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Cambridge to appoint DeepMind Chair of Machine Learning | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-to-appoint-deepmind-chair-of-machine-learning24 Jul 2018: The interdisciplinary environment in the University will help the development of ethical and sustainable AI-based solutions to complex social, economic and environmental challenges.”.
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Lessons from history: how Europe did (and didn’t) grow rich |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/lessons-from-history-how-europe-did-and-didnt-grow-rich24 Mar 2013: Instead, what happened was the very opposite: we now stand in the middle of the greatest global economic crisis since the Great Depression. ... current economic crisis and return to the sustained growth we had begun to take for granted.
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Younger workers hit harder by coronavirus economic shock in UK and US …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/younger-workers-hit-harder-by-coronavirus-economic-shock-in-uk-and-us3 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
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Towards a ‘super-vaccine’ for swine bacterial diseases | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/towards-a-super-vaccine-for-swine-bacterial-diseases1 Mar 2010: Infected animals either die quickly or fail to grow normally, resulting in substantial economic costs to the worldwide pig industry and adding to food security concerns. ... From this, we’ll design and assemble appropriate super-vaccines and
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Vice-Chancellor’s awards recognise the difference researchers make to …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellors-awards-recognise-the-difference-researchers-make-to-society13 Jul 2017: Dr Liu has developed a non-invasive respiratory function test for short-skulled dog breeds, including French bulldogs and pugs, which suffer from airway obstruction.
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‘Generation lockdown’ needs targeted help-to-work policies – global…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/generation-lockdown-needs-targeted-help-to-work-policies-global-report21 Oct 2021: However, the researchers say that only a few nations deployed policy responses tailored to the specific needs of young people affected by the economic fallout of COVID-19. ... people who have faced 18 months of social and economic chaos,” he added.
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The doctor turned detective investigating the imprints of cancer
https://www.cam.ac.uk/this-cambridge-life/the-doctor-turned-detective-investigating-the-imprints-of-cancer15 Aug 2022: I feel strongly that genomics should be democratised and accessible to people in low-and-middle income countries (LMIC) like Malaysia,where I'm from. ... I’d like to reach the stage where cancer patients, not just in the UK, are offered whole or
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Field to fork: safeguarding livestock health | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/field-to-fork-safeguarding-livestock-health21 Jul 2011: Preventing virus transmission in chickens would reduce both the economic impact of the disease and the risk for people who are exposed to the infected birds. ... The goal is to have a diagnostic test and potential vaccine ready for field trials at
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Cambridge-built carbon credit marketplace will support reforestation…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-built-carbon-credit-marketplace-will-support-reforestation10 Nov 2021: and researchers in the relevant areas of computer science, environmental science, and economics; and to create a decentralised marketplace where purchasers of carbon credits can confidently and directly fund trusted
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Military spending did not 'crowd out' welfare in Middle East…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/military-spending-did-not-crowd-out-welfare-in-middle-east-prior-to-arab-spring24 Jul 2018: Research. Military spending did not 'crowd out' welfare in Middle East prior to Arab Spring.. ... to draw important policy conclusions about the causes of turmoil in the Middle East.
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Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/eye-contact-with-your-baby-helps-synchronise-your-brainwaves29 Nov 2017: When a parent and infant interact, various aspects of their behaviour can synchronise, including their gaze, emotions and heartrate, but little is known about
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Investigating the politics of the past in the present | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/investigating-the-politics-of-the-past-in-the-present5 Oct 2017: There is a buzz around heritage today as people start to think about it in new ways, linking it with political, economic and environmental issues.”. ... Grounded in Archaeology, the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre seeks to link disciplines as
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Children aren’t active enough in winter, say Cambridge researchers |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/children-arent-active-enough-in-winter-say-cambridge-researchers23 Feb 2016: The study was largely supported by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, whose funding comes from the British Heart Foundation, Department of Health, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, and ... The Millennium Cohort Study
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Reporting from Zimbabwe: a family in Bulawayo talks about politics |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-family-in-bulawayo-talks-about-politics10 Aug 2013: She is a middle class Ndebele woman who has lived in Bulawayo her entire life. ... Continuous uncertainty affects everyone, and for many – even the middle classes – putting food on the table became a daily worry.
