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Everyone should wear masks in COVID-19 crisis, say Cambridge…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/everyone-should-wear-masks-in-covid-19-crisis-say-cambridge-researchers9 Apr 2020: the mass manufacture and use of cloth masks is cheap and easy, compared to the societal economic costs associated with isolation and social distancing measures.”.
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AI reduces ‘communication gap’ for nonverbal people by as much as…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ai-reduces-communication-gap-for-nonverbal-people-by-as-much-as-half15 Jun 2020: The team, from the University of Cambridge and the University of Dundee, developed a new context-aware method that reduces this communication gap by
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Drug improves symptoms of autism by targeting brain’s chemical…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/drug-improves-symptoms-of-autism-by-targeting-brains-chemical-messengers27 Jan 2020: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder estimated to affect one in 160 children worldwide. It is characterised by impairments in social
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Opinion: Why too much focus on COVID-19 could be harming our children …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/opinion-why-too-much-focus-on-covid-19-could-be-harming-our-children25 Jun 2020: In preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic and the anticipated overwhelming demand on hospitals, the NHS moved towards of a policy of providing only essential
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Study shows how our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-shows-how-our-brains-remain-active-during-familiar-repetitive-tasks14 Jul 2020: Our brains are often likened to computers, with learned skills and memories stored in the activity patterns of billions of nerve cells. However, new research
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New research will use space telescopes to monitor energy efficiency…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-research-will-use-space-telescopes-to-monitor-energy-efficiency-of-buildings7 Dec 2020: With rapid technological innovation, space offers a broad and growing range of opportunities to support economic activity and protect the environment. ... The industry already supports £300 billion of UK economic activity through the use of satellite
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Opinion: Can cats really get or pass on COVID-19, as a report from…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/opinion-can-cats-really-get-or-pass-on-covid-19-as-a-report-from-belgium-suggests31 Mar 2020: This means that as long as the correct test was run for the cat in question, it should be easy to differentiate between the two viruses. ... To demonstrate infectivity, many more tests are needed. It is possible that the cat ate contaminated food and the
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Phone-based HIV support system repurposed for COVID-19 monitoring in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/phone-based-hiv-support-system-repurposed-for-covid-19-monitoring-in-uganda22 Jul 2020: So far, the team has focused on implementation – getting the system up and running, and triaging for possible COVID-19 cases that require confirmatory tests.
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Brain networks come ‘online’ during adolescence to prepare teenagers…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-networks-come-online-during-adolescence-to-prepare-teenagers-for-adult-life29 Jan 2020: Adolescence is a time of major change in life, with increasing social and cognitive skills and independence, but also increased risk of mental illness. While
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AI-based ‘no-touch touchscreen’ could reduce risk of pathogen spread…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ai-based-no-touch-touchscreen-could-reduce-risk-of-pathogen-spread-from-surfaces23 Jul 2020: In lab-based tests, driving simulators and road-based trials, the predictive touch technology was able to reduce interaction effort and time by up to 50% due to its ability to
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First Master’s programme on managing the risks of AI launched by…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-masters-programme-on-managing-the-risks-of-ai-launched-by-cambridge7 Dec 2020: Artificial Intelligence is already a part of our everyday lives in forms like Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant, facial identification, and Google maps.
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Identification of viruses and bacteria could be sped up through…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/identification-of-viruses-and-bacteria-could-be-sped-up-through-computational-methods30 Mar 2020: Experiments are needed to test how well this works in practice – but it is exciting work, given the urgent need for fast, reliable disease detection methods, especially those that can be
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Cambridge helps launch £10m Trinity Challenge to protect the world…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-helps-launch-ps10m-trinity-challenge-to-protect-the-world-against-future-pandemics14 Sep 2020: £10m of funding will be made available to teams to support and scale their innovations across areas including economics, behavioural sciences, and epidemiology. ... The Trinity Challenge is calling on global participants to submit impact-led ideas
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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: Clearing up misunderstandings about these issues will help overcome existing divisions within society, the researchers hope, and enable people of all faiths and none to focus on tackling urgent economic and
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Cuttlefish eat less for lunch when they know there’ll be shrimp for…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cuttlefish-eat-less-for-lunch-when-they-know-therell-be-shrimp-for-dinner4 Feb 2020: Despite such a generalised diet, they show strong food preferences. To test this, the researchers tested 29 cuttlefish five times a day, for five days, by putting crab and shrimp at
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Researchers to track impact of lockdown on alcohol, gambling and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/researchers-to-track-impact-of-lockdown-on-alcohol-gambling-and-pornography-use12 May 2020: The UK was first placed on lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic on 23 March. Only essential businesses were allowed to remain open and everyone was
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ARPA-type funding gives green technology an ‘innovation advantage’,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/arpa-type-funding-gives-green-technology-an-innovation-advantage-study-finds14 Sep 2020: ARPA-E was established at the US Department of Energy under Obama, using a portion of the economic stimulus package that followed the 2009 financial crisis.
