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Noises off: the machine that rubs out noise | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/noises-off-the-machine-that-rubs-out-noise2 Oct 2013: If these preliminary tests go well, then we’ll be looking to work with hearing device companies to try to adapt their processing to incorporate these machine learning techniques.
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Moss growth in Antarctica linked to climate change | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/moss-growth-in-antarctica-linked-to-climate-change29 Aug 2013: Microscopic tests established it was formed from a single species (Polytrichum strictum).
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China's "leftovers" are rejects in a man's world |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/chinas-leftovers-are-rejects-in-a-mans-world28 Feb 2013: Chinese city, where parents advertise their daughters’ physical and economic attributes on billboards.
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New drug could protect from tissue damage following heart attack |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-drug-could-protect-from-tissue-damage-following-heart-attack28 May 2013: Tests in mice have shown that the compound, called MitoSNO, protects heart tissue from reperfusion injury, which occurs when blood flow is restored suddenly after a prolonged period without oxygen. ... The researchers now hope to secure funding to test
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Scientists explore the inner workings of the teenage brain |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-explore-the-inner-workings-of-the-teenage-brain15 May 2013: Additionally, the volunteers will be asked to answer questionnaires to assess socio-demographics, mental well-being, environment, etc., as well as undergo tests to assess their impulsive and risk-taking behaviour.
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Has the nation reached its sell-by date? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/has-the-nation-reached-its-sell-by-date9 May 2013: Add to this UKIP, the Scottish referendum, a royal marriage, the EU, educational reform pitched as a part of international economic competition, and the ever-present and seemingly ever-intensifying fear
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Scientists finally discover which prostate cancers are…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-finally-discover-which-prostate-cancers-are-life-threatening19 Nov 2013: This is an important step along the path to developing a much-sought after test that could distinguish between different types of prostate cancer.”. ... The best known is the Prostate Specific Antigen Test (PSA), which detects a wide variety of
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New device could make diagnosing disease as simple as breathing |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-device-could-make-diagnosing-disease-as-simple-as-breathing25 Apr 2013: A number of breath analysis tests are currently in the research and development phase, most of which use mass spectrometry or lasers to analyse the breath for specific compounds. ... These tests can only detect a small range of compounds however, meaning
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Major motion pictures from our prehistoric past | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/major-motion-pictures-from-our-prehistoric-past17 May 2013: The digital level has enabled us to record more exactly, look more closely and, because the digital world is all about mutability and metamorphosis, to test hypotheses.”.
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Female butterflies can smell if a male butterfly is inbred |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/female-butterflies-can-smell-if-a-male-butterfly-is-inbred6 Mar 2013: Next, to test whether the low mating success of inbred males could be restored, the scientists released males and females in a large cage.
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Literacy, not income, key to improving public health in India |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/literacy-not-income-key-to-improving-public-health-in-india13 Jun 2013: Economic policies narrowly focused on growth are insufficient when it comes to public health in less developed countries. ... Economic policies narrowly focused on growth are insufficient when it comes to public health in less developed countries,”
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Reporting from Zimbabwe: a visit to Harare’s biggest township |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-visit-to-harares-biggest-township17 Aug 2013: In the market, it’s not so evident that this country faced such acute economic crisis only a few years ago. ... They’re full of the rhetoric of ‘indigenization,’ the process that seeks to make black Zimbabweans the dominant economic stakeholders
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Cambridge to develop new Conservation Research Institute | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-to-develop-new-conservation-research-institute20 Sep 2013: for people and nature, but also involves critical reflections on the practice of conservation itself and the socio-economic constraints on conservation action.
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What impact will new technology have on tackling emissions? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/what-impact-will-new-technology-have-on-tackling-emissions21 Oct 2013: If the global power sector is to decarbonise by 2050 without there being significant economic costs then all countries must make a contribution to the development of renewable technologies,” he added. ... Professor Douglas Crawford-Brown, Director of
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'The honour of the snow-mountains is the snow…' | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-honour-of-the-snow-mountains-is-the-snow31 Oct 2013: Diemberger explained: “In a world in which the conceptual models that inform decision makers are increasingly determined by scientific investigation, politics and economics, we asked is there a space for the
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The (Victorian) case for a referendum on independence | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-victorian-case-for-a-referendum-on-independence18 Dec 2013: Dicey firmly believed in both the power and economic advantages of a united nation.
