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Rare disease research at Cambridge receives major boost with launch…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rare-disease-research-at-cambridge-receives-major-boost-with-launch-of-two-new-centres23 Apr 2024: They will tackle barriers that ordinarily prevent new tests and treatments reaching patients with rare diseases and speed up the delivery of rare disease treatment trials.
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AI predicts healthiness of food menus
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-healthy-menus8 Mar 2024: While the complexities of menu healthiness cannot be accurately captured by name only, the researchers validated their results against a different set of test data from Just Eat to that used
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Ten Cambridge scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2024 …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/ten-cambridge-scientists-elected-as-fellows-of-the-royal-society-202416 May 2024: She is a Fellow of Trinity College. Her pioneering work to devise a first-in-class, non-endoscopic capsule sponge test for identifying individuals at high risk for oesophageal cancer has ... won numerous prizes, including the Westminster Medal, and this
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Aim policies at ‘hardware’ to ensure AI safety, say experts
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/hardware-ai-safety14 Feb 2024: Governments already track many economic transactions, so it makes sense to increase monitoring of a commodity as rare and powerful as an advanced AI chip,” said Belfield. ... negative economic impacts and the hampering of positive AI development.
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Baby born deaf can hear after breakthrough gene therapy | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/baby-born-deaf-can-hear-after-breakthrough-gene-therapy9 May 2024: Opal was identified as being at risk as her older sister has the condition; this was confirmed by genetic test result when she was 3 weeks old.
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Fish bellies, fava beans and food security
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/food-security-symposium5 Apr 2024: When we went to Gambia, West Africa.we found that people didn't remember millet," said Professor of Economic Security and Resilience, Shailaja Fennell. ... Dr Shailaja Fennell, Deputy Head of Department, Professor of Economic Security and Resilience in
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Cambridge achievers recognised in 2024 New Year Honours list |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-achievers-recognised-in-2024-new-year-honours-list30 Dec 2023: Dr Gillian Tett, Provost at Kings College, Cambridge, is awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Economic Journalism.
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New instrument to search for signs of life on other planets |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-instrument-to-search-for-signs-of-life-on-other-planets5 Jun 2024: It will also test variations of the fundamental constants of physics and measure the acceleration of the Universe’s expansion. ... In addition, astronomers will be able to use ANDES’ data to test if the fundamental constants of physics vary with time
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Harnessing the power of innovation
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/harnessing-innovation4 Jun 2024: WHY? "So that Cambridge research translates into positive social and economic change.
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Apollo Therapeutics secures $226.5 million to translate fundamental…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/apollo-therapeutics-secures-226-5-million-to-translate-fundamental-research-into-medicines6 Sep 2023: Share. Published. 06 Sep 2023. Image. test tubes. Credit: Philippedelavie, Pixaby.
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Caring for cancer patients
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/caring-for-cancer-patients31 Jan 2024: What we've created is smaller than my hand, a finger-prick blood test that can be used anywhere. ... It allows patients to test themselves anywhere and then give their doctor the results over the phone.
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A simple ‘twist’ improves the engine of clean fuel generation |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-simple-twist-improves-the-engine-of-clean-fuel-generation24 Apr 2024: Tests of a copper oxide light harvester, or photocathode, based on this fabrication technique showed a 70% improvement over existing state-of-the-art oxide photocathodes, while also showing greatly improved ... We need to carry out further work to fully
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Foresters bring Cambridge 'water curriculum' to Indian…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/foresters-bring-cambridge-water-curriculum-to-indian-himalayas29 Jun 2023: 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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Cambridge heads to COP28
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge/cop281 Dec 2023: Greening education, economics, and engineering. Other Cambridge attendees at COP28 include Cambridge Press and Assessment (CUP&A), where Global Director of Climate Education Christine Özden will be leading a workshop at
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Farm to factories
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/farms-factories-research15 Mar 2024: Co-Chair of the Council on the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production at the World Economic Forum.
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Artificial intelligence beats doctors in accurately assessing eye…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/artificial-intelligence-beats-doctors-in-accurately-assessing-eye-problems17 Apr 2024: GPT-4 scored significantly better in the test than unspecialised junior doctors, who are comparable to general practitioners in their level of specialist eye knowledge. ... The test included questions about a huge range of eye problems, including extreme
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Why seven in ten women experience pregnancy sickness
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/pregnancy-sickness-cause13 Dec 2023: And given that she had not been taking any fluids, this made taking the test incredibly difficult. ... A second ketone test showed that something was obviously wrong. She was told to get to the hospital immediately.
