…

Indian-origin writer and British Future founder Sunder Katwala has been appointed to the board of the National Lottery Community Fund, one of the UK’s major organisations responsible for distributing grants to community groups and charities.Katwala, 52, began the four-year appointment this week. He will work with chair Dame Julia Cleverdon and other board members on…

Japanese scientists may have found a crucial missing piece in the puzzle of hair loss. It looks as though the prayers of people struggling with thinning hair are finally being answered. Scientists at Japan’s RIKEN Institute and the Tokyo-based OrganTech have discovered a previously unknown ‘third cell’ that can fully reconstruct hair follicles, potentially clearing…