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Cambridge to spearhead £20million alliance to map spread of COVID-19…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-to-spearhead-ps20million-alliance-to-map-spread-of-covid-19-coronavirus23 Mar 2020: Through a £20 million investment administered by the University, the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium – comprised of the NHS, Public Health Agencies, Wellcome
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Roger Penrose wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery about…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/roger-penrose-wins-2020-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-discovery-about-black-holes6 Oct 2020: Not only questions about their inner structure, but also questions about how to test our theory of gravity under the extreme conditions in the immediate vicinity of a black hole”.
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Technique to regenerate the optic nerve offers hope for future…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/technique-to-regenerate-the-optic-nerve-offers-hope-for-future-glaucoma-treatment5 Nov 2020: Axons – nerve fibres – in the adult central nervous system (CNS) do not normally regenerate after injury and disease, meaning that damage is often
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Children use make-believe aggression and violence to manage…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/children-use-make-believe-aggression-and-violence-to-manage-bad-tempered-peers6 Oct 2020: Academics from the University of Cambridge believe that the tendency for children to introduce aggressive themes in these situations – which seems to happen
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Cambridge researchers develop new coronavirus test for frontline NHS…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-researchers-develop-new-coronavirus-test-for-frontline-nhs-workers9 Apr 2020: Stephen Baker. Using a modified PCR test, the CITIID team are able to diagnose infection in four hours, much faster than the current tests, which take over 24 hours to return ... Share. Published. 09 Apr 2020. Image. Researchers at CITIID using the new
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People in England’s poorest towns ‘lose over a decade of good…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/people-in-englands-poorest-towns-lose-over-a-decade-of-good-health-research-finds17 Jun 2020: These policies should be integral to post-pandemic economic recovery agendas,” Kenny said. ... by the economic consequences of lockdown.”.
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Cambridge-designed curriculum teaches schoolchildren about water…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-designed-curriculum-teaches-schoolchildren-about-water-scarcity-and-climate-activism17 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.
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Four secrets of a successful business-university partnership |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/business-and-enterprise/blog/four-secrets-of-a-successful-business-university-partnership20 Nov 2020: New digital technologies, big data and AI will have a critical role to play in addressing many of the societal challenges we face and in boosting the UK’s economic competitiveness -
Nature’s epidural: Genetic variant may explain why some women don’t…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/natures-epidural-genetic-variant-may-explain-why-some-women-dont-need-pain-relief-during-childbirth21 Jul 2020: Dr Lee and colleagues carried out a number of tests on the women, including applying heat and pressure to their arms and getting them to plunge their hands into icy water. ... the test group had a higher-than-expected prevalence of a rare variant of the
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Meditation-relaxation therapy may offer escape from the terror of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/meditation-relaxation-therapy-may-offer-escape-from-the-terror-of-sleep-paralysis12 Aug 2020: Sleep paralysis is a state involving paralysis of the skeletal muscles that occurs at the onset of sleep or just before waking. While temporarily immobilised,
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Impact through collaboration: the importance of strategic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/business-and-enterprise/blog/impact-through-collaboration-the-importance-of-strategic-partnerships3 Nov 2020: Indeed, it is only through collaboration that we can address some of the world’s most pressing challenges and bring about positive economic and societal change. ... social and economic benefits that arise from it. -
Contaminating a fake rubber hand could help people overcome OCD,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/contaminating-a-fake-rubber-hand-could-help-people-overcome-ocd-study-suggests9 Jan 2020: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects as many as one in 50 people worldwide. One of the most common types of the condition, affecting almost a half of
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Age and pre-existing conditions increase risk of stroke among…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/age-and-pre-existing-conditions-increase-risk-of-stroke-among-covid-19-patients28 Oct 2020: COVID-19 has become a global pandemic, affecting millions of people worldwide. In many cases, the symptoms include fever, persistent dry cough and breathing
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Whiteness of AI erases people of colour from our ‘imagined futures’,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/whiteness-of-ai-erases-people-of-colour-from-our-imagined-futures-researchers-argue6 Aug 2020: This is according to experts at the University of Cambridge, who suggest that current portrayals and stereotypes about AI risk creating a “racially homogenous”
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Surging numbers of first-generation learners at risk of being left…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/surging-numbers-of-first-generation-learners-at-risk-of-being-left-behind-in-education-systems21 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.
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Lack of understanding of common heart condition leads to missed…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lack-of-understanding-of-common-heart-condition-leads-to-missed-treatment-opportunities-study3 Nov 2020: For any intervention to be routinely adopted, there needs to be a clear understanding – and differentiation between – aspects of the illness, tests and treatments, for example. ... It’s frustrating for the doctors too, because the test results are
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Driving force behind cellular ‘protein factories’ could have…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/driving-force-behind-cellular-protein-factories-could-have-implications-for-neurodegenerative16 Dec 2020: In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers from the University of Cambridge show that tiny components within the cell are the biological
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Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by Cambridge team to be…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rapid-covid-19-diagnostic-test-developed-by-cambridge-team-to-be-deployed-in-hospitals2 Apr 2020: Search. Search. Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by Cambridge team to be deployed in hospitals. ... Research. Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by Cambridge team to be deployed in hospitals..
