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  2. Making the most of algae | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/making-the-most-of-algae
    Thumbnail for Making the most of algae | University of Cambridge 2 Sep 2013: collaborate with partners in industry to test new ideas.
  3. Down but not out | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/down-but-not-out
    Thumbnail for Down but not out | University of Cambridge 26 Apr 2013: Given that start-up companies are widely regarded as the engine of economic growth, and that each year a small number of new enterprises prove spectacularly successful, these are important questions.
  4. The land of make-believe | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-land-of-make-believe
    Thumbnail for The land of make-believe | University of Cambridge 14 Mar 2013: In a child’s mind, everyday objects can become almost anything: a large cardboard box can be a rocket ship, or a wooden block can be a fighter jet. While this
  5. Gaia’s mission: solving the celestial puzzle | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/gaias-mission-solving-the-celestial-puzzle
    Thumbnail for Gaia’s mission: solving the celestial puzzle | University of Cambridge 19 Dec 2013: Test data will soon start streaming back to a specially built computer at the IoA and powerful clusters at four other computing centres in Europe. ... For example, Gaia will provide the most precise test to date of Einstein’s theory of General
  6. Are we ready to meet ET? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/are-we-ready-to-meet-et
    Thumbnail for Are we ready to meet ET? | University of Cambridge 5 Mar 2013: In addition, the World Economic Forum Global Risks report for 2013 states that, "Given the pace of space exploration, it is increasingly conceivable that we may discover the existence of alien
  7. Out of the ashes of Empire | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/out-of-the-ashes-of-empire
    Thumbnail for Out of the ashes of Empire | University of Cambridge 12 Feb 2013: only to that area’s growing economic importance, but also to the  increasing significance of its politics.
  8. Sleeping sickness by stealth | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/sleeping-sickness-by-stealth
    Thumbnail for Sleeping sickness by stealth | University of Cambridge 4 Feb 2013: Sleeping sickness threatens millions of lives in sub-Saharan countries and, because it also affects cattle, is a major contributor to economic hardship.
  9. Finding malaria's weak spot | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/finding-malarias-weak-spot
    Thumbnail for Finding malaria's weak spot | University of Cambridge 6 Feb 2013: Used in conjunction with other tools such as fluorescent indicators and molecular biological tools, the new technology will allow Tiffert and Lew to test their hypotheses about the pre-invasion stage
  10. Putting our House in order | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/putting-our-house-in-order
    Thumbnail for Putting our House in order | University of Cambridge 25 Oct 2013: 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
  11. Girls with anorexia have elevated autistic traits | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/girls-with-anorexia-have-elevated-autistic-traits
    Thumbnail for Girls with anorexia have elevated autistic traits | University of Cambridge 6 Aug 2013: tests to measure traits related to autism. ... On the tests of empathy and systemising (how strong an interest the person has in repeating patterns and predictable rule-based systems), girls with anorexia had a higher SQ, and a
  12. School starting age: the evidence | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/school-starting-age-the-evidence
    Thumbnail for School starting age: the evidence | University of Cambridge 24 Sep 2013: In England children now start formal schooling, and the formal teaching of literacy and numeracy at the age of four.  A recent letter signed by around 130
  13. Breastfeeding may reduce Alzheimer’s risk | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/breastfeeding-may-reduce-alzheimers-risk
    Thumbnail for Breastfeeding may reduce Alzheimer’s risk | University of Cambridge 5 Aug 2013: Mothers who breastfeed their children may have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease, with longer periods of breastfeeding also lowering the overall
  14. Let’s eat cake! Luxury unwrapped | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/lets-eat-cake-luxury-unwrapped
    Thumbnail for Let’s eat cake! Luxury unwrapped | University of Cambridge 29 Jun 2013: I’m not yet sure how possible it is to think about luxury outside economic terms and frameworks.
  15. Nurturing science’s next generation | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/nurturing-sciences-next-generation
    Thumbnail for Nurturing science’s next generation | University of Cambridge 20 Mar 2013: Anna Guinot Aguado, Maddie Mitchell and Connie Rich are among a unique group of PhD students. Each year Cambridge receives hundreds of applications for a small
  16. Monogamy evolved as a mating strategy | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/monogamy-evolved-as-a-mating-strategy
    Thumbnail for Monogamy evolved as a mating strategy | University of Cambridge 29 Jul 2013: With this study we were able to test all these different hypotheses at once.
  17. Synaesthesia is more common in autism | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/synaesthesia-is-more-common-in-autism
    Thumbnail for Synaesthesia is more common in autism | University of Cambridge 20 Nov 2013: Synaesthesia involves people experiencing a ‘mixing of the senses’, for example, seeing colours when they hear sounds, or reporting that musical notes evoke
  18. Breaking down cancer’s defence mechanisms | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/breaking-down-cancers-defence-mechanisms
    Thumbnail for Breaking down cancer’s defence mechanisms | University of Cambridge 20 Dec 2013: Initial tests of the combined treatment, carried out in mice by researchers at the University’s Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, resulted in almost complete elimination of cancer cells in one
  19. Austerity Britain: it's déjà vu all over again | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/austerity-britain-its-deja-vu-all-over-again
    Thumbnail for Austerity Britain: it's déjà vu all over again | University of Cambridge 16 Jan 2013: But for those who held on to their jobs, it was a relatively good decade as strong economic growth raised living standards. ... His research focuses on UK economic policy from the 1960s to the 1980s.
