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Out of the ashes of Empire | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/out-of-the-ashes-of-empire12 Feb 2013: only to that area’s growing economic importance, but also to the increasing significance of its politics.
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Views of the landscape | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/views-of-the-landscape17 May 2013: But even a most thorough perusal of that book, with its selection of farm accounts and experimental observations collated by Young, the economic aspects of farming and the political and social ... So historians who deal with Young have tended to
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Old suspicions remain after the Arab Spring | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/old-suspicions-remain-after-the-arab-spring15 Oct 2012: The idea that the Middle East's democrats will be grateful to the West is misguided; old suspicions remain.". ... Matthiesen, Abdullah al-Mubarak Research Fellow in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
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Fantastic Mr. Dahl | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/fantastic-mr-dahl7 Sep 2011: In our society, children are inescapably disempowered: they lack economic resources, political voice, social status, and must in every situation submit to rules imposed on them by adults.
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Cambridge Enterprise celebrates a year of innovation and economic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-enterprise-celebrates-a-year-of-innovation-and-economic-growth5 Jul 2023: Cambridge Enterprise’s contribution to the UK economy through innovation is part of the wider financial impact of the University of Cambridge – which, according to a recent London Economics report, contributes ... A new Commercialisation of Research
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Tuning into the melody of speech | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/tuning-into-the-melody-of-speech15 Oct 2013: With funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, Post and her co-investigator, neuroscientist Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis, conducted a four-year study combining experimental tasks with the latest MRI ... Native English-speaking participants within
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Cambridge launches Regulatory Genome Project | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-launches-regulatory-genome-project21 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
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Seeds to skyscrapers | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/seeds-to-skyscrapers24 Jun 2014: Forensic engineering showed that once our test building reached a certain height the wood at the bottom began to crush. ... This technology could be used to construct polymer-modified wooden beams that are stronger at the ends for better connections, and
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A new educational initiative – Roots – makes music a priority |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/a-new-educational-initiative-roots-makes-music-a-priority25 Mar 2019: Dr Sam Barrett. Cambridgeshire secondary school pupils had the chance to put into practice their new singing talents – from music from the Middle Ages through to the present day – at
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IMF loans “strongly linked” to tuberculosis | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/imf-loans-strongly-linked-to-tuberculosis22 Jul 2008: IMF lending programmes demand that countries meet strict economic targets as a condition of the loans. ... The International Monetary Fund has argued that their goal is to boost economic growth and that 'wealthier is healthier'," added King.
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“Trust me, I’m a banker” | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/trust-me-im-a-banker14 Oct 2014: Whether or not banks and their staff deserve this reputation, in the post-crash economic winter there are few, if any, professions and institutions as universally reviled. ... A web-based interactive module will enable prospective clients to test whether
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Music in the tree of life | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/music-in-the-tree-of-life18 Mar 2015: In what they believe is the first test case of this type of analysis, Howe, Windram and one of the UK’s leading early keyboard players, Professor Terence Charlston from the ... Even in this test case we found two main families that corresponded to
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You Are What You Listen To | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/you-are-what-you-listen-to21 Aug 2009: All six styles were deemed associable with middle class people. The study suggests that while these stereotypes may not be true, they do mean that people are making very clear statements
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Challenging crime: Institute of Criminology | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/challenging-crime-institute-of-criminology1 May 2010: But criminology is multifaceted, drawing from disciplines as diverse as law, sociology, psychology, biology, medicine, economics, political science and history. ... Finding out what influences young people to break rules of conduct is a central aim of
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55 new Gates Cambridge Scholars selected | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/55-new-gates-cambridge-scholars-selected7 Apr 2016: He was the highest-scoring student in the Physics Aptitude test for Oxford where he won a first. ... Leor Zmigrod will do a PhD in Psychology. She grew up in the USA, Europe and the Middle East.
