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24 Nov 2021: A grant of £800,000 will be shared between the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford enabling the two institutions to work together in a groundbreaking collaboration to develop and test a

22 Feb 2021: Zmigrod and colleagues, including Cambridge psychologist Professor Trevor Robbins, conducted a series of follow-up tests in 2018 on 334 of the original participants, using a further 16 surveys to determine ... Part of the study used tests of the

3 Mar 2021: Their design was inspired by the 1972 Stanford marshmallow test, in which children were offered a choice between one marshmallow immediately, or two if they waited for a period of time.

17 May 2021: For this, there is no substitute for the highly complex and interconnected systems of the living body – we need to test it in animals.”. “ ... We have a moral and ethical responsibility to ensure the procedure is safe before being used in humans

19 Mar 2021: We appreciate that the Treasury faces enormously difficult choices but we would plead with them not to do long term economic damage by cutting support for our research base. ... Our R&D activity can be one of the best routes to 'building back better'

13 Jul 2021: The economy affects everyone, and economists need to represent us all,” said Bateman, an Economics Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. ... Bateman says she hopes the new report will serve as a “call to arms” for the discipline of economics.

22 Mar 2021: T is for testing. Our ‘gold standard’ tests for COVID-19, known as PCR tests, could be altered by mutations in the genome. ... This is under regular review to ensure that tests do not become so affected that they report a false negative result.

4 Nov 2021: We recommend that whole genome sequencing should be offered early and before invasive tests such as a muscle biopsy. ... Chinnery said: “These patients were referred because of a suspected mitochondrial disease and the conventional diagnostic tests are

26 Apr 2021: Tests on a prototype version of the technology suggest that it could improve road safety by ‘seeing through’ objects to alert of potential hazards without distracting the driver. ... Once the setup is complete, vehicle tests on public roads in

5 Feb 2021: If using an external microphone, test the levels first so that you know what level to speak at.

28 Jan 2021: The finding comes from a study which began when the UK first went into lockdown in March 2020, forcing universities to move some teaching online. Ten months

6 Sep 2021: The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, which has become the dominant variant in countries including India and the UK, has most likely spread through its ability to

18 Mar 2021: By comparison, the economic turmoil caused by the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in 48 sovereigns suffering downgrades by the three major agencies between January 2020 and last month. ... Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London

1 Nov 2021: Studio work and practical skills, including drawing, writing, coding, and fabricating, will complement taught courses in the humanities, social and natural sciences, and mathematics - bringing historical, cultural, ecological and economic context.

25 Aug 2021: The AIA is in partnership with HRH The Prince of Wales’s Sustainable Markets Initiative, The World Economic Forum, Cambridge Zero, MathWorks and SATAVIA, and is supported by industry advisors

1 Jun 2021: Over the study period, 50,376 swabs were screened, using only 16,945 tests. ... We’ve shown that it’s possible to do this at scale by pooling samples, making it logistically and economically viable, without compromising test performance.

17 Dec 2021: In addition to exploring the Moon they will learn how to live and operate on the surface of another celestial body and test the technologies needed to send astronauts on missions

29 Oct 2021: Share. Published. 29 Oct 2021. Image. Teams prepare to move the MicroBooNE cryostat from DZero to the Liquid Argon Test Facility (LArTF), USA.

27 May 2021: vehicles from the test track to the open road.

22 Feb 2021: humanity’s most pressing issues, from pandemics, climate change and global economics, to human rights and the future of democracy.

4 Aug 2021: Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure, accounting for just under a third (30%) of cases. As the number of people living with type 2 diabetes

29 Jul 2021: The restyled site will build on Cambridge’s innovation success and support the region's economic recovery post-pandemic. ... The development of West Cambridge will support the region's economic recovery post-pandemic and nurture the entrepreneurial

20 Dec 2021: In reality, film crews completely warp the social and economic space.”.

25 Jun 2021: Solution uses data from routine blood tests and powerful AI-based techniques to provide a ‘tsunami-like’ early warning system for new disease outbreaks. ... throughout the pandemic the rich data from 2.8 million full blood count tests.”.