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Retribution and restoration: Bosnia on trial | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/retribution-and-restoration-bosnia-on-trial15 Feb 2013: Jeffrey argues that the “litmus test” of the success or failure of justice for the victims of atrocities committed during the Bosnian War will be whether the Court can make these ... The two-year research project was funded by the Economic and Social
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Saving ‘Half-Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/saving-half-earth-for-nature-would-affect-over-a-billion-people18 Nov 2019: However, little work has gone into identifying the social and economic implications for people. ... We need to be ambitious given the environmental crises. But it is vital that social and economic implications at local levels are considered if the
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‘Herbivore boys’ and other fault lines in Japan’s gender crisis |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/herbivore-boys-and-other-fault-lines-in-japans-gender-crisis21 Feb 2013: But, beginning during the nineties recession and snowballing with recent economic meltdowns, rigid gender definitions are being subverted by a generation with shifting values and uncertain futures. ... With economic collapse, they don’t see why they
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We are all 'others': teaching children to celebrate…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/we-are-all-others-teaching-children-to-celebrate-differences23 Nov 2018: Europe is transforming: migration, economic crises and Brexit are shaking the continent’s sense of identity, and debate has turned quickly to division and misunderstanding, to angry Twitter exchanges and
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New research provides insight into compulsive gambling | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-research-provides-insight-into-compulsive-gambling11 Feb 2009: The research, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Responsibility in Gambling Trust, found brain activity to near-misses in the striatum and insula cortex of
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UK and US firms ‘lag’ in race to commercialise COVID-19 diagnostic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/uk-and-us-firms-lag-in-race-to-commercialise-covid-19-diagnostic-tests22 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
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Cambridge researchers join new £2 million UK consortium to tackle…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-researchers-join-new-ps2-million-uk-consortium-to-tackle-monkeypox-outbreak20 Oct 2022: This will feed rapidly into global public health strategies, developing new diagnostic tests and identifying potential therapies.”. ... Developing new tests and identifying potential control measures:. Developing sensitive point-of-care tests to speed
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Mental health disorders: risks and resilience in adolescence |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mental-health-disorders-risks-and-resilience-in-adolescence10 Oct 2018: Trust. So far, 2,300 healthy volunteers aged 14 to 24 years have been recruited by the University of Cambridge and University College London for analysis through behavioural questionnaires, cognitive tests, ... and medical and socio-economic history.
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Opinion: China has no good options for dealing with North Korea |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-china-has-no-good-options-for-dealing-with-north-korea5 Sep 2017: Shortly after the test, South Korea’s defence ministry said that it will deploy four more Terminal High Altitude Defence (THAAD) missile systems. ... summit. But then came the nuclear test, and the attention Xi dearly wanted immediately evaporated.
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Three Cambridge researchers awarded Royal Academy of Engineering…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/three-cambridge-researchers-awarded-royal-academy-of-engineering-chair-in-emerging-technologies14 Mar 2024: From atomically thin semiconductors for more energy-efficient electronics, to harnessing the power of the sun by upcycling biomass and plastic waste into
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Darwin College lectures turn to risk-taking in the brain | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/darwin-college-lectures-turn-to-risk-taking-in-the-brain27 Jan 2010: This lecture promises to be an exciting and accessible exploration of decision-making and the brain, which draws on Professor O’Doherty’s application of psychological, computational and economic theories to -
‘Virtual fossil’ reveals last common ancestor of humans and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/virtual-fossil-reveals-last-common-ancestor-of-humans-and-neanderthals18 Dec 2015: Our models are not the exact truth, but in the absence of fossils these new methods can be used to test hypotheses for any palaeontological question, whether it is horses or ... But what this ancient ancestral population looked like remains a mystery, as
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Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of the Royal Society |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-academics-elected-as-fellows-of-the-royal-society15 May 2009: He is also one of the founders of the study of information security economics, which not only illuminates where the most effective attacks and defences may be found, but is also ... His more recent work suggests that dopamine activity may also encode an
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“A girl without education is nothing in the world” | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-girl-without-education-is-nothing-in-the-world2 Feb 2017: Education is at the heart of social transformation – it increases opportunities in life, can pull people out of poverty, empower women and drive economic growth. ... We see girls’ education as the starting point to everything – from tackling
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Industrial Revolution: damaging psychological ‘imprint’ persists in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/industrial-revolution-damaging-psychological-imprint-persists-in-todays-populations10 Dec 2017: struggle with planning and self-motivation, according to a new study of almost 400,000 personality tests. ... The team analysed test scores by looking at the “big five” personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism
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Carrying Tasers increases police use of force, study finds |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/carrying-tasers-increases-police-use-of-force-study-finds20 Dec 2018: It also holds national responsibility for economic crime and prioritises counter-terrorism, violent crime and public order due to its central location. ... The force was the first in England and Wales to test “extended deployment” of Tasers –
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Opinion: Can the EU keep the peace in Europe? Not a chance |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-can-the-eu-keep-the-peace-in-europe-not-a-chance28 Oct 2015: Look at Britain’s Stop-Go economic experience of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Today’s EU has its roots in economic crisis, not in economic success.
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Cognitive enhancement: on the frontline of neuropsychiatry |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cognitive-enhancement-on-the-frontline-of-neuropsychiatry4 Oct 2006: The economic impact alone of the disorder is enormous: in the United States the direct and indirect costs of schizophrenia were estimated to have been as much as $40 billion in
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Humanity's last invention and our uncertain future | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/humanitys-last-invention-and-our-uncertain-future25 Nov 2012: Computers dominate modern life across vast swathes of the planet, underpinning key functions of global governance and economics, increasing precision in healthcare, monitoring identity and facilitating most forms of communication – from
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Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-why-the-sanctions-must-be-lifted24 Aug 2013: The finger of blame for economic crisis is, therefore, pointed firmly at the West. ... The ultimate problem with sanctions is that they weld economic issues to political ones.
