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Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/solar-powered-device-produces-clean-water-and-clean-fuel-at-the-same-time13 Nov 2023: Tests of the device showed it was able to produce clean water from highly polluted water, seawater, and even from the River Cam in central Cambridge.
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Mohamed El-Erian on his new book, Permacrisis: A Plan ...
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/permacrisis-transcript.docx11 Oct 2023: But the book goes around the world and shows instance of best practises and argues that if we simply adopt what other countries are doing, especially in economic management, we can -
Roadside hedges can reduce harmful ultrafine particle pollution…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/roadside-hedges-can-reduce-harmful-ultrafine-particle-pollution-around-schools13 Sep 2023: The research, a collaboration with Lancaster University, found that hedges can act as protective barriers against air pollution from major city roads by
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Scientists begin building AI for scientific discovery using tech…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-begin-building-ai-for-scientific-discovery-using-tech-behind-chatgpt13 Oct 2023: While ChatGPT deals in words and sentences, the team’s AI will learn from numerical data and physics simulations from across scientific fields to aid
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Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/solar-powered-system-converts-plastic-and-greenhouse-gases-into-sustainable-fuels9 Jan 2023: In tests, CO2 was converted into syngas, a key building block for sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic bottles were converted into glycolic acid, which is widely used in the cosmetics industry. ... Tests of the reactor under normal temperature and
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UK ‘sugar tax’ linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/uk-sugar-tax-linked-to-fall-in-child-hospital-admissions-for-tooth-extraction15 Nov 2023: In a study published today in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge found that
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Using machine learning to monitor driver ‘workload’ could help…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/using-machine-learning-to-monitor-driver-workload-could-help-improve-road-safety7 Dec 2023: The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, working in partnership with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) used a combination of on-road experiments and machine
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Astronomers observe light bending around an isolated white dwarf
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/light-bending-around-star2 Feb 2023: The precision of LAWD 37’s mass measurement allows us to test the mass-radius relationship for white dwarfs,” said McGill. ... Reference:. Peter McGill et al. ‘First semi-empirical test of the white dwarf mass-radius relationship using a single
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Underactive immune response may explain obesity link to COVID-19…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/underactive-immune-response-may-explain-obesity-link-to-covid-19-severity20 Mar 2023: The findings could have important implications both for the treatment of COVID-19 and in the design of clinical trials to test new treatments.
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AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ai-system-self-organises-to-develop-features-of-brains-of-complex-organisms20 Nov 2023: As neural systems such as the brain organise themselves and make connections, they have to balance competing demands. For example, energy and resources are
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Cambridge remains most intensive science and technological cluster in …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-remains-most-intensive-science-and-technological-cluster-in-the-world20 Sep 2023: Earlier this year, a new report by leading consultants London Economics showed that the University adds nearly £30 billion to the economy every year and supports more than 86,000 jobs
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DNA discovery highlights how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/dna-discovery-highlights-how-we-maintain-healthy-blood-sugar-levels-after-meals8 Jun 2023: It also shows how genetic studies of dynamic challenge tests can provide important insights that would otherwise remain hidden.”.
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Cambridge partners with AstraZeneca and Medical Research Council on…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-partners-with-astrazeneca-and-medical-research-council-on-new-world-class-functional27 Nov 2023: CRISPR makes it possible to test specific DNA alterations in a controlled way to investigate the effects and impacts of genetic changes in our DNA, revealing their effects on biological processes
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Phone-based measurements provide fast, accurate information about the …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/phone-based-measurements-provide-fast-accurate-information-about-the-health-of-forests7 Mar 2023: Holcomb and her colleagues wanted to test whether these sensors could return accurate results for non-managed forests quickly, automatically, and in a single image.
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Largest genetic study of brain structure identifies how the brain is…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/largest-genetic-study-of-brain-structure-identifies-how-the-brain-is-organised17 Aug 2023: Our brains are very complex organs, with huge variety between individuals in terms of the overall volume of the brain, how it is folded and how thick these
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Current conservation policies risk damaging global biodiversity, warn …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/current-conservation-policies-risk-damaging-global-biodiversity-warn-researchers21 Jun 2023: Professor Bateman, a Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Exeter Business School who has advised seven UK secretaries of state for the environment in the past decade, said:.