  20. Monogamous birds read partner's food desires | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/monogamous-birds-read-partners-food-desires
    Thumbnail for Monogamous birds read partner's food desires | University of Cambridge 15 Feb 2013: Through different tests using variations on food and visual access to the females during feeding, the researchers show that the males needed to actually see the females eating enough of and
  21. Face of the future rears its head | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/face-of-the-future-rears-its-head
    Thumbnail for Face of the future rears its head | University of Cambridge 19 Mar 2013: The participants were each given either a video, or audio clip of a single sentence from the test set and asked to identify which of the six basic emotions it was
  22. Cities and how we live in them | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/cities-and-how-we-live-in-them
    Thumbnail for Cities and how we live in them | University of Cambridge 19 Feb 2013: With a background in a range of overlapping disciplines, he is currently professor of sociology at the London School of Economics.
  23. Breakthrough study models dying stars in a lab | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/breakthrough-study-models-dying-stars-in-a-lab
    Thumbnail for Breakthrough study models dying stars in a lab | University of Cambridge 15 Feb 2013: The theory predicting the behaviour of hydrogen atoms in magnetic fields this high has been around for just under a century, but until now, no-one was able to test it ... high has been around for just under a century, but until now, no-one was able to
  24. Putting a price on our future | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/putting-a-price-on-our-future
    Thumbnail for Putting a price on our future | University of Cambridge 7 Oct 2013: We’re trying to put a real economic value on natural resources.” Production of many mass market consumables, from beer to chocolate, takes advantage of many natural resources that aren’t
  25. Good tidings for coastal communities | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/good-tidings-for-coastal-communities
    Thumbnail for Good tidings for coastal communities | University of Cambridge 23 Oct 2013: test an imaginative design in response to pressing environmental issues.
  26. Totalitarianism, violence and the silent majority | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/totalitarianism-violence-and-the-silent-majority
    Thumbnail for Totalitarianism, violence and the silent majority | University of Cambridge 6 Mar 2013: A small proportion of people protested and small proportion collaborated. But carefully targeted violence, propaganda and state's monopoly on economic and civic institutions persuaded the rest to go along. ... Applebaum, who is currently Philip Roman
  27. The artificial pancreas that keeps tabs on sugar | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-artificial-pancreas-that-keeps-tabs-on-sugar
    Thumbnail for The artificial pancreas that keeps tabs on sugar | University of Cambridge 15 May 2013: Patients must carry out frequent finger-prick tests and inject insulin to keep their blood sugar within safe limits. ... Our trials at the CRF are an essential step, enabling us to document safety and reliability with different groups before we let them
  28. Pirate utopias: a history of digital distribution | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/pirate-utopias-a-history-of-digital-distribution
    Thumbnail for Pirate utopias: a history of digital distribution | University of Cambridge 30 Apr 2013: Indeed, the power of anonymity in the networked hive, as displayed by BitTorrent, is being increasingly embraced by political activism in the wake of economic meltdown. ... Dr James Allen-Robertson is currently based at the Cambridge-INET Institute in
  29. We ask the experts: is overseas aid working? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/we-ask-the-experts-is-overseas-aid-working
    Thumbnail for We ask the experts: is overseas aid working? | University of Cambridge 16 Aug 2013: Throughout the world, there is a growing realisation that we cannot achieve economic or environmental sustainability without addressing social inequality, the worst manifestation of which is extreme poverty. ... Whether we're talking about the UK or
  30. The world is changing: how do we respond? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/the-world-is-changing-how-do-we-respond
    Thumbnail for The world is changing: how do we respond? | University of Cambridge 1 Oct 2013: economics (see below) came together to form the Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the Environment. ... Dr Tiago Cavalcanti (Faculty of Economics). Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown (4CMR and Dept of Land Economy).
  31. Twenty top tips for interpreting scientific claims | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/twenty-top-tips-for-interpreting-scientific-claims
    Thumbnail for Twenty top tips for interpreting scientific claims | University of Cambridge 21 Nov 2013: No member of the current British cabinet has a scientific degree – the closest is Vince Cable, who initially read Natural Sciences at Cambridge before switching to Economics. ... Six cabinet members read Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at
  32. Work begins on world’s most powerful radio telescope | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/work-begins-on-worlds-most-powerful-radio-telescope
    Thumbnail for Work begins on world’s most powerful radio telescope | University of Cambridge 4 Nov 2013: The University’s High Performance Computing service will house a laboratory to test computer implementations and scalable architectures for the enormous proportions that SKA requires. ... University’s radio observatory at Lord’s Bridge being used
  33. We ask the experts: are we working too hard? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/we-ask-the-experts-are-we-working-too-hard
    Thumbnail for We ask the experts: are we working too hard? | University of Cambridge 6 Sep 2013: The distribution of work is – and always will be – an economic and societal challenge. ... JM The distribution of work is – and always will be – an economic and societal challenge.