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Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brains-of-overweight-people-ten-years-older-than-lean-counterparts-at-middle-age4 Aug 2016: Search. Search. Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at middle-age. ... Research. Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at middle-age..
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Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/professor-suchitra-sebastian-to-receive-the-schmidt-science-polymaths-award30 Jun 2022: Other awards she has received for her research include the World Economic Forum Young Scientist award, the L'Oreal-UNESCO Fellowship, the Lee Osheroff Richardson North American Science prize, the International ... Each Polymath will receive support at
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Fractal patterns spontaneously emerge during bacterial cell growth |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fractal-patterns-spontaneously-emerge-during-bacterial-cell-growth11 Jun 2013: Vivid biological patterns emerge from even subtle interactions. Similar phenomena are seen in the emergence of order in economic, social and political systems. ... Similar phenomena are seen in the emergence of order in economic, social and political
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£16million gift to support Europe’s largest heart and lung research…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ps16million-gift-to-support-europes-largest-heart-and-lung-research-centre23 Mar 2023: It opened in July 2022 with the ambitious goal of identifying ten new potential treatments or diagnostic tests for heart and lung diseases within five years. ... Alongside the immense human cost, the economic burden of these diseases – an estimated
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World War II bombing associated with resilience, not ‘German Angst’ | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/world-war-ii-bombing-associated-with-resilience-not-german-angst23 Jun 2017: The researchers measured neurotic traits using the Big Five Inventory personality test as part of an online questionnaire, and focused on measures of neuroticism, anxiety, and depression. ... stresses such as economic hardship,” says study author Dr
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How 'more food per field' could help save our wild spaces |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-more-food-per-field-could-help-save-our-wild-spaces28 Jan 2016: Economic incentives can be tailored to increase yields and prevent destruction of wildlife, with payments conditional on conservation. ... Improved farming practices can have a knock-on economic as well as environmental impact.
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Too big to cry: when war ended, the damage began | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/too-big-to-cry-when-war-ended-the-damage-began7 Nov 2015: Bertha is a middle class mother who employs a full-time nanny.
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Males and females differ in specific brain structures | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/males-and-females-differ-in-specific-brain-structures11 Feb 2014: By contrast, females on average had higher density in the left frontal pole, and larger volumes in the right frontal pole, inferior and middle frontal gyri, pars triangularis, planum temporale/parietal
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Scriptures rarely a significant motivating factor behind violence,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scriptures-rarely-a-significant-motivating-factor-behind-violence-say-researchers1 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,
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Stress does not lead to loss of self-control in eating disorders,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/stress-does-not-lead-to-loss-of-self-control-in-eating-disorders-study-finds12 Apr 2021: The main task involved stopping the moving bar as it reached the middle line. ... reached the middle bar - but this was not the case for those women affected by anorexia nervosa.
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New evidence of suicide epidemic among India’s ‘marginalised’ farmers …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-evidence-of-suicide-epidemic-among-indias-marginalised-farmers17 Apr 2014: This is because wealthy cash crop farmers have the resources to weather difficult economic periods, says Kennedy, without falling into debt and ruin. ... A large proportion of these rural inhabitants have not benefited from the economic growth of the
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Carbon capture: universities and industry work together to tackle…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/carbon-capture-universities-and-industry-work-together-to-tackle-emissions25 Oct 2017: We need to start deploying CCS now, and the biggest challenges we face are economics and policy. ... However, we need to start deploying CCS now, and the biggest challenges we face are economics and policy.
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Better hygiene in wealthy nations may increase Alzheimer’s risk |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/better-hygiene-in-wealthy-nations-may-increase-alzheimers-risk4 Sep 2013: s life - adolescence and middle age for example - and that microorganism exposure across a lifetime may be related to Alzheimer’s risk, citing previous research showing fluctuations in Alzheimer’s risk ... and sex structure of most low and middle
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“Back To Sleep” message took longer to reach deprived areas |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/back-to-sleep-message-took-longer-to-reach-deprived-areas17 Mar 2012: A study of 24 years of cot death rates (sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS) in Scotland has shown major differences in the success of the “Back To Sleep”
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Cambridge-Africa Programme: 58 institutions, 26 countries, and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/cambridge-africa-programme-58-institutions-26-countries-and-growing6 Feb 2017: Universities are not just luxury items for wealthy societies. They are equally vital to the futures of low- and middle-income countries if those countries are to share in the advantages ... They are equally vital to the futures of low- and middle-income
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Disadvantaged children’s school struggles not about character,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/disadvantaged-childrens-school-struggles-not-about-character-attitude-or-lack-of-growth-mindset19 Dec 2023: Researchers analysed both the science test scores, and school-relevant socio-emotional skills, of the most and least advantaged quartile (25%) of students in each country. ... The authors argue that policies to reduce educational disadvantages should
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