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Capital structure used to gauge firms’ foundations | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/capital-structure-used-to-gauge-firms-foundations9 Feb 2015: It promises to provide financial decision-makers with a model for enhancing company value, while also offering potential investors a litmus-test from which they can make sounder judgements about a
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North Korea unveils its nuclear ‘treasured swords’ to the world again …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/north-korea-unveils-its-nuclear-treasured-swords-to-the-world-again21 Sep 2015: North Korea’s nuclear tests ofand 2013 at Pungyye-ri birthed an ideological and developmental theme known as the “Byungjin Line”, best translated as “parallelism”. ... The restart is, the statement says, “pursuant to the line of
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‘Wild West’ mentality lingers in US mountain regions | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wild-west-mentality-lingers-in-us-mountain-regions7 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
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Digital bargain hunters: optimal online searching | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/digital-bargain-hunters-optimal-online-searching6 May 2015: To test the assumption that it is cultural differences that drive Easterners to over-search when ‘sunk costs’ are high, the study checked whether language used in the study may be ... While earlier testing rounds told all participants of their
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Choices and Responsibility | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/choices-and-responsibility1 Oct 2013: It is a structure, founded on a strong culture of participation, that works: the choices that we collectively make tend to stand the test of time. ... This mutual support is essential for the wellbeing of both the University and the Cambridge Phenomenon,
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Research on the front line | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/research-on-the-front-line11 Mar 2011: Regional and comparative politics figure strongly, with particular strengths on Europe, Russia, parts of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. ... International and comparative political economy is another active area, and is
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Who wants to be an engineer? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/who-wants-to-be-an-engineer22 Mar 2012: Engineers play a critical role in a balanced economy, applying new ideas to address emerging opportunities which in turn drives economic growth. ... This finding is really worrying. Engineers play a critical role in a balanced economy, applying new ideas
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Personality test to explore rules of attraction | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/personality-test-to-explore-rules-of-attraction30 Jul 2010: Search. Search. Personality test to explore rules of attraction. Research. Personality test to explore rules of attraction.. ... One of the reasons for this is that many studies of personality have focused on young, middle class and white people.
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History | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/history9 Jan 2013: Professor James Mirrlees is awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics. 1997. ... Cambridge COVID-19 Test Centre processes more than 3 million tests. Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment join together as one organisation, Cambridge University -
Swarming cicadas, stock traders, and the wisdom of the crowd |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/swarming-cicadas-stock-traders-and-the-wisdom-of-the-crowd1 Feb 2024: The researchers hope that their conjecture regarding the role of communication will stimulate field research to test the hypothesis.
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Reading the world’s oldest libraries | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reading-the-worlds-oldest-libraries1 Nov 2010: The tablets were first used to document the economic activities of organisations of the Sumerian civilisation in southern Iraq in the late 4th millennium BC, a few centuries before the development ... However, they often produced low-quality texts. These
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The crisis of shareholder primacy | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/the-crisis-of-shareholder-primacy19 Mar 2012: In addition, managers are not only expected to pursue shareholders’ economic interests, but their political ones as well. ... The skills and temperament that maximize shareholder profits conflict with those that promote economic stability.
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Gardeners and carpenters: the ‘skill’ of parenting | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/gardeners-and-carpenters-the-skill-of-parenting8 Nov 2018: These two things go hand in glove,” explains Hughes, whose research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. ... By following a group of 117 children from toddlerhood to adolescence, and developing a new battery of tests – including an
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Tiger saved by Cambridge Vet School | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tiger-saved-by-cambridge-vet-school4 Nov 2010: Safely within the confines of the vet school buildings, blood tests were performed to assess Amba's condition and to test for a fatal feline disease associated with fluid build-up
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Campath: from innovation to impact | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/campath-from-innovation-to-impact1 Aug 2009: This particular IgM (Campath-1M) activated complement efficiently and almost completely eliminated T lymphocytes in test tubes. ... We are often taken aback by the sudden appearance of a new innovation that has clear economic or clinical impact.
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Migration: Britain’s hospitable past | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/migration-britains-hospitable-past10 Feb 2014: A global trend to legislate for immigration restriction began in the middle decades of the 19th century. ... For others, a moral and political principle of freedom of movement accompanied this more expedient economic rationale.
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Getting the true measure of pregnancy | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/getting-the-true-measure-of-pregnancy12 Jun 2014: We now know that ultrasound actually performs very well compared with screening tests used in other areas of medicine. ... When we have refined our screening test, a next step may be large-scale trials of screening.
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More than the stuff of legend | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/more-than-the-stuff-of-legend30 Mar 2011: During the Middle Ages, the region had flourishing links with China, India, South-East Asia, Persia and Arabia. ... economic. Yet its message goes further still: “The poem is both inside and outside time,” Simala writes.