  34. Leading the battle to protect the Amazon | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/leading-the-battle-to-protect-the-amazon
    Thumbnail for Leading the battle to protect the Amazon | University of Cambridge 9 Jan 2013: A new forest law has just been approved, which combines environmental, economic and social issues,” he said.
  35. Research reveals how elephants 'see' the world | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/research-reveals-how-elephants-see-the-world
    Thumbnail for Research reveals how elephants 'see' the world | University of Cambridge 28 Aug 2013: Think Elephants aimed to test elephants on this because they are a wild, non-domesticated species that, in captivity in Thailand, are in relatively constant contact with humans.
  36. Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-why-the-sanctions-must-be-lifted
    Thumbnail for Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted | University of Cambridge 24 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.
  37. Captain Cook’s Maori paddles: an artefact of encounter | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/captain-cooks-maori-paddles-an-artefact-of-encounter
    Thumbnail for Captain Cook’s Maori paddles: an artefact of encounter | University of Cambridge 22 May 2013: One aim of the project, which is led by Professor Nicholas Thomas and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is to expose variations in patterns of exchange among different ... Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
  38. Air, water and sun: the ingredients of ‘green gasoline’ | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/air-water-and-sun-the-ingredients-of-green-gasoline
    Thumbnail for Air, water and sun: the ingredients of ‘green gasoline’ | University of Cambridge 14 Oct 2013: naturally. But can the technology make the transition from test-tube to the gigatonnes required for industrial scale-up? ... Share. Published. 14 Oct 2013. Image. Electrodes in a test cell to produce hydrogen with light.
  39. Family bonds: how does surrogacy impact on relationships? |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/family-bonds-how-does-surrogacy-impact-on-relationships
    Thumbnail for Family bonds: how does surrogacy impact on relationships? | University of Cambridge 8 Jul 2013: When a woman becomes a surrogate to enable others to have a baby, new relationships are formed. Research carried out by the Centre of Family Research,
  40. Genetic mutations linked to Parkinson’s disease | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genetic-mutations-linked-to-parkinsons-disease-0
    Thumbnail for Genetic mutations linked to Parkinson’s disease | University of Cambridge 12 Aug 2013: Researchers have discovered how genetic mutations linked to Parkinson’s disease might play a key role in the death of brain cells, potentially paving the way
  41. New study shows how Salmonella colonises the gut | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-study-shows-how-salmonella-colonises-the-gut
    Thumbnail for New study shows how Salmonella colonises the gut | University of Cambridge 19 Apr 2013: The methods we applied allowed us to survey the fate of hundreds of bacterial mutants simultaneously in one animal, rather than us having to test them one-by-one.
  42. Mongolian life stories database launched online | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mongolian-life-stories-database-launched-online
    Thumbnail for Mongolian life stories database launched online | University of Cambridge 5 Mar 2013: Because of the digital infrastructure, we can extract social, economic and political histories from this in a matter of minutes, yet the basis is simply people describing their own experiences, in
  43. Bovril: a very beefy (and British) love affair | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bovril-a-very-beefy-and-british-love-affair
    Thumbnail for Bovril: a very beefy (and British) love affair | University of Cambridge 5 Jul 2013: As a brand that for decades stood the test of time and still boasts iconic status in the public imagination, Bovril encapsulated notions of health and energy, stamina and stoicism.
  44. 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-noise
    Thumbnail for Noises off: the machine that rubs out noise | University of Cambridge 2 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.
  45. Moss growth in Antarctica linked to climate change | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/moss-growth-in-antarctica-linked-to-climate-change
    Thumbnail for Moss growth in Antarctica linked to climate change | University of Cambridge 29 Aug 2013: Microscopic tests established it was formed from a single species (Polytrichum strictum).
  46. China's "leftovers" are rejects in a man's world |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/chinas-leftovers-are-rejects-in-a-mans-world
    Thumbnail for China's "leftovers" are rejects in a man's world | University of Cambridge 28 Feb 2013: Chinese city, where parents advertise their daughters’ physical and economic attributes on billboards.
  47. Scientists explore the inner workings of the teenage brain |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-explore-the-inner-workings-of-the-teenage-brain
    Thumbnail for Scientists explore the inner workings of the teenage brain | University of Cambridge 15 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.
  48. 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-attack
    Thumbnail for New drug could protect from tissue damage following heart attack | University of Cambridge 28 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
  49. 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-date
    Thumbnail for Has the nation reached its sell-by date? | University of Cambridge 9 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
  50. Major motion pictures from our prehistoric past | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/major-motion-pictures-from-our-prehistoric-past
    Thumbnail for Major motion pictures from our prehistoric past | University of Cambridge 17 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.”.
  51. 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-breathing
    Thumbnail for New device could make diagnosing disease as simple as breathing | University of Cambridge 25 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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