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Cambridge researchers help develop new diagnostic test for African…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-researchers-help-develop-new-diagnostic-test-for-african-sleeping-sickness11 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
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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-honesty16 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
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Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-harness-solar-power-to-produce-clean-hydrogen-from-biomass14 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.
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Of cabbages and cows: increasing agricultural yields in Africa |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/of-cabbages-and-cows-increasing-agricultural-yields-in-africa13 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.”.
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Why our brain cells may prevent us burning fat when we’re dieting |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/why-our-brain-cells-may-prevent-us-burning-fat-when-were-dieting23 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
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Patients with OCD have difficulty learning when a stimulus is safe |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/patients-with-ocd-have-difficulty-learning-when-a-stimulus-is-safe6 Mar 2017: OCD is a disorder characterised by intrusive thoughts and repetitive, irrational behaviours, for example an obsession with cleanliness leading to repetitive
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Mediterranean diet may protect your brain in old age, new finding…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/mediterranean-diet-may-protect-your-brain-in-old-age-new-finding-suggests6 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
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Cambridge-Africa Programme: 58 institutions, 26 countries, and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/cambridge-africa-programme-58-institutions-26-countries-and-growing6 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
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Opinion: How we can make super-fast hyperloop travel a reality |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-we-can-make-super-fast-hyperloop-travel-a-reality13 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
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Cambridge team receives £5 million to help GPs spot…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-team-receives-ps5-million-to-help-gps-spot-difficult-to-diagnose-cancers26 Jan 2017: We’re trying to reduce this time by assessing ways that GPs could carry out the tests by themselves, as long as it’s safe and sensible to do so. ... We are open to assessing many different tests, and we’re excited to hear from potential
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New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-study-identifies-possible-early-warning-signs-of-huntingtons-disease23 Feb 2017: Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University of Surrey have identified early biomarkers of disease during examinations of Huntington’s disease
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Poet, activist, bird watcher: exploring John Clare as nature writer | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/poet-activist-bird-watcher-exploring-john-clare-as-nature-writer29 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
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A natural compound can block the formation of toxins associated with…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-natural-compound-can-block-the-formation-of-toxins-associated-with-parkinsons-disease16 Jan 2017: If further tests prove to be successful, it is possible that a drug treating at least some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease could be developed from squalamine. ... Further tests, carried out with human neuronal cells, then revealed another key
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Cambridge BRAINFest 2017 kicks off a weekend celebrating the wonders…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-brainfest-2017-kicks-off-a-weekend-celebrating-the-wonders-of-the-brain23 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
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Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/detect-lock-on-intercept-the-remarkable-hunting-ability-of-the-robber-fly9 Mar 2017: The robber fly Holcocephala is a relatively small fly – at 6mm in length, it is similar in size of the average mosquito. Yet it has the ability to spot and
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Conservationists’ eco-footprints suggest education alone won’t change …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/conservationists-eco-footprints-suggest-education-alone-wont-change-behaviour10 Oct 2017: For the study, researchers distributed surveys on environmental behavior through conservation, economics and biomedical organisations to targeted newsletters, mailing lists and social media groups.
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Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/prehistoric-humans-are-likely-to-have-formed-mating-networks-to-avoid-inbreeding5 Oct 2017: However, more ancient genomic information from both early humans and Neanderthals is needed to test this idea.
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Pilot programme encourages researchers to share the code behind their …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/pilot-programme-encourages-researchers-to-share-the-code-behind-their-work2 Jun 2017: Making the programs behind the research accessible allows other scientists to test the code and reproduce the computations in an experiment — in other words, to reproduce results and solidify findings.
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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-research21 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,
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Major genetic study identifies 12 new genetic variants for ovarian…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/major-genetic-study-identifies-12-new-genetic-variants-for-ovarian-cancer27 Mar 2017: Published today in the journal Nature Genetics, the findings are the result of work by the OncoArray Consortium, a huge endeavour led by scientists in the UK,
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Genome editing reveals role of gene important for human embryo…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genome-editing-reveals-role-of-gene-important-for-human-embryo-development20 Sep 2017: The team used genome editing techniques to stop a key gene from producing a protein called OCT4, which normally becomes active in the first few days of human
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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-children28 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
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‘Brain training’ app found to improve memory in people with mild…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-training-app-found-to-improve-memory-in-people-with-mild-cognitive-impairment3 Jul 2017: around 40%, showing that they had correctly remembered the locations of more information at the first attempt on a test of episodic memory.