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Vice-Chancellor visits North West to encourage more Cambridge…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellor-visits-north-west-to-encourage-more-cambridge-applications23 Feb 2024: that leads to new companies and economic activity taking place here, and delivering thousands of jobs.
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Three Cambridge researchers awarded Royal Academy of Engineering…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/three-cambridge-researchers-awarded-royal-academy-of-engineering-chair-in-emerging-technologies14 Mar 2024: From atomically thin semiconductors for more energy-efficient electronics, to harnessing the power of the sun by upcycling biomass and plastic waste into
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Report highlights inequalities and hidden suffering among people…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/lancet-breast-cancer-commission15 Apr 2024: In response, the Commission established a UK-based pilot study that provides a snapshot of the economic burden and supportive care needs for people affected by breast cancer.
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Earth’s earliest sea creatures drove evolution by stirring the water…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/earths-earliest-sea-creatures-drove-evolution-by-stirring-the-water17 May 2024: resources. To test how far back this process goes in Earth’s history, the team looked at some of the earliest examples of marine animal communities, known from rocks at Mistaken
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Cambridge, Intel and Dell join forces on UK’s fastest AI…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-intel-and-dell-join-forces-on-uks-fastest-ai-supercomputer1 Nov 2023: UK to deliver fusion power to grid in the 2040s, to realise Net Zero more generally, to seed high value UK jobs in AI and ‘digital’ and to drive economic growth
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Cancer isn’t fair – but care should be
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/close-the-cancer-care-gap4 Feb 2024: For those who live without a permanent residence, maintaining contact with healthcare providers over blood tests and scans is patchy, and can be complicated by other factors. ... the Cambridge Access Clinic for further tests, with a 100% follow-up
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Holding back the flood
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/climate-trapped-populations25 Mar 2024: The paper explores the role of immobile populations from the Torres Straits islanders to the Netherlands -- dubbed “trapped” people -- who for economic, social, or health reasons are unable to migrate to
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‘Wraparound’ implants represent new approach to treating spinal cord…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wraparound-implants-represent-new-approach-to-treating-spinal-cord-injuries8 May 2024: In tests using rat models, the researchers successfully used the devices to stimulate limb movement. ... Further tests in human cadaver models showed that the devices can be successfully placed in humans.
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New milestone for specialist children’s hospital in the East of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-milestone-for-specialist-childrens-hospital-in-the-east-of-england12 Oct 2023: The Project had its Outline Business Case approved in principle by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care on 29 September 2023. With this
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“It's not one single trauma, it’s hundreds of traumas”
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/mental-health-migration9 Nov 2023: Survival migration and population displacement are only set to worsen in coming years due to climate change, conflict, and economic crises. ... Developing the economic and civil society case for integrating and employing refugees and asylum seekers in
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Electrified charcoal ‘sponge’ can soak up CO2 directly from the air | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/electrified-charcoal-sponge-can-soak-up-co2-directly-from-the-air5 Jun 2024: Tests of the charged charcoal sponge showed that it could successfully capture CO2 directly from the air, thanks to the bonding mechanism of the hydroxides.
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‘Nation of makers’: Britain industrialised over a century earlier…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/nation-of-makers-industrial-britain5 Apr 2024: th. century – long credited as the birth of global industry and economic growth. ... leader and Professor of Economic History at Cambridge’s Faculty of History.
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Robot trained to read braille at twice the speed of humans |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/robot-trained-to-read-braille-at-twice-the-speed-of-humans29 Jan 2024: Although the robot braille reader was not developed as an assistive technology, the researchers say the high sensitivity required to read braille makes it an ideal test in the development of ... surfaces.”. Braille is an ideal test for a robot
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Moving a capital city: learning from when the earth moves
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/indonesia-earthquake-hazard14 Nov 2023: Beyond the fascination, however, Rawlinson is keenly aware of the human and economic cost of natural hazards. ... If a new city is to be built, our work could inform building codes and disaster management planning, which would help save lives and reduce
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A very healthy relationship
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/NHS-at-753 Jul 2023: By the time it closed, the Cambridge COVID-19 Testing Centre had processed more than three million tests.". ... But the power of the NHS is that we can test our models in other hospitals to make sure they work.".