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Gene variant linked to prognosis in inflammatory diseases |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gene-variant-linked-to-prognosis-in-inflammatory-diseases4 Oct 2013: The gene, which is involved in inflammation, is not associated with the overall risk of developing disease but patients with one particular variant experienced
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On the fly: African summer school on insect neuroscience | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/on-the-fly-african-summer-school-on-insect-neuroscience26 Apr 2013: When Cambridge PhD student Lucia Prieto Godino met Professor Sadiq Yusuf, a Nigerian scientist from the Kampala International University in Uganda, she learned
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David MacKay appointed Regius Professor of Engineering | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/david-mackay-appointed-regius-professor-of-engineering28 Mar 2013: Professor MacKay’s work with the Engineering Department will focus, in part, on the study of how we can model and communicate the full economic and societal impact of a shift
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Scrubbing up: preparing hospitals for climate change | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/scrubbing-up-preparing-hospitals-for-climate-change13 Nov 2013: The last government’s plan was to replace the NHS Estate with a suite of new hospitals but the 2008 economic collapse put an end to that.
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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: crises). Political and economic turmoil resulted in the collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009 after a five-year period of uncontrollable hyperinflation. ... There is hope among young people who lived through economic collapse; few have witnessed
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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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Patient in ‘vegetative state’ not just aware, but paying attention |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/patient-in-vegetative-state-not-just-aware-but-paying-attention31 Oct 2013: For the study, the researchers used electroencephalography (EEG), which non-invasively measures the electrical activity over the scalp, to test 21 patients diagnosed as vegetative or minimally conscious, and eight healthy
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New research suggests animal-to-human transmission of MRSA |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-research-suggests-animal-to-human-transmission-of-mrsa25 Mar 2013: The new strain’s genetic makeup differs greatly from previous strains, which means that the ‘gold standard’ molecular tests currently used to identify MRSA - a polymerase chain reaction technique (PCR) and
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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: New research has found a “very significant” relationship between a nation’s wealth and hygiene and the Alzheimer’s “burden” on its population. High-income,
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Scientists identify molecular trigger for Alzheimer’s disease |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-identify-molecular-trigger-for-alzheimers-disease21 May 2013: Researchers have pinpointed a catalytic trigger for the onset of Alzheimer’s disease – when the fundamental structure of a protein molecule changes to cause a
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When building for the future means what it says | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/when-building-for-the-future-means-what-it-says18 Oct 2013: Although a portfolio of methods is available, Georgiadou concludes that many “underestimate or even overlook the social and economic aspects of sustainability”, and identifies a need for design strategies that will
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Welsh Twitter: capturing language change in real time | University of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/welsh-twitter-capturing-language-change-in-real-time29 May 2013: Twitter keeps millions of people in touch, whether it’s sharing their politics with followers or updating their mates with the trivia of everyday life. These
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New sensor could prolong the lifespan of high-temperature engines |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-sensor-could-prolong-the-lifespan-of-high-temperature-engines19 Sep 2013: Results from tests on a prototype device showed a significant reduction in drift at temperatures of 1200 and 1300 degrees, meaning that a double-walled thermocouple can be used at temperatures ... Tests on new prototypes are on-going. The research
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Text and the message: Russia's early 'information age' |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/text-and-the-message-russias-early-information-age25 Sep 2013: This not only had consequences for the economics of printing (by contrast with the rapid proliferation of commercial printers in Western Europe), but also lent the technology itself an aura of
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Cancer researchers and astronomers team up to beat cancer |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cancer-researchers-and-astronomers-team-up-to-beat-cancer20 Feb 2013: express. To road test the new approach they used it to measure the levels of three different proteins linked to more aggressive cancers, across tumour samples from more than 2,000
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Novel genetic mutations cause low metabolic rate and obesity |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/novel-genetic-mutations-cause-low-metabolic-rate-and-obesity25 Oct 2013: A slow metabolic rate can be found in people with an underactive thyroid gland, but in these patients thyroid blood tests were in the normal range - eliminating this as a possible
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Graphene: Taking the wonder-stuff from dream to reality | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/graphene-taking-the-wonder-stuff-from-dream-to-reality24 Jan 2013: This work might lead to numerous new devices and applications which could then be commercialised by industry and help to boost economic growth.
