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25 Mar 2020: Above all, an economic downturn leading to sustained loss of income means people’s mental and physical health will deteriorate. ... She is heading research in the fields of public policy economics, technology, industrial strategy and global inequality.

16 Sep 2020: that economics now favours renewable energy in most countries, meaning there is a sizable.

1 Dec 2020: Another societal factor influencing reproductive choices was the rise of the British professional middle classes in the late 19th century,” says Szreter. ... A population with lots of old people and not enough working-age people creates economic

27 Jul 2020: Timothy Whitmarsh. They are among 86 distinguished scholars to be elected to the fellowship in recognition of their work in the fields of law, economics, Middle Eastern studies, geography, history of ... Professor Giancarlo Corsetti (Faculty of Economics;

29 Jan 2020: In fact, researchers found that across the planet – from Europe to Africa, as well as Asia, Australasia, both Americas and the Middle East – the share of individuals who say they are ... Dr Roberto Foa. The research team found that shifts in

16 Jan 2020: Thailand uses a staggering amount of single-use plastics every day, but its waste management system lags far behind its economic advances,” she explains. ... It’s mottainai,” says anthropologist Dr Brigitte Steger, from the Faculty of Asian and

21 Jul 2020: Search. Search. Socio-economic status predicts UK boys’ development of essential thinking skills. ... The participants completed computer-based thinking games to test their executive functions, and various mathematical tests to assess numeracy.

11 Sep 2020: In many ways the consideration of health and economics form the two extremes of a risk assessment of how to manage the outbreak and minimise the impact. ... WHAT NEXT? We are now right in the middle of watching the development of new vaccines in real time

5 Oct 2020: These awards celebrate research that best demonstrates social, cultural and economic impact through engagement. ... the potential to create significant economic, social and cultural impact from and engagement with and for research.

15 Apr 2020: in economic development. ... Kumar, who worked as a software engineer at Uber for three years before doing his master's in Cambridge, is in the middle of medical training in the US where he

7 Sep 2020: The research uses the “Big Five” personality model, standard in social psychology, with simple online tests providing high-to-low scores for five fundamental personality traits of millions of Americans. ... Over hundreds of thousands of people, such

22 May 2020: Today in rich and middle income countries most deaths occur amongst the elderly, while deaths in infancy and childhood are increasingly rare. ... Credit:The improvement in life expectancy. Despite ongoing urbanisation overall life expectancies began to

30 Jul 2020: order to help identify priority cases with suspected cancer who need further tests urgently. ... The researchers are currently putting the Cytosponge test through an economic evaluation and hope that it will be rolled out within GP practices within three

11 Jun 2020: Understanding these processes holds potential to reveal the causes of human birth defects and diseases, and to develop tests for these in pregnant women. ... A growing human gastruloid at 24 hours (left), 48 hours (middle) and 72 hours (right).

28 May 2020: There is an almost total lack of necessary health infrastructure in low and middle-income countries. ... A new rapid COVID-19 test came from a Cambridge spinout. Colleagues in the Department of Engineering have been working to improve access to

21 Apr 2020: Search. Search. Women bear brunt of coronavirus economic shutdown in UK and US. ... published as a working paper through the University of Cambridge Institute for New Economic Thinking:.

21 Dec 2020: The Regulatory Genome Project combines the University’s research with its convening influence to deliver societal and economic impact with the potential to be global, transformational and enduring,” said Professor Eilís

22 Apr 2020: The region is also ahead when it comes to commercialising COVID-19 tests. ... He points out that the ‘CE-mark’ – indicating a test complies with EU regulations – is self-certified by nearly all types of diagnostic tests manufacturers: the firm

3 Apr 2020: Research. Younger workers hit harder by coronavirus economic shock in UK and US.. ... Listen to Dr Chris Rauh and Dr Meredith Crowley from the Faculty of Economics discuss the economic implications of COVID-19 with Dr Rob Doubleday from the University's

14 May 2020: This necessitates knowledge about human cooperation as well as economic and social inequalities. ... We frequently test our interventions ‘in the wild’, for example, our study on the BBC news site tested how people react to uncertainty about

30 Jun 2020: The study also found some evidence that father-child play gradually increases through early childhood, then decreases during ‘middle childhood’ (ages 6 to 12).

17 Aug 2020: Open Ventilator System Initiative. The team behind the Open Ventilator System Initiative was recognised for their development of a high-performance ventilator for manufacture in low and middle-income countries that ... clinicians in areas such as

20 Apr 2020: Search. Search. Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries. ... Research. Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries..

21 May 2020: For example: the research compiled the start-of-year test scores of students in Grades 7 and 8. ... These were standardised (or ‘scaled’) so that 500 represented a mean test score.

1 Sep 2020: Julia Snyder. When acts of violence are reported in London, New York, or the Middle East, people often wonder what role religion might have played. ... Clearing up misunderstandings about these issues will help overcome existing divisions within society,

7 Jul 2020: After an average 12 years, the volunteers were invited back and completed a battery of tests that measured aspects of their cognition, including memory, attention, visual processing speed and a reading ... People who have less active jobs – typically

24 Jul 2020: This could reduce their earning potential by 3% a year and consequently lower the overall economic growth rate. ... Simon Burgess, Professor of Economics, University of Bristol, said: “We know how damaging it is for children to miss out on school.

8 Dec 2020: These enzymes are also useful for tests like LAMP, which is faster and simpler than RT-qPCR and is rapidly being adopted by more labs. ... Control DNA is also included in the toolkit to validate that tests will specifically detect SARS-CoV-2 but not

27 May 2020: worse in basic literacy and numeracy tests than those from more affluent backgrounds. ... Importantly, in cases where children from the wealthiest 20% and poorest 20% of families attended the same school, there was almost no difference in their test

17 Jan 2020: Development (DFID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). ... Funding was also provided by the University of Cambridge’s Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account.

6 Aug 2020: One of the most common interactions with AI technology is through virtual assistants in devices such as smartphones, which talk in standard White middle-class English,” said Dihal.

20 Nov 2020: Impact was calculated by comparing the English test scores of children from 81 randomly-selected CAMFED-supported schools with children from 60 control schools that received no support. ... The improvement in English test scores among girls receiving

20 May 2020: An alternative approach may be to alternate stricter measures with intervals of relaxed social distancing (with measures of effective “test-contact trace-isolate” and shielding of the vulnerable kept in place). ... However, it is unclear what the

26 Aug 2020: This makes transport and storage much more straightforward – which is particularly important in low- and middle-income countries where the infrastructure to make this possible can be costly. ... It is especially exciting that the clinical trial will

6 May 2020: Simple tasks were used to test the level of autonomy support parents gave to their child. ... This research was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the National Science Foundation and the Dutch Research Council (NWO).