2 Jun 2021: The research team found no overall relationship between measures such as school closures or economic support and crime rates during lockdowns.

13 Jan 2021: It is expected that the Foundation Year will further increase the proportion of Cambridge students from state schools, low progression postcodes and from areas of socio-economic deprivation.

7 Oct 2021: Later, the invention of the iPad meant that specialised equipment and a trained professional to administer the tests were no longer required – the minimal instructions were incorporated into the test. ... Since August 2013, CANTAB and related tests

11 Jan 2021: Around 12,000 students living in College accommodation (80% of eligible students) signed up to the asymptomatic screening programme, which uses a pooled sample approach to reduce the number of tests ... In addition, the University offers tests to

8 Nov 2021: I had a lightbulb moment. 3D printing would allow me to develop and test a new type of chlorine doser quickly – and cheaply.

14 May 2021: Foundation Year to further increase the proportion of Cambridge students from state schools, low progression postcodes and from areas of socio-economic deprivation.

20 Sep 2021: neighbourhoods. Residents of coalfield areas are less likely than their socio-economic counterparts to have voted in the last election, are much less likely to say they intend to vote in ... For people in communities that saw sudden and rapid economic

22 Nov 2021: Professor Mark Holmes. Researchers were aware of a bacteria that looked like MRSA but which gave negative results with the tests available. ... This led to the discovery of the mecC resistance gene. As it turns out, the strain itself wasn’t new, but it

10 May 2021: Bamboo cricket bats are stronger, offer a better ‘sweet-spot’ and deliver more energy to the ball than those made from traditional willow, tests showed. ... Test match: Willow v Bamboo. In the nineteenth century, cricket bat makers experimented with

22 Jul 2021: To do this, the team looked at 20-month old mice – considered very old – and using a suite of tests showed that the mice exhibited deficits in their memory compared to ... For example, one test involved seeing whether mice recognised an object.

26 Oct 2021: But we also need to work this through our trade relationships, which are going to be absolutely crucial, given the degree of globalisation and interconnected economic activity that we need to

14 Apr 2021: the economic havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ... violence, or economic scarcity.

20 Oct 2021: His management training has included the Royal College of Art, London School of Economics, MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School and INSEAD (Singapore).

8 Feb 2021: had to develop and test our own new techniques to make it possible.”.

12 Oct 2021: It’s a significant economic and health burden: with the exception of the last two years there’s been a flu epidemic every single year in the UK.

18 Aug 2021: The old cuttlefish were just as good as the younger ones in the memory task – in fact, many of the older ones did better in the test phase. ... Cuttlefish have short lifespans – most live until around two years old – making them a good subject to

15 Mar 2021: Reconstructed central European summer variability over the past 2,110 years. Recent summer droughts and heatwaves in Europe have had devastating ecological and economic consequences, which will worsen as the global

19 May 2021: But if they do go extinct in the next fifty years, they are at least a useful test case to validate climate models that inform a lot of conservation work,” said

22 Feb 2021: Laboratory testing for COVID-19 using the so-called PCR test in the UK is roughly divided into two testing pathways.

14 Sep 2021: Future studies are needed to isolate microorganisms from the natural environment and test their ability to degrade microplastics and fibres.

17 Nov 2021: Research shows that many people learn new vocabulary more effectively when they have a record of it, so they can go back to study and test themselves.

11 May 2021: We know that levels of community provision deliver a wide range of economic and social benefits.

25 May 2021: This research was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council UK.

18 May 2021: The technology has dramatically improved our understanding of the genetic basis of many cancers and is often used both for clinical tests for early detection and diagnostics both from tumours and

28 Oct 2021: energy transition and local economic development.

27 May 2021: It’s early days, and we now need to test the longer-term effects of switching off MARK4. ... These findings are a positive step forward. Further research is needed to refine and test drugs that can target MARK4 before we’ll see them given to people