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23 things they don't tell you about capitalism | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/23-things-they-dont-tell-you-about-capitalism21 Mar 2011: We are in the middle of a financial crisis the end of which is not yet in sight. ... These interactions help me to take a fresh look at economic theory and how it relates to the real world.’He is also keen to bring economics to a new audience
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Manchester Police to test Cambridge “pressure points” | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/manchester-police-to-test-cambridge-pressure-points12 Jan 2010: Search. Search. Manchester Police to test Cambridge “pressure points”. Research. Manchester Police to test Cambridge “pressure points”.. ... points.". The idea is based on earlier American tests of policing crime hotspots which Professor Sherman
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Breastfeeding may reduce Alzheimer’s risk | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/breastfeeding-may-reduce-alzheimers-risk5 Aug 2013: In the future, we expect Alzheimer's to spread most in low and middle-income countries, so it is vital that we develop low-cost, large-scale strategies to protect people ... In the future, we expect it to spread most in low and middle-income countries.
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New cohort of Gates Cambridge Scholars announced | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-cohort-of-gates-cambridge-scholars-announced13 Apr 2017: He is also co-founder of Hazina, a social enterprise that aims to turn microfinance on its head by cutting out the middle man and providing an alternative credit rating for ... Ecuador. His MPhil in Conservation will develop a nature-based, evidence-led
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Professor Robert Edwards awarded Nobel Prize | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/professor-robert-edwards-awarded-nobel-prize4 Oct 2010: Although the first successful human test-tube fertilisation took place by 1970, research did not result in a successful pregnancy for ten years. ... backs. But in 1978, a breakthrough resulted in a healthy pregnancy and the birth of the first ever 'test
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Tackling COVID-19: Dr Sander van der Linden | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tackling-covid-19-dr-sander-van-der-linden14 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
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Crisis, what crisis? The myths and magic of middle age | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/crisis-what-crisis-the-myths-and-magic-of-middle-age14 Oct 2012: But, he argues, middle age is not part of a gradual, uncontrolled decline. ... But if you’re measuring complexity, it’s a different story. “And if you brain-scan people doing intelligence tests, middle-aged people start to use different parts of
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Poisons, plants and Palaeolithic hunters | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/poisons-plants-and-palaeolithic-hunters21 Mar 2015: She is now putting those techniques to the test with samples obtained from museum collections. ... To fabricate a poison is easy and economic, and the risk is minimal.
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The new geography of personality | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-new-geography-of-personality1 Jan 2009: Social scientists have argued that technology, human capital and community are essential ingredients for economic and social prosperity.
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How can education be truly transformative? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-can-education-be-truly-transformative14 Oct 2014: Arif has been working on issues relating to education and development for several years since finishing an undergraduate and masters programme in economics. ... However, after some time working in development, he soon felt that the problems the poor
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Research reveals how elephants 'see' the world | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/research-reveals-how-elephants-see-the-world28 Aug 2013: research, education programming and international collaborations, was designed in partnership with and co-authored by 12-14 year-old students from a middle school in New York. ... Think Elephants aimed to test elephants on this because they are a wild,
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Keeping the lights on in Ghana | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/keeping-the-lights-on-in-ghana7 Feb 2017: The result is a dense product that can be given a surface glaze to enable it to pass national safety standards tests for porcelain insulators.”. ... Making sure the electricity supply is widely available and reliable will aid the growth of industries
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Reading closely: Faculty of English | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reading-closely-faculty-of-english1 May 2010: We can only measure what he achieved, or even see it clearly, when we recognise how much the underlying culture of the Middle Ages shaped the world’s greatest playwright.’. ... A corpus of 26 million words taken from test sheets for speakers
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Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #2 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/opinion-brexit-and-the-importance-of-languages-for-britain-27 Oct 2016: economic and cultural strengths mean that the UK will continue to attract business and investment from across the world even once we have left the EU. ... More information and advice for prospective students and teachers of Modern Languages and Asian
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GPS backpacks reveal sheep flocking strategy | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gps-backpacks-reveal-sheep-flocking-strategy25 Jul 2012: He suggested that creatures as different as insects, fish and cattle all react to danger by moving towards the middle of their respective swarms, schools or herds. ... the flock, as well as how far each sheep was from the middle of the cluster on a second
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Putting our House in order | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/putting-our-house-in-order25 Oct 2013: middle of the Chamber. ... I wanted to do this research to test my hypothesis that the Palladian style, so successful for country houses, was a dull subspecies of public architecture imposed on the country by
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The ‘flying scientist’ who chased spores | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-flying-scientist-who-chased-spores11 Feb 2015: But how to test this? “He was carrying out his studies in the 1920s and 1930s when research methodology was in its infancy,” said Horry. ... Inset image – top: Dillon Weston. Credit: John S Murray. Inset image – middle: R100 at mast in Canada.
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