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Student societies at Cambridge University: Hip Hop, Hindu Cultural,…
Duration: 00:03:48
Published Date: 2019/05/28What clubs, societies and unions are there at Cambridge? Cambridge University students introduce their societies in this series directed by Ibz Mo. Part 1 features: 00:00 Hip Hop Society 01:11 Cambridge University Hindu Cultural Society (CUHCS) - Mastana 02:15 Marshall Society (Economics) 03:00 Graduate Union Full list on the Cambridge University Student Union website: https://bit.ly/2KapRny -
AI that predicts progress of Alzheimer's disease
Duration: 00:03:15
Published Date: 2024/07/13Learn more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/artificial-intelligence-outperforms-clinical-tests-at-predicting-progress-of-alzheimers-disease Scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer’s disease. This new approach could reduce the need for -
Sphere Fluidics
Duration: 00:04:46
Published Date: 2010/11/08Sphere Fluidics is a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry. The company is developing water droplets that serve as 'miniature test tubes'. -
General Election: Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice on…
Duration: 00:01:45
Published Date: 2024/06/18“For Cambridge to sustain the success of our innovation ecosystem, we need the brightest and best from the UK and around the world to come here.” Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice outlines what policies would most help Cambridge and other UK universities deliver economic growth. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video series, students and -
Social and economic aspects of palm oil production
Duration: 00:02:21
Published Date: 2016/04/14How do social science and economics fit into research on palm oil production? Rosemary Ostfeld, PhD Student in the Department of Land Economy, explains how her understanding of society and consumer behaviour is crucial for her to liaise with stakeholders to determine the effectiveness of initiatives. This film is one of a series of eight that showcases the extent that conservation-related -
Bodhisatta vs the big stick
Duration: 00:16:00
Published Date: 2015/04/01Even in his past lives, the Buddha's wisdom was unmatched. How will he fare against a simple wooden stick that the king sends to test him? Researcher: Charles Li Department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Film maker: Eleonora Mignoli -
Being an entrepreneur at Cambridge University
Duration: 00:02:32
Published Date: 2024/02/22Did you know some of our undergraduates are entrepreneurs? Follow Chinedum (Faze) as he and fellow Cambridge students test their entrepreneurial skills at a residential at @KingsCollegeCam ! King's Entrepreneurship Lab is for both undergrads and postgrads – and specifically for those studying non-business degrees. #Business #Entrepreneur #Cambridge #CambridgeUni #CambridgeUniversity -
Research Directions: Networks and their Roles in Economics
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KidzEyez
Duration: 00:03:42
Published Date: 2011/10/11Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially saving sight and lives. Dr Louise Allen, a paediatric ophthalmologist at the University of Cambridge, and Dr Adar Pelah, an electronics engineer at the University of York, have developed a specialised visual field test system -
Autonomous vision-based over height vehicle detection system
Duration: 00:01:47
Published Date: 2017/09/18This was a joint project with Cambridge and Transport for London to create, test and deploy an overheight system for the prevention of bridge and tunnel strikes using a vision-based approach. The result is a high accuracy system that cost an order of magnitude less than current state of practice. Other partial funding came from Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) for -
Podcast: Education’s moment of reckoning: access and inclusion in…
Duration: 00:48:43
Published Date: 2021/09/23In April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, close to 1.6 billion children and youth were out of school due to temporary closures, representing more than 90% of students around the world, according to the United Nations. Follow the podcast: https://mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, we take an international perspective with our guests Arif Naveed, Aya Waller -
On the origin of (robot) species
Duration: 00:00:33
Published Date: 2015/08/12Researchers have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test its own ‘children’, and then use the results to improve the performance of the next generation, without relying on computer simulation or human intervention. -
Confronting theory with experimental data and vice versa
Duration: 00:24:22
Published Date: 2014/01/23In combining theory and experiments, we should have two objectives in mind. The first objective is to confront the theory with some data to see whether the theory is at all consistent with the behavior exhibited in the laboratory. Clearly, there is much that can be learned about the theory from the data, quite apart from any notion of "testing" the theory. We hope to learn whether the theory is -
Living Laboratory for Sustainability: A platform for research and…
Duration: 00:04:06
Published Date: 2014/12/15Run by the University’s Environment and Energy Section, the ‘Living Lab’ is a programme that provides Cambridge students with opportunities to improve the University’s sustainability. Students can propose projects and will receive support from the E&E Section. The University’s buildings, grounds and operations act as a real-life test-bed to support participants’ professional skills -
Agritech and the future of farming in the East of England
Duration: 00:01:33
Published Date: 2019/03/25From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge University researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and profitability. -
What would 'Brexit' mean for free movement?