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2023 Vice-Chancellor's Research Impact and Engagement Awards -…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/2023-vice-chancellors-research-impact-and-engagement-awards-guidance14 Jul 2023: They recognise outstanding achievement, innovation and creativity in devising and implementing ambitious engagement and impact plans which have the potential to create significant economic, social and cultural impact from, and engagement -
Chemical imbalance in the forebrain underpins compulsive behaviour…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/chemical-imbalance-in-the-forebrain-underpins-compulsive-behaviour-and-ocd-study-finds27 Jun 2023: In addition to scans, researchers conducted tests and questionnaires with all participants to gauge obsessive-compulsive and habitual tendencies. ... The test used a computer-based task to establish a link between an action and reward.
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Healthy lifestyle can help prevent depression – and new research may…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/healthy-lifestyle-can-help-prevent-depression-and-new-research-may-explain-why11 Sep 2023: In research published today in Nature Mental Health, an international team of researchers, including from the University of Cambridge and Fudan University,
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Quantifying the Cambridge Cluster
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/quantifying-the-Cambridge-Cluster2 May 2023: Gaining a true picture of the region's economic geography is a painstaking exercise. ... A report by London Economics has measured the University of Cambridge’s impact on the UK economy in 2020-21.
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Offset markets: new approach could help save tropical forests by…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/offset-markets-new-approach-could-help-save-tropical-forests-by-restoring-faith-in-carbon-credits30 Oct 2023: study. The new method, developed by scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Exeter and the London School of Economics, is called ‘Permanent Additional Carbon Tonne' (PACT) accounting, and can be
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Machine learning models can produce reliable results even with…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/machine-learning-models-can-produce-reliable-results-even-with-limited-training-data19 Sep 2023: The researchers, from the University of Cambridge and Cornell University, found that for partial differential equations – a class of physics equations that
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Services across England now lag far behind East Germany, as experts…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/services-across-england-now-lag-far-behind-east-germany-as-experts-call-for-universal-basic5 Dec 2023: The community assets we should all have access to, not just schools and doctors but parks, trains, pubs and gyms, are the foundation for human wellbeing, which in turn underpins economic ... Added Westwood: “Achieving a minimum level of universal basic
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Cancer drug could hold hope for treating inflammatory diseases…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cancer-drug-could-hold-hope-for-treating-inflammatory-diseases-including-gout-and-heart-diseases1 Nov 2023: This has led pharmaceutical companies to test drugs that inhibit its activity as potential treatments for cancer. ... The researchers are currently planning to test its use against inflammatory diseases in clinical trials.
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Social media posts around solar geoengineering ‘spill over’ into…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/social-media-posts-around-solar-geoengineering-spill-over-into-conspiracy-theories28 Feb 2023: But there are few, if any, opportunities for researchers to test these potential solutions.
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Sustained, purposeful investment key to ‘leaving no girl behind’,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sustained-purposeful-investment-key-to-leaving-no-girl-behind-either-in-education-or-beyond19 Oct 2023: Despite this, the researchers highlight several ongoing challenges. Even after participating in an LNGB programme, many girls still encountered significant economic challenges and deep-rooted gender and social norms, which acted ... There are some
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HIV drug helps protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hiv-drug-helps-protect-against-build-up-of-dementia-related-proteins-in-mouse-brains26 Apr 2023: The treated mice performed better than untreated mice at an object recognition test, suggesting that the drug slowed down memory loss.
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Companies’ zero-deforestation commitments have potential to halve…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/zero-deforestation-commitments-have-potential-to-halve-cattle-driven-deforestation20 Apr 2023: Public sector interventions could include support for alternative economic activities, and financial incentives or greater pressure to avoid deforestation from the Brazilian government.
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New report highlights increase in number of children and young people …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-report-highlights-increase-in-number-of-children-and-young-people-with-eating-disorders21 Nov 2023: Ford. “If your condition is that severe, you need access to blood tests and the acute medical care that being on an inpatient acute paediatric ward gives you, but at the
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Problems with ‘pruning’ brain connections linked to adolescent mental …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/problems-with-pruning-brain-connections-linked-to-adolescent-mental-health-disorders24 Apr 2023: The findings, from an international collaboration, led by researchers in the UK, China and Germany, may help explain why people are often affected by more than
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Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lab-grown-small-blood-vessels-point-to-potential-treatment-for-major-cause-of-stroke-and-vascular16 Nov 2023: Our model could be scaled up relatively easily to test the viability of future potential drugs.”.
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Risk of premature birth from smoking while pregnant more than double…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/risk-of-premature-birth-from-smoking-while-pregnant-more-than-double-previous-estimates28 Sep 2023: The study, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology, also found that smoking meant that the baby was four times more likely to be small for
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Cambridge academics join £31 million consortium to develop…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-academics-join-ps31-million-consortium-to-develop-trustworthy-and-secure-ai14 Jun 2023: The announcement was made by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which, as part of London Tech Week, today unveiled a suite of AI investments that will bring
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Carbon emissions from fertilisers could be reduced by as much as 80%…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/carbon-emissions-from-fertilisers-could-be-reduced-by-as-much-as-80-by-20509 Feb 2023: There are no perfect solutions,” said Serrenho. “We need to rethink how we produce food, and what sorts of economic incentives work best.