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A response to Methane Mischief: Misleading Commentary Published In…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/a-response-to-methane-mischief-misleading-commentary-published-in-nature26 Jul 2013: The 25 July post by Jason Samenow on the global economic impacts of methane emissions in the East Siberian Sea portrays the findings of our research as misleading, a statement with
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Historic rivals join forces to save 1,000 years of Jewish history |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/historic-rivals-join-forces-to-save-1000-years-of-jewish-history15 Feb 2013: They represent an invaluable record of a thousand years of the religious, social, economic and cultural life of the Mediterranean world. ... He said: “The Cairo Genizah documents are like a searchlight, illuminating dark corners of the history of the
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Reassembling the backbone of life using a particle accelerator |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reassembling-the-backbone-of-life-using-a-particle-accelerator14 Jan 2013: By understanding how each of the bones fit together we can begin to explore the mobility of the spine and test how it may have transferred forces between the limbs during
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Investigating child abuse: how interview training really matters |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/investigating-child-abuse-how-interview-training-really-matters5 Apr 2013: A study of the outcomes of child sex abuse cases in the US state of Utah suggests that the introduction of improved techniques for interviewing young victims
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Cells from the eye are inkjet-printed for the first time | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cells-from-the-eye-are-inkjet-printed-for-the-first-time18 Dec 2013: Once printed, a number of tests were performed on each type of cell to see how many of the cells survived the process and how it affected their ability to survive
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Autism affects different parts of the brain in women and men |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/autism-affects-different-parts-of-the-brain-in-women-and-men9 Aug 2013: Autism affects different parts of the brain in females with autism than males with autism, a new study reveals. The research is published today in the journal
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Forging connections: digital humanities in Cambridge and beyond |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/forging-connections-digital-humanities-in-cambridge-and-beyond1 May 2013: Humanities research and the questions underlying it are being radically reshaped by new digital technologies and the connections and insights that they afford.
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Study confirms a gene linked to Asperger Syndrome and empathy |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-confirms-a-gene-linked-to-asperger-syndrome-and-empathy17 Dec 2013: A study published this month in the journal Molecular Autism confirms previous research that people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are more likely to carry
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Natural killer cells played a vital role in human evolution |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/natural-killer-cells-played-a-vital-role-in-human-evolution8 Feb 2013: Scientists suggest that genetic adaptations to the human immune system contributed to the success of early humans in migrating out of Africa around 800,000
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Cambridge’s criminal past revealed in centuries-old court records |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridges-criminal-past-revealed-in-centuries-old-court-records30 Sep 2013: She said: “The court records provide a vivid insight into the social and economic history of Cambridge, beyond the academic life of the University, as the inhabitants of this small market
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Harnessing the power of research to benefit developing countries |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/harnessing-the-power-of-research-to-benefit-developing-countries25 Apr 2013: infectious disease and health economics and policy.
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Scientists discover genetic disease which causes recurrent…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-discover-genetic-disease-which-causes-recurrent-respiratory-infections18 Oct 2013: A simple genetic test can tell if the patient has the mutation or not.
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We ask the experts: will robots take over the world? | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/we-ask-the-experts-will-robots-take-over-the-world19 Jul 2013: The origins of robotics go back to the automata invented by ancient civilisations. The word robot entered our vocabulary only in 1920 with Czech writer Karel
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“Nudity does not liberate me and I do not need saving” | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/nudity-does-not-liberate-me-and-i-do-not-need-saving26 Jul 2013: Femen misrepresents the complexity of both individuals and groups. A woman’s identity is shaped by an intricate web of influences – economic, cultural, sexual and religious, to name but a few.
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Getting schooled in the ‘noise’: learning about learning using big…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/getting-schooled-in-the-noise-learning-about-learning-using-big-data30 Sep 2013: It’s partly through analysis of these data that we found the massive socio-economic gap at the point of entry into the school system actually worsens through primary. ... The project will start gathering data during pregnancy on everything from blood
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How to ask the question and what to do with the answer | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-to-ask-the-question-and-what-to-do-with-the-answer25 Feb 2013: Among the new POLIS projects is simultaneous polling across the USA, UK and China to research public perceptions of economic confidence.
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‘Light skin’ gene mirrors socio-cultural boundaries in Indian…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/light-skin-gene-mirrors-socio-cultural-boundaries-in-indian-population13 Nov 2013: The genetic mutation in SLC24A5 is known to be pivotal in the evolution of light skin, and is responsible for a significant part of the skin colour differences
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