Duration: 00:15:20
Published Date: 2015/07/24In an interview with the BBC yesterday (23 July 2015), US President Barack Obama argued that having "the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous." He continued: "And we want to make sure that United -
Using Networks to Revolutionise Economic Theory and Policy
Duration: 00:21:18
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Could virtual reality help you overcome anxiety?
Duration: 00:00:47
Published Date: 2022/07/29Could virtual reality help you overcome anxiety? University of Cambridge PhD student Lucie Daniel-Watanabe is working with award-winning gaming company Ninja Theory to test this out. Using virtual reality, you learn a breathing technique to steady your heartbeat… …before being locked in a dungeon with a terrifying monster. The monster can’t see you, but can sense fear. Can you use the -
Podcast: Creating a future that is not like the past
Duration: 00:45:42
Published Date: 2020/12/15The future is becoming harder to predict thanks to climate change and a global pandemic. But a large part of what the future will look like is in our own hands. The biggest challenge to creating a better future may be political rather than scientific or technological. Subscribe to the podcast here: mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, Diane Coyle, professor of public policy, -
Making Maps
Duration: 00:01:42
Published Date: 2013/07/08Cambridge University Library and the National Maritime Museum have digitised the Board of Longitude archive. The archive will available online at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/longitude from 18th July 2013. The Board of Longitude sent astronomers on voyages of exploration to test methods of navigation and help make better maps. This is the second film of the series and looks at some of -
Can robots read braille?
Duration: 00:00:59
Published Date: 2024/01/29Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human readers. The research team, from the University of Cambridge, used machine learning algorithms to teach a robotic sensor to quickly slide over lines of braille text. The robot was able to read the braille at *315 words per minute at close to -
Just Add Water
Duration: 00:05:45
Published Date: 2010/03/25Rotifers are tiny animals that survive against all the odds. They are also known for not having had sex for 80 million years. We follow Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. Still they thrive! -
Cambridge Ideas - Just Add Water
Duration: 00:05:45
Published Date: 2010/04/06Rotifers are tiny animals that survive against all the odds. They are also known for not having had sex for 80 million years. We follow Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. Still they thrive! -
Animal research aims to improve the prospects for future organ…
Duration: 00:05:03
Published Date: 2023/07/13Content warning: this film contains images of blood and surgery For people with organ failure, transplantation is the only option. A lack of suitable organs for transplantation means patients die every day. Researchers in the University’s Department of Surgery are using large animal models to understand why donated organs become damaged and unsuitable for transplantation, and to test promising -
Secret histories of illuminated manuscripts: the MINIARE project
Duration: 00:06:55
Published Date: 2012/10/12An innovative project at the University of Cambridge will uncover some of the hidden histories of illuminated manuscripts, thanks to the application of techniques more commonly found in scientific laboratories. The MINIARE project will help conservators repair priceless works of art and provide new insights into the cultural, social and economic circumstances of their production. And, crucially -
Screaming in space
Duration: 00:00:08
Published Date: 2012/10/26The Cambridge University Spaceflight Society are loading screams onto a smartphone that will be blasted into outer space later this year. The public are invited to submit their screams, which will be emitted while in orbit at the same time as the phone records - to test if it's possible to capture the sound of screaming in space. Members of the University's Office of External Affairs and -
Classics Shorts with Mary Beard - HOW DO YOU CHANGE SOMEONE’S MIND?
Duration: 00:13:44
Published Date: 2023/02/19What’s the best way to change someone’s mind? Is it even possible? Mary Beard meets climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, to find out how she persuades people with her campaigns. Snappy slogans are essential, but Mary reveals that one of the most famous slogans ever - I came, I saw, I conquered - was actually the work of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. The ancient Greeks and Romans took -
Gen Z is the laziest generation – no! This idea must die!
