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13 May 2016: A study of tropical butterflies has added to growing evidence that natural selection reduces species’ diversity by moulding parts of their genetic structure,

1 Jul 2016: It has been an emotional month for many in the UK. After the sadness and anger that followed the tragic murder of MP Jo Cox, many people now feel fearful and

17 Feb 2016: Restless, disordered, uncertain, impulsive, emotional – the teenage brain can be a confused fury of neural firings and misfirings. For most 14- to 24-year-olds

16 Feb 2016: Another study looked at how women’s spending habits would change during an economic recession.

12 Feb 2016: The drug, which is an approved anti-cancer treatment, has been shown to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, both in a test tube and in nematode worms. ... Using a test developed by study co-author Professor Tuomas Knowles, also from the Department

28 Oct 2016: These are essentially like miniature organs, which enable the researchers to study how these organs – for example, the liver – grow and to test possible drug candidates.

6 Sep 2016: These patients also sought out risks more, and showed a preference for novelty on lab tests.

29 Jan 2016: Researchers have successfully demonstrated how it is possible to interface graphene – a two-dimensional form of carbon – with neurons, or nerve cells, while

25 Feb 2016: Once you’re abstinent, the compulsivity or habits also improve. Now that we have this test we can start to cut across other addictions – is there an underlying neural process shared

12 Jan 2016: A second study from the team suggests that a drug used to treat paracetamol overdose may be able to help individuals who want to break their addiction and stop

22 Nov 2016: Women also played an important economic role. That women are listed in only 35 different occupations, however, shows that their opportunities were far more limited.

12 Jul 2016: We need to test Einstein’s general theory of relativity to breaking point. ... It also hints at a powerful new tool with which to test general relativity.

18 Oct 2016: Many more are currently undergoing clinical trials to test their efficacy and safety. ... We will need clinical trials to test how effective they are in patients who do not have the chronic conditions for which the drugs have been developed, such as

27 Jan 2016: For them, Kagame is seen as a stabilising force for the country and its best chance for continued socio-economic progress. ... They also require one that would consolidate the socio-economic gains made thus far.

25 Feb 2016: The project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is led by Professor Catherine Barnard and Dr Amy Ludlow from Cambridge’s Faculty of Law, and is launched today (Friday

16 Jun 2016: “Addiction does not happen overnight but develops from behaviour that has been repeated over and over again until individuals lose control,” said Dr Karen

10 Oct 2016: As part of the work of the Global Agenda Council on Mental Health from the World Economic Forum, 23 global corporate organisational case studies on mental health strategies were gathered and ... There is a growing body of evidence on the economic costs

11 May 2016: We used low educational attainment as a marker of social disadvantage – so it’s also an indication of lacking the social, economic, behavioural and psychological resources that might leave people more

4 Jan 2016: In late 2015 a Cambridge-based nonprofit released the Raspberry Pi Zero, a tiny £4 computer that was a whole £26 cheaper than the original 2012 model. The Zero

28 Oct 2016: I put it to the test – Google refuses on the basis that web links to my long-closed business are ‟justified” as they ‟may be of interest to potential or current