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Combining PCR and antibody tests at point of care dramatically…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/combining-pcr-and-antibody-tests-at-point-of-care-dramatically-increases-covid-19-detection-in2 Sep 2020: The two main types of test – PCR and antibody tests – both have limitations because of the nature of coronavirus infection and how our body responds. ... nucleic acid tests, and a combination of two finger prick antibody tests, both of which test for
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Simple ‘sniff test’ reliably predicts recovery of severely…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/simple-sniff-test-reliably-predicts-recovery-of-severely-brain-injured-patients29 Apr 2020: Search. Search. Simple ‘sniff test’ reliably predicts recovery of severely brain-injured patients. ... The accuracy of the sniff test is remarkable - I hope it will help in the treatment of severely brain injured patients around the world.
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Two new initiatives to boost economic value from university research…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/two-new-initiatives-to-boost-economic-value-from-university-research16 Jul 2020: The needs for better evidence are growing as we move from the immediate COVID-19 crisis into the longer-term economic recovery period, and as the government looks to maximise the ... This will help economies across the UK recover, reconfigure, and thrive
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Women bear brunt of coronavirus economic shutdown in UK and US |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-bear-brunt-of-coronavirus-economic-shutdown-in-uk-and-us21 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:.
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Tackling COVID-19: Professor Ravi Gupta | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tackling-covid-19-professor-ravi-gupta18 Jun 2020: working. We’re now about to implement a point-of-care antibody test to help diagnosis. ... We’ve also recently introduced a new rapid diagnostic test called SAMBA II at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
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Economic activity has halved during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/economic-activity-has-halved-during-spains-coronavirus-lockdown-study-suggests15 Apr 2020: Search. Search. Economic activity has halved during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown, study suggests. ... but have few means of understanding the impact of different policies on economic activity.
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Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/economic-damage-could-be-worse-without-lockdown-and-social-distancing-study29 Apr 2020: Search. Search. Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing – study. ... Taking no action is unacceptable from public health perspective, and extremely risky from an economic perspective.
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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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Blood test to monitor cancer up to ten times more sensitive than…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/blood-test-to-monitor-cancer-up-to-ten-times-more-sensitive-than-current-methods17 Jun 2020: Search. Search. Blood test to monitor cancer up to ten times more sensitive than current methods. ... Research. Blood test to monitor cancer up to ten times more sensitive than current methods..
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Tackling COVID-19: Dr Freya Jephcott | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tackling-covid-19-dr-freya-jephcott7 May 2020: Populations already well served by health systems - often groups of higher socio-economic status - tend to be captured by surveillance.
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Aroma diffuser and plastic bag offer inexpensive method to test fit…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/aroma-diffuser-and-plastic-bag-offer-inexpensive-method-to-test-fit-of-face-masks-at-home16 Dec 2020: Search. Search. Aroma diffuser and plastic bag offer inexpensive method to test fit of face masks at home. ... Research. Aroma diffuser and plastic bag offer inexpensive method to test fit of face masks at home..
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Rapid coronavirus test speeds up access to urgent care and will free…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rapid-coronavirus-test-speeds-up-access-to-urgent-care-and-will-free-up-beds-ahead-of-winter3 Jun 2020: Search. Search. Rapid coronavirus test speeds up access to urgent care and will free up beds ahead of winter. ... Research. Rapid coronavirus test speeds up access to urgent care and will free up beds ahead of winter..
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National trial launched to test re-purposing existing drugs to treat…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/national-trial-launched-to-test-re-purposing-existing-drugs-to-treat-covid-19-patients20 May 2020: Search. Search. National trial launched to test re-purposing existing drugs to treat COVID-19 patients. ... Research. National trial launched to test re-purposing existing drugs to treat COVID-19 patients..
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Green COVID-19 recovery packages can boost economic growth and tackle …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/green-covid-19-recovery-packages-can-boost-economic-growth-and-tackle-climate-change-researchers-say5 May 2020: Brian O’Callaghan, economist at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford. ... 2020). A net-zero emissions economic recovery from COVID-19. COP26 Universities Network Briefing.
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No country ‘immune’ to COVID-19 economic shock, but Asian nations…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/no-country-immune-to-covid-19-economic-shock-but-asian-nations-will-bounce-back-faster2 Dec 2020: Search. Search. No country ‘immune’ to COVID-19 economic shock, but Asian nations will bounce back faster. ... Research. No country ‘immune’ to COVID-19 economic shock, but Asian nations will bounce back faster..
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