Duration: 00:01:28
Published Date: 2024/06/04Hear from Thomas Roulet, Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, about why generation z is not the laziest at work. Research shows that younger generations may have different expectations of work, says social scientist Prof Roulet. Today, work doesn’t give the same economic security – including the -
Rosalyn, Land Economy - 60 Second Impressions
Duration: 00:01:08
Published Date: 2012/03/01The '60 Second Impressions' are a series of one-minute films featuring current Cambridge undergraduate students. These students talk about what it's really like to study at Cambridge, live in a College, and take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Rosalyn is from Edinburgh, and is studying Land Economy (Environment, Law and Economics). In her 60 Second Impression, she talks about -
Partha Dasgupta: Nature, our most precious asset
Duration: 00:05:46
Published Date: 2021/10/13The last few decades of human prosperity have taken a devastating ecological toll. This is in part because nature is absent from the accounting systems that dictate national economies. In February 2021, the Cambridge economist Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta published a ground-breaking report on the economics of biodiversity. Watch Sir Partha outline the radical thinking required to reshape global -
Preparing for your online interview
Duration: 00:03:16
Published Date: 2021/09/22Find out how to prepare for your interview at Cambridge from current students, Savanna and Amaka. For more information about interviews, visit www.cam.ac.uk/interviews 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Location 00:27 Preparing your device 00:42 Internet connection 00:56 Showing your work 1:14 Test call 1:26 Interview link 1:34 General interview advice Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure -
The researchers who are changing the story of ovarian cancer
Duration: 00:04:41
Published Date: 2022/01/24We meet Cambridge researchers leading a pioneering programme to help more women survive ovarian cancer. Only 43% of women in England survive five years beyond their ovarian cancer diagnosis. Professors James Brenton and Evis Sala aim to change this. Their research at the Mark Foundation Institute for Integrated Cancer Medicine at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Cambridge Centre is bringing together -
General Election: Prof Diane Coyle on levelling up and growth:…
Duration: 00:01:12
Published Date: 2024/06/14“It’s not a zero-sum game at all... governments will have to do both.” Professor Dame Diane Coyle outlines the need for levelling up as well as generating growth to improve people’s lives. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video series, students and academics from the University of Cambridge share their insights on some of the biggest themes facing our country -
Sir Peter Crane, Darwin and modern science, Thurs 9 July
Duration: 00:09:55
Published Date: 2009/10/14chicago, The importance of trees: recent progress with understanding the history of plant life Professor Sir Peter Crane (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA) Summary: Much was learnt about plant evolution in the first 100 years following On the Origin of Species, but progress in recent decades has been equally rapid, especially with new approaches to develop and test different kinds of -
A guide to supervisions
Duration: 00:03:44
Published Date: 2021/10/08Read more about study at Cambridge - https://bit.ly/CambUGstudy Find out what makes teaching at Cambridge so special. - Supervisions provide the opportunity to explore your subject more deeply, discuss your own work and ideas, and receive regular feedback. As they aren’t assessed, supervisions provide the ideal environment for you to test your ideas and interests, while encouraging you to -
Ants aquaplaning on a pitcher plant
Duration: 00:00:48
Published Date: 2012/12/19A Venezuelan pitcher plant uses wettable hairs to make insects slip into its deadly traps. An insect-trapping pitcher plant in Venezuela uses its downward pointing hairs to create a 'water slide' on which insects slip to their death, new research reveals. Hairs on plants, called trichomes, are typically used to repel water. However, the Cambridge researchers observed that the hairs on the inside -
General Election: Professor Diane Coyle on why taxes are expected to…
Duration: 00:02:08
Published Date: 2024/06/24"I would expect there to have to be some tax increases in the next parliament because people expect improved public services and infrastructure." Professor Diane Coyle lays out what the next government will need to do to grow the economy and looks at what gets in the way of private sector investment. ️ What is at stake for the UK General Election? In this new video series, students and -
Finding Malaria's Weak Spot
Duration: 00:00:54
Published Date: 2013/02/06A ground-breaking imaging system to track malarial infection of blood cells in real time has been created by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasites transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. The researchers have focused on a mysterious step in the life cycle of the parasite occurring inside the infected human's -
Growing up Insecure
Duration: 01:02:00
Published Date: 2021/04/03What are the long-term mental health implications of growing up in an era defined by insecurity and rapid change? This panel discussion will look at the impact not just of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftermath on young people's wellbeing, but of other pre-existing factors affecting their mental health. Go to www.slido.com and enter code C277 to chat about the event. Dr Duncan Astle, -
