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  2. How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-9000-lists-written-over-300-years-are-helping-to-test-theories-of-economic-growth
    Thumbnail for How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories of economic growth | University of Cambridge 3 Jul 2018: Search. Search. How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories of economic growth. ... Research. How 9,000 lists written over 300 years are helping to test theories of economic growth..
  3. “All this cancer talk is new to me, but I do know there isn’t a stage …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cancer-early-detection
    Thumbnail for “All this cancer talk is new to me, but I do know there isn’t a stage five” 8 Feb 2018: NHS. For this to happen, it will be essential to build health economics into their programme. ... You should be building this into your clinical trials.”. Fitzgerald expects that the economics “should stack up”, particularly if the tests are low
  4. Cambridge's 2017 admissions statistics published | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridges-2017-admissions-statistics-published
    Thumbnail for Cambridge's 2017 admissions statistics published | University of Cambridge 10 May 2018: Admissions of students identified using other measures of socio-economic disadvantage are also up.
  5. Research Horizons

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_37_research_horizons.pdf
    9 Oct 2018: Kalium DiagnosticsA simple home finger-prick test could help kidney patients check their potassium levels are not dangerously high or low. ... Entomics is currently working with partners including the University of Stirling, who are world-leading salmon
  6. Reproduction, from Hippocrates to IVF

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/reproduction
    Thumbnail for Reproduction, from Hippocrates to IVF 17 Dec 2018: The book’s authors show how this more abstract view gave us the sperm and egg, “test-tube” conception outside bodies, and all the language and ethical dilemmas we live with ... The horn of plenty and the breast-feeding mother symbolically linked
  7. How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren? |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-could-multilingualism-benefit-indias-poorest-schoolchildren
    Thumbnail for How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren? | University of Cambridge 20 Nov 2018: By looking at the mismatch between home and school languages, and by using tests and other socio-economic and educational variables, we try to find out whether these children are advantaged ... What we would recommend for everyone, not just low
  8. New research facility for neurodegenerative disorders opened in…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-research-facility-for-neurodegenerative-disorders-opened-in-cambridge
    Thumbnail for New research facility for neurodegenerative disorders opened in Cambridge | University of Cambridge 21 Sep 2018: While the number of cases of Alzheimer’s diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders continues to rise, so too do the costs to society, both economic and emotional.
  9. Why we just can't stop eating

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cannot-stop-eating
    Thumbnail for Why we just can't stop eating 23 Jul 2018: They can also be used to test their responsiveness to current drugs in use for obesity and diabetes, and to screen for new drugs. ... What’s more, there is evidence that people from lower socio-economic groups are more susceptible to the effects of
  10. Gardeners and carpenters: the ‘skill’ of parenting | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/gardeners-and-carpenters-the-skill-of-parenting
    Thumbnail for Gardeners and carpenters: the ‘skill’ of parenting | University of Cambridge 8 Nov 2018: These two things go hand in glove,” explains Hughes, whose research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. ... By following a group of 117 children from toddlerhood to adolescence, and developing a new battery of tests – including an
  11. Inside the mind of a young person

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/young-minds
    Thumbnail for Inside the mind of a young person 15 Nov 2018: Trust. So far, 2,300 healthy volunteers aged 14 to 24 years have been recruited by the University of Cambridge and University College London for analysis through behavioural questionnaires, cognitive tests, ... and medical and socio-economic history.
  12. Mental health disorders: risks and resilience in adolescence |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mental-health-disorders-risks-and-resilience-in-adolescence
    Thumbnail for Mental health disorders: risks and resilience in adolescence | University of Cambridge 10 Oct 2018: Trust. So far, 2,300 healthy volunteers aged 14 to 24 years have been recruited by the University of Cambridge and University College London for analysis through behavioural questionnaires, cognitive tests, ... and medical and socio-economic history.
  13. Carrying Tasers increases police use of force, study finds |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/carrying-tasers-increases-police-use-of-force-study-finds
    Thumbnail for Carrying Tasers increases police use of force, study finds | University of Cambridge 20 Dec 2018: It also holds national responsibility for economic crime and prioritises counter-terrorism, violent crime and public order due to its central location. ... The force was the first in England and Wales to test “extended deployment” of Tasers –
  14. Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cost-and-scale-of-field-trials-for-bovine-tb-vaccine-may-make-them-unfeasible
    Thumbnail for Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them unfeasible | University of Cambridge 7 Jun 2018: A vaccine (BCG) exists, but can cause some vaccinated cattle to test positive falsely. ... If we could consider replacing test-and-slaughter with vaccination, then the economics becomes much more attractive, particularly those in lower income
  15. Online tool can measure individuals’ likelihood to fall for internet…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/online-tool-can-measure-individuals-likelihood-to-fall-for-internet-scams
    Thumbnail for Online tool can measure individuals’ likelihood to fall for internet scams | University of Cambridge 4 Apr 2018: The test, called Susceptibility to Persuasion II (StP-II) is freely available and consists of the StP-II scale and several other questions to understand persuadability better. ... Modic and his colleagues at the University of Exeter designed an initial
  16. Location, location, location: researchers develop model to predict…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/location-location-location-researchers-develop-model-to-predict-retail-failure
    Thumbnail for Location, location, location: researchers develop model to predict retail failure | University of Cambridge 9 Oct 2018: Uncontrollable factors might include unemployment rates of a city, overall economic conditions and urban policies. ... To test the predictive power of their model, the researchers first had to determine whether a particular venue had closed within the
  17. Research Horizons

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_36_research_horizons.pdf
    11 Jun 2018: in technology and