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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-entries31 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,
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Biosocial science: The murky history of the nature and nurture debate …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/biosocial-science-the-murky-history-of-the-nature-and-nurture-debate23 Jan 2017: Self-righteousness, gratitude, sympathy, sincerity, and guilt – what if these social behaviours are biologically influenced, encoded within our genes and
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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-years14 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.
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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-water22 Aug 2017: Maitland Robinson Library, Downing College. Marshall Library of Economics. Christ’s College Library.
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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-communities8 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
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Crohn’s disease risk and prognosis determined by different genes,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/crohns-disease-risk-and-prognosis-determined-by-different-genes-study-finds9 Jan 2017: Crohn’s disease is one of a number of chronic ‘complex’ diseases for which there is no single gene that causes the disease. In fact, to date around 170 common
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Science fiction vs science fact: World’s leading AI experts come to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/science-fiction-vs-science-fact-worlds-leading-ai-experts-come-to-cambridge10 Jul 2017: The two-day conference (July 13-14) at Jesus College is the first major event held by the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) since its
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‘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-schemes12 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
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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-institute28 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.”.
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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-public23 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
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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-exhibition24 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.”.
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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-history27 Apr 2017: The documents paint a picture of economic stability and social growth.
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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-asia22 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.
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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-finds20 Dec 2017: numbers – more so than economic growth, climate change or even surges in human population.
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Marmoset study provides clues to link between mental health disorders …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/marmoset-study-provides-clues-to-link-between-mental-health-disorders-and-heart-disease8 May 2017: In a second task, adapted from a common rodent test of emotion, the team studied the ability of marmosets to regulate their emotional responses.
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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-excavation8 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
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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-shows18 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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Opinion: The science ‘reproducibility crisis’ – and what can be done…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-the-science-reproducibility-crisis-and-what-can-be-done-about-it20 Mar 2017: It could also mean presenting exploratory research as though it was originally confirmatory (designed to test a specific hypothesis).
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Presenting facts as ‘consensus’ bridges conservative-liberal divide…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/presenting-facts-as-consensus-bridges-conservative-liberal-divide-over-climate-change11 Dec 2017: The nature of the study was hidden by claims of testing random media messages, with the climate change perception tests sandwiched between questions on consumer technology and popular culture messaging.
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Children with disabilities are being denied equal opportunities for a …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/children-with-disabilities-are-being-denied-equal-opportunities-for-a-quality-education-across-the13 Nov 2017: Amongst these, education is paramount as it has significant economic, social and individual returns. ... Accessing quality education can improve learning outcomes which leads to positive economic growth.
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Opinion: India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-indias-militant-rhino-protectors-are-challenging-traditional-views-of-how-conservation-works13 Feb 2017: The country already has a population of 1.3 billion – and it aspires to both develop as a global economic powerhouse and lift its poorest people out of poverty. ... Kaziranga illustrates the dilemmas of contemporary conservation. If it is to be
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#EarthOptimism: Recovering species must be celebrated or we risk…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/earthoptimism-recovering-species-must-be-celebrated-or-we-risk-reversing-progress20 Apr 2017: This partial recovery has already led to legalised culling of buzzards, to protect the economic interests of a shooting industry that annually releases millions of non-native game birds into the
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Genetics study adds further evidence that education reduces risk of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genetics-study-adds-further-evidence-that-education-reduces-risk-of-alzheimers-disease7 Dec 2017: Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia. Its chief hallmark is the build of ‘plaques’ and ‘tangles’ of misshapen proteins, which lead to the
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Algorithm matches genetic variation to disease symptoms and could…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/algorithm-matches-genetic-variation-to-disease-symptoms-and-could-improve-diagnosis-of-rare-diseases19 Apr 2017: We’ve shown that our algorithm works for simpler diseases and now the real test will be to determine whether a similar approach can be applied to complex diseases, such as
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Tiller the Hun? Farmers in Roman Empire converted to Hun lifestyle –…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tiller-the-hun-farmers-in-roman-empire-converted-to-hun-lifestyle-and-vice-versa22 Mar 2017: Biochemical analyses of teeth and bone to test for diet and mobility suggest that, over the course of a lifetime, some farmers on the edge of empire left their homesteads to
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Patients recovering from depression show improvements in memory from…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/patients-recovering-from-depression-show-improvements-in-memory-from-the-drug-modafinil17 Jan 2017: Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Symptoms such as difficulty concentrating or indecisiveness contribute to the disability
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Public attitudes towards end-of-life care in progressive neurological …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/public-attitudes-towards-end-of-life-care-in-progressive-neurological-illness-are-conflicted-study5 Apr 2017: The study found that one in six people believes that measures must be taken to sustain life at any cost even when a patient is in the final stages of an
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