The Silver Standard: Solving a medieval money mystery
Duration: 00:07:08
Published Date: 2024/04/09Discover more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medieval-money-mystery-solved What have the Eastern Romans ever done for us? Historians have theorised that bullion from the Byzantine Empire fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-seventh century. Now laser ablation analysis on surviving Anglo-Saxon silver 'pennies' has provided scientific proof that this was the case -
When real men wore feathers
Duration: 00:06:26
Published Date: 2019/02/14Ostrich feathers are often associated with glamorous women but this wasn’t always the case. In the sixteenth century, it was Europe’s men who spearheaded this trend. Now, a forgotten moment in fashion history has been brought back to life by the recreation of a lavish headdress worn by Matthäus Schwarz, a 24-year-old German fashionista in 1521. Led by historian, Professor Ulinka Rublack (St -
Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright - Department of Physics
Duration: 00:04:37
Published Date: 2017/06/30Cambridge University has produced a series of films about five of this year’s Pilkington Prize winners. These films go behind the scenes to show Cambridge teaching in action as well as inviting winners to explain their passion for teaching and reveal some of their trade secrets. The films feature Lecturer in German Thought, Martin Ruehl; Physics Lecturer Lisa Jardine-Wright; Sociologist Mónica -
Risk, Security and Terrorism
Duration: 01:00:24
Published Date: 2010/02/26Part of the Darwin College Lecture Series 2010. Social scientists tell us we now live that we live in a world risk society. But what does this really mean and what, if anything, do environmental risks, health risks, and natural disasters have in common with those posed by terrorism? When we move from the natural world to human threats are we still dealing with hard science or are we in the realm -
Socks & Jabs & Rock & Roll
Duration: 00:05:02
Published Date: 2021/01/06As a national vaccination programme begins in the UK’s fight against COVID-19, we look back to 1950s America when a group of teenagers (and Elvis) inspired a fresh look at pro-vaccine public health information. Vaccination programmes are considered to be one of the greatest public health achievements in history. Yet recent years have seen a rise in vaccine-preventable diseases like measles as a -
Podcast: Navigating the values of climate change
Duration: 00:41:53
Published Date: 2020/12/03Welcome to Mind Over Chatter, the Cambridge University Podcast! One series at a time, we break down complex issues into simple questions. In this first series, we’ll explore climate change. Climate change is likely to affect almost every area of our lives… like a toddler with sticky fingers. But how did it become this way? What are we doing about it now? And what does the future hold?We’ll -
Jogging with Jody
Duration: 00:10:29
Published Date: 2015/01/29This new short documentary tells the story of the first year of one man's life after prison. Josh has served numerous prison sentences, the last of which was an 8 year sentence extended for public protection. He is registered as a priority prolific offender. The police advised his probation officer that she would probably recall him within 3 hours of release from prison. This is his story of the -
Will one be forgotten? Internet Freedom and Data Protection After…
Duration: 00:23:17
Published Date: 2014/06/17This video discusses C-131/12 Google Spain; Google v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), Mario Costeja González (2014), the Court of Justice of the European Union's long awaited "right to be forgotten" case which examined the rights of individuals mentioned in public domain material indexed on Google search. This Court decision enunciated both the scope and breadth of data -
Jogging with Jody – the experts view
Duration: 00:14:22
Published Date: 2015/04/14This new short documentary tells the story of the first year of one man's life after prison. Josh has served numerous prison sentences, the last of which was an 8 year sentence extended for public protection. He is registered as a priority prolific offender. The police advised his probation officer that she would probably recall him within 3 hours of release from prison. This is his story of the -
Podcast: Is climate change actually being taken seriously?
Duration: 01:06:43
Published Date: 2021/01/05In this last episode of the series, we’ll be exploring how stories work for and against climate change. Subscribe to the podcast here: mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen We cover a lot of ground: from hippos and polar bears to how many times ‘sex’ and ‘tea’ were mentioned on TV between 2017 and 2018… so what’s all of this got to do with sustainability and climate change? Join us -
Podcast: What is the future of wellbeing?
Duration: 01:03:22
Published Date: 2021/04/09Our wellbeing is essential to our overall quality of life. But what is wellbeing? Why is it so hard to pin down? How is it different to mental health, and what can we do to understand, measure and improve it? We talked with psychologist and neuroscientist Dr Amy Orben, psychiatrist Dr Tamsin Ford, and welfare economist Dr Mark Fabian to try and get to grips with wellbeing. In doing so, we learnt
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