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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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New type of computer memory could greatly reduce energy use and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-type-of-computer-memory-could-greatly-reduce-energy-use-and-improve-performance23 Jun 2023: The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, developed a device that processes data in a similar way as the synapses in the human brain. The devices
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Self-driving shuttle buses will return to West Cambridge Innovation…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/self-driving-shuttle-buses-will-return-to-west-cambridge-innovation-district-for-new-trial1 Feb 2023: It will test an on-demand self-driving shuttle service around Cambridge University’s West Cambridge Innovation District, and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, to integrate with existing transport services already available
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Cambridge researchers elected to Academy of Medical Sciences…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/outstanding-cambridge-biomedical-and-health-researchers-elected-to-academy-of-medical-sciences18 May 2023: She uses a combination of experimental and computational methods to understand biology and to develop clinical tests for early detection and precision diagnostics.
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World’s most threatened seabirds visit remote plastic pollution…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/worlds-most-threatened-seabirds-visit-remote-plastic-pollution-hotspots-study-finds-04 Jul 2023: The extensive study assessed the movements of 7,137 individual birds from 77 species of petrel, a group of wide-ranging migratory seabirds including the
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Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hunter-gatherer-childhoods-may-offer-clues-to-improving-education-and-wellbeing-in-developed7 Mar 2023: Further research. The study calls for more research into children’s mental health in hunter-gatherer societies to test whether the hypothesised evolutionary mismatches actually exist.
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Machine learning gives users ‘superhuman’ ability to open and control …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/machine-learning-gives-users-superhuman-ability-to-open-and-control-tools-in-virtual-reality8 Nov 2023: The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used machine learning to develop ‘HotGestures’ – analogous to the hot keys used in many desktop
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Largest ever DNA and health research programme for children and young …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/largest-ever-dna-and-health-research-programme-for-children-and-young-people-launches25 Jul 2023: The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) BioResource’s D-CYPHR – the DNA, Children and Young People’s Health Resource – will play a key role
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Human embryo-like models created from stem cells to understand…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/human-embryo-like-models-created-from-stem-cells-to-understand-earliest-stages-of-human-development27 Jun 2023: This will let us test the function of specific factors, which is difficult to do in the natural embryo.”. ... Understanding these early developmental processes holds the potential to reveal some of the causes of human birth defects and diseases, and to
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International study recommends replacing skull section after…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/international-study-recommends-replacing-skull-section-after-treatment-for-a-brain-bleed23 Apr 2023: The RESCUE-ASDH trial, funded by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), involved 40 centres in 11 countries and involved 450
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New findings that map the universe’s cosmic growth support Einstein’s …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-findings-that-map-the-universes-cosmic-growth-support-einsteins-theory-of-gravity11 Apr 2023: It confirms Einstein’s theory about how massive structures grow and bend light, with a test that spans the entire age of the universe.
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Insight into engaging with the wider Cambridge community
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/engaging_cambridge_community.pdf2 Oct 2023: It is just arrogant to say we sit in the community without taking responsibility for the economic development of the area. -
Childhood mental health problems resulting from early-life adversity…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/childhood-mental-health-problems-resulting-from-early-life-adversity-drive-poorer-cognitive8 Feb 2023: Scientists analysed data from the ongoing Millennium Cohort Study, which has assessed 13,287 children on a variety of tests at ages three, five, seven, eleven and fourteen.
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UK-US Summit for Democracy announces Cambridge team as joint winners…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/uk-us-summit-for-democracy-announces-cambridge-team-as-joint-winners-of-challenge-to-detect31 Mar 2023: In the final phase of the challenges, the privacy guarantees of the solutions were put to the test by ‘red teams’, who attempted to reveal the original data used for training
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New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-animal-welfare-scoring-system-could-enable-better-informed-food-and-farming-choices22 Mar 2023: The team used their new system to test how the different labels compare in terms of animal welfare.
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Rewarding accuracy instead of partisan pandering reduces political…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rewarding-accuracy-instead-of-partisan-pandering-reduces-political-divisions-over-the-truth6 Mar 2023: Offering a tiny cash reward for accuracy, or even briefly appealing to personal integrity, can increase people’s ability to tell the difference between
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