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  2. Encouragement from teachers has greatest influence on less advantaged …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/encouragement-from-teachers-has-greatest-influence-on-less-advantaged-children
    Thumbnail for Encouragement from teachers has greatest influence on less advantaged children | University of Cambridge 28 Mar 2017: Schoolchildren who receive words of encouragement from a teacher are significantly more likely to continue their education beyond the age of 16 than those who
  3. ‘Keep it local’ approach to protecting the rainforest can be more…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/keep-it-local-approach-to-protecting-the-rainforest-can-be-more-effective-than-government-schemes
    Thumbnail for ‘Keep it local’ approach to protecting the rainforest can be more effective than government schemes | University of Cambridge 12 Sep 2017: The researchers combined remote sensing data with environmental and socio-economic datasets to assess each approach, and controlled for other factors that are expected to affect deforestation and forest degradation. ... The research was supported by the
  4. Multiplier effect: the African PhD students who will grow African…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/multiplier-effect-the-african-phd-students-who-will-grow-african-research
    Thumbnail for Multiplier effect: the African PhD students who will grow African research | University of Cambridge 21 Feb 2017: While this development mirrors Accra’s integration into the globalised city concept, accompanying this trend are social, economic, environmental and cultural costs.”. ... His long-term plan is to create an Urban Study Research Centre back in Accra,
  5. Cambridge start-up raises £40 million in funding to develop new…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-start-up-raises-ps40-million-in-funding-to-develop-new-cancer-treatments
    Thumbnail for Cambridge start-up raises £40 million in funding to develop new cancer treatments | University of Cambridge 16 Jun 2017: Among the investors in the new funding round is Cambridge Innovation Capital, which invests in companies based on valuable intellectual property in the
  6. Frankly, do we give a damn…? Study finds links between swearing and…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/frankly-do-we-give-a-damn-study-finds-links-between-swearing-and-honesty
    Thumbnail for Frankly, do we give a damn…? Study finds links between swearing and honesty | University of Cambridge 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
  7. Inaugural $100,000 Nine Dots Prize winner chosen from more than 700…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/inaugural-100000-nine-dots-prize-winner-chosen-from-more-than-700-worldwide-entries
    Thumbnail for Inaugural $100,000 Nine Dots Prize winner chosen from more than 700 worldwide entries | University of Cambridge 31 May 2017: They are:. Professor Diane Coyle – Professor of Economics at Manchester University, former Vice Chair of the BBC Trust and Economics Editor of the Independent. ... Professor Paul Gilroy – currently Professor of English at Kings College London,
  8. Mistletoe and (a large) wine: seven-fold increase in wine glass size…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mistletoe-and-a-large-wine-seven-fold-increase-in-wine-glass-size-over-300-years
    Thumbnail for Mistletoe and (a large) wine: seven-fold increase in wine glass size over 300 years | University of Cambridge 14 Dec 2017: Theresa Marteau. Both the types of alcoholic drink and the amount consumed in England has fluctuated over the last 300 years, largely in response to economic, legislative and social factors.
  9. College Breweries: when drinking ale at University was safer than…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/college-breweries-when-drinking-ale-at-university-was-safer-than-sipping-tap-water
    Thumbnail for College Breweries: when drinking ale at University was safer than sipping tap water | University of Cambridge 22 Aug 2017: Maitland Robinson Library, Downing College. Marshall Library of Economics. Christ’s College Library.
  10. Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-awarded-ps40m-to-create-world-leading-health-care-improvement-research-institute
    Thumbnail for Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care improvement research institute | University of Cambridge 28 Mar 2017: Together with our partners, the University of Cambridge is hugely excited at the chance to work with NHS staff, patients and carers to identify, design and test improvements.”.