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AI cuts waiting times for cancer patients in NHS first | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ai-cuts-waiting-times-for-cancer-patients-in-nhs-first27 Jun 2023: Rigorous tests and risk assessments have been carried out to ensure OSAIRIS is safe and can be used in the day-to-day care of radiotherapy patients across the NHS. ... In masked tests, known as ‘Turing tests’, doctors were unable to tell the
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Cost to protect globally important forests falls disproportionately…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/tropical-forest-protection17 Aug 2023: The study also found that the greatest overall global economic gains come from the most biologically important sites – but these are also most costly for locals to conserve. ... Reference: Platts, P.J. et al.: ‘Inequitable gains and losses from
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Role of inherited genetic variants in rare blood cancer uncovered |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/role-of-inherited-genetic-variants-in-rare-blood-cancer-uncovered17 Jan 2024: During routine blood tests, researchers take known information about these genes and analyse the variation to give a genetic risk score, which is how likely that individual is to develop a ... In fact, many of these genetic mutations are routine
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The AI Summit was a promising start – but momentum must be maintained
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ai-summit-promising-start8 Nov 2023: Last week’s Executive Order from Joe Biden goes some way towards requiring companies to evaluate their models, including the sharing of safety tests with the federal government.
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Robots cause company profits to fall – at least at first | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/robots-cause-company-profits-to-fall-at-least-at-first3 Aug 2023: The research was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which are both part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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360-degree head-up display view could warn drivers of road obstacles…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/lidar-holograms-for-driving20 Dec 2023: They are hoping to carry out road tests, either on public or private roads, in 2024.
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Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/suppressing-negative-thoughts-good-for-mental-health20 Sep 2023: Professor Anderson and Dr Mamat recruited 120 people across 16 countries to test whether it might in fact be possible – and beneficial – for people to practice suppressing their fearful thoughts.
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Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/black-atlantic21 Sep 2023: Dr Jake Subryan Richards, Lead Curator of Black Atlantic and Assistant Professor of international history at the London School of Economics.
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One in two children with ADHD experience emotional problems, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/one-in-two-children-with-adhd-experience-emotional-problems-study-finds22 May 2024: In research published in Nature Mental Health, the team found that as many as one in two children with ADHD show signs of emotional dysregulation, and that
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Taking Cambridge global
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/taking-cambridge-global1 Dec 2023: worked in Cambridge to develop a drone fitted with a range of particle measurement instruments that can be used to test theoretical conclusions on emissions in the real-world marine environment.
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Religious people coped better with Covid-19 pandemic, research…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/religious-people-coped-better-with-covid-19-pandemic-research-suggests30 Jan 2024: The study was conducted during February and March 2021, and involved 5,178 people right across the United States, with findings published in the journal European Economic Review in November 2023. ... Cambridge’s Faculty of Economics.
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The big question - Cambridge University team joins ALPHA hunt for…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridge-dark-matter-ALPHA-experiment7 Feb 2024: Compared to the enormous underground cavern sites needed to test for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), another compelling candidate for dark matter, the ALPHA equipment needed to test for axions will
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Cracking the great cuckoo cover-up
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/drongos-versus-cuckoos26 Jul 2023: The team could then test what differences in colour and pattern between the foreign egg and the drongo’s own eggs best predicted whether or not the drongo parents were tricked.
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Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reclaim-wellness-from-the-rich-and-famous-and-restore-its-political-radicalism-new-book-argues28 Mar 2024: It’s an over-worked comparison that tends to say more about our own social problems, our own contemporary culture of overlapping political, social and economic crises. ... to be well, it’s your fault, a view that neglects to consider all kinds of
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Birds and honey badgers could be cooperating to steal from bees in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/birds-and-the-badgers29 Jun 2023: It’s an intriguing idea, but hard to test,” said Spottiswoode. The research was primarily funded by the European Research Council.
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“Incredible” diabetes management app now recommended by NICE
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/nice-recommends-type-1-diabetes-app7 Nov 2023: Within 20 minutes they were in A&E. Tests showed that Eddie had hyperglycaemia – dangerously high blood sugar levels.
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TB vaccine may enable elimination of the disease in cattle by…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tb-vaccine-may-enable-elimination-of-the-disease-in-cattle-by-reducing-its-spread28 Mar 2024: He added: “This approach is unimplementable in many parts of the world for economic and social reasons, resulting in considerable animal suffering and economic losses from lost productivity, alongside an increased ... countries, the United Kingdom,
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From ground-breaking research in Nigeria to using novel tools to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/vice-chancellors-awards-202312 Dec 2023: have the potential to create significant economic, social and cultural impact from, and engagement with and for, research.
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