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29 Mar 2017: In the days and weeks following the June 2016 referendum, those who advocated leaving the EU were quick to claim that the much-heralded economic disasters threatened by George Osborne and ... Certainly, while the value of sterling might have dropped and

22 May 2017: In the 100 years since it was published, general relativity has passed every test that has been thrown at it, but one of its limitations is the existence of singularities.

1 Jun 2017: Early tests of the model showed that it was able to estimate pain levels with about 80% degree of accuracy, which means that the system is learning.

10 Jul 2017: Research. Global teamwork brings low-cost test for Weil's disease a step closer.. ... International cooperation has been crucial in the development of the test (see panel below).

8 Mar 2017: Around one in 20 teenagers suffers from depression. Episodes can last for several months. Unfortunately, about 50% of teenagers who have a depressive episode

20 Apr 2017: The UK DRI is a joint £250 million investment into dementia research led by the Medical Research Council (MRC) alongside founding charity partners Alzheimer’s

5 Oct 2017: There is a buzz around heritage today as people start to think about it in new ways, linking it with political, economic and environmental issues.”.

2 Feb 2017: Education is at the heart of social transformation – it increases opportunities in life, can pull people out of poverty, empower women and drive economic growth. ... We see girls’ education as the starting point to everything – from tackling

21 Feb 2017: Cocaine is one of the most widely-used illicit drugs in the Western world and is highly addictive. A report last year by the UK government’s Advisory Council

30 Nov 2017: wrestle with issues of immigration and trade, resurgent nationalism, and economic discontent. ... wrestle with issues of immigration and trade, resurgent nationalism, and economic discontent.'.

25 Jan 2017: According to psychologists, the extraordinary variety of human personality can be broken down into the so-called ‘Big Five’ personality traits, namely

5 Oct 2017: The new Blade Runner sequel will return us to a world where sophisticated androids made with organic body parts can match the strength and emotions of their

23 Aug 2017: Leprosy is an infectious disease that affects the skin and peripheral nerves and is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and, less commonly, Mycobacterium

19 May 2017: Later, lab-based tests, using the most advanced techniques for the synthesis and atomic-resolution visualisation of such extreme materials, were performed by the Warwick researchers to confirm the theoretical predictions.

18 Oct 2017: By manufacturing artificial surfaces that replicated ‘blue halos’, scientists were able to test the effect on pollinators, in this case foraging bumblebees.

23 Oct 2017: The team, from the University of Cambridge, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Boston University, identified a hidden signal leading up to earthquakes and used

22 Jun 2017: Early tests of the antibodies in test tubes and in nematode worms showed an almost complete elimination of these pathogens.

13 Jun 2017: Using sensitive laboratory tests, embryos can be detected as they implant into the womb about one week after fertilisation. ... At this point the hormone hCG, which is used in regular pregnancy tests, becomes detectable.

23 Jun 2017: While the technique is still several years away from use in humans, tests have begun in mice.

27 Jun 2017: The total economic impact of Cambridge University’s Museums and Botanic Garden was estimated to be at least £16m in 2015-16.

14 Jul 2017: Liddell adds: “CRISPR-Cas9 patent wars are just warming up, demonstrating some of the economic issues at stake.

13 Sep 2017: The team now hopes to secure funding to test their vaccine candidate in humans in the near future.

13 Jul 2017: Dr Liu has developed a non-invasive respiratory function test for short-skulled dog breeds, including French bulldogs and pugs, which suffer from airway obstruction.

16 Feb 2017: Really we need to develop a bedside test that doesn’t require costly and time-consuming laboratory analysis.

26 May 2017: This enables researchers to test their predictions about how play may contribute to social development in the longer term.

22 Feb 2017: Principle. Amartya Sen (Trinity College 1957, 1998): Nobel prize-winning economist. His reputation is based on studies of famine, human development theory and welfare economics.

19 Sep 2017: Concerning the null findings on the testosterone levels, the researchers suggested that competition-induced testosterone fluctuations may be hard to detect, and so they are carrying out further work to test

13 Jun 2017: While many of them face discrimination due to their sexual identities, or are living in precarious socio-economic situations, Mlangeni’s work does not cast his subjects as ‘victims’ but rather

17 May 2017: Bouncing production around the planet is already making less and less economic sense,” says Livesey.

1 Jun 2017: A study published today in Science shows that the Zika virus hijacks a human protein called Musashi-1 (MSI1) to allow it to replicate in, and kill, neural stem

28 Mar 2017: One of the studies is a so-called ‘reversal learning’ test. In this test, the marmoset learns that pressing one button gives it a juice reward, while it gets no reward

3 Nov 2017: We are sometimes confronted with reminders of unwanted thoughts — thoughts about unpleasant memories, images or worries. When this happens, the thought may be

15 Sep 2017: produce a computer model to replicate growth in the organism and test previous hypotheses about where and how growth occurred.

14 Nov 2017: Whether you like it or not, almost every step you take online is recorded: the websites you visit, the purchases you make, the songs you listen to, the

20 Apr 2017: She said: “We know that trazodone is safe to use in humans, so a clinical trial is now possible to test whether the protective effects of the drug we see on

13 Oct 2017: As many as one in ten people of European ancestry is affected by restless legs syndrome, in which sufferers feel an overwhelming urge to move, often in

11 Sep 2017: Search. Search. Cambridge researchers help develop new diagnostic test for African sleeping sickness. ... The international not-for-profit organisation FIND and the diagnostics company Alere have today launched their second-generation rapid diagnostic

22 Feb 2017: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides financial assistance to countries in economic trouble. ... The organisation has long been regarded as a tool of the Western economic powers, primarily the US and Europe.

14 Mar 2017: The team used different types of biomass in their experiments. Pieces of wood, paper and leaves were placed in test tubes and exposed to solar light.

16 Jan 2017: They were also asked to rate their reasons for using these words and then took part in a lie test to determine whether they were being truthful or simply responding in

13 Feb 2017: Although trypanosomiasis is also a disease of humans, the number of cases is low, and the more serious concerns about the disease relate to the economic impact on agricultural production.”.

23 May 2017: “Weight loss strategies are often inefficient because the body works like a thermostat and couples the amount of calories we burn to the amount of calories we

6 Feb 2017: Knowledge lies at the heart of social and economic development, so countries with a thriving knowledge economy and good research infrastructure develop quicker; and the gap between those that don’t

6 Mar 2017: OCD is a disorder characterised by intrusive thoughts and repetitive, irrational behaviours, for example an obsession with cleanliness leading to repetitive

21 Nov 2017: Whether viewed as catalyst or symptom, they are events that stand in for explanations of economic shift, geopolitical crisis and social inequality which describe the decade’s apparent decline into death,

6 Jan 2017: scale. Also, as the researchers acknowledge, they carried out several statistical tests looking for significant associations – ones that have a low p-value (the probablility of finding this difference when there ... While the current analysis ruled out

13 Jan 2017: And US start-up Hyperloop One recently announced a shortlist of 35 potential hyperloop test projects, which included proposals for routes linking Sydney with Melbourne, London with Edinburgh and Mumbai with

23 Feb 2017: Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University of Surrey have identified early biomarkers of disease during examinations of Huntington’s disease

29 Aug 2017: The poet John Clare (1793-1864) was a keen natural historian who knew the countryside in all its moods. His various jobs saw him labouring in farms and

23 Jun 2017: The festival, which runs until Sunday 25 June, will allow audiences to quiz more than 130 leading Cambridge neuroscientists on everything from why we get fat