  11. Another India exhibition gives voice to India’s most marginalised…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/another-india-exhibition-gives-voice-to-indias-most-marginalised-communities
    Thumbnail for Another India exhibition gives voice to India’s most marginalised communities | University of Cambridge 8 Mar 2017: By the mid-19th century, scholars and administrators were working through masses of linguistic, economic, ethnographic and criminological data to decode the demography of India, defining groups of people as distinctive
  12. The lady is for turning (and reversing) – Thatcher archives for 1986…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-lady-is-for-turning-and-reversing-thatcher-archives-for-1986-open-to-the-public
    Thumbnail for The lady is for turning (and reversing) – Thatcher archives for 1986 open to the public | University of Cambridge 23 Jan 2017: An archived letter from 1986 detailing plans for a test drive of the new Rover ahead of a press event at Downing Street 5 of 6. ... There were predictable worries,” added Collins. “Her press secretary Bernard Ingham remembered a previous Rover test
  13. Scientists reveal the beautiful simplicity underlying branching…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-reveal-the-beautiful-simplicity-underlying-branching-patterns-in-tissue
    Thumbnail for Scientists reveal the beautiful simplicity underlying branching patterns in tissue | University of Cambridge 21 Sep 2017: Branching patterns occur throughout nature – in trees, ferns and coral, for example – but also at a much finer scale, where they are essential to ensuring that
  14. Study reveals mysterious equality with which grains pack it in |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-reveals-mysterious-equality-with-which-grains-pack-it-in
    Thumbnail for Study reveals mysterious equality with which grains pack it in | University of Cambridge 26 Jun 2017: But the hypothesis was impossible to test – not least because above a handful of grains, the number of possible arrangements becomes unfathomably huge. ... The study, Numerical test of the Edwards conjecture shows that all packings become equally
  15. Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/going-underground-cambridge-digs-into-the-history-of-geology-with-landmark-exhibition
    Thumbnail for Going underground: Cambridge digs into the history of geology with landmark exhibition | University of Cambridge 24 Nov 2017: Whether it’s a map showing the coal fields of Lancashire in the 1830s – or revealing how this new science was used for economic and military reasons.”.
  16. Opinion: A rattled Saudi Arabia pivots for support to South-East Asia …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-a-rattled-saudi-arabia-pivots-for-support-to-south-east-asia
    Thumbnail for Opinion: A rattled Saudi Arabia pivots for support to South-East Asia | University of Cambridge 22 Mar 2017: Economic opportunities abound. Upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur in late February, national oil and gas company Saudi Aramco signed a US$7 billion agreement with Malaysian oil company Petronas.
  17. Discarded History exhibition lifts the lid on 1,000 years of medieval …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/discarded-history-exhibition-lifts-the-lid-on-1000-years-of-medieval-history
    Thumbnail for Discarded History exhibition lifts the lid on 1,000 years of medieval history | University of Cambridge 27 Apr 2017: The documents paint a picture of economic stability and social growth.
  18. Running on autopilot: scientists find important new role for…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/running-on-autopilot-scientists-find-important-new-role-for-daydreaming-network
    Thumbnail for Running on autopilot: scientists find important new role for ‘daydreaming’ network | University of Cambridge 23 Oct 2017: This new study supports an idea expounded upon by Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics laureate 2002, in his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, that there are two systems that
  19. Political instability and weak governance lead to loss of species,…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/political-instability-and-weak-governance-lead-to-loss-of-species-study-finds
    Thumbnail for Political instability and weak governance lead to loss of species, study finds | University of Cambridge 20 Dec 2017: numbers – more so than economic growth, climate change or even surges in human population.
  20. Archaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old sundial during Roman…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/archaeologists-uncover-rare-2000-year-old-sundial-during-roman-theatre-excavation
    Thumbnail for Archaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old sundial during Roman theatre excavation | University of Cambridge 8 Nov 2017: The ongoing archaeological project at Interamna Lirenas continues to add new evidence about important aspects of the Roman civilization, stressing the high levels of connectivity and integration (political, social, economic and
  21. Teenagers who access mental health services see significant…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/teenagers-who-access-mental-health-services-see-significant-improvements-study-shows
    Thumbnail for Teenagers who access mental health services see significant improvements, study shows | University of Cambridge 18 Jan 2017: The study, published in Lancet Psychiatry, found that 14-year-old adolescents who had contact with mental health services had a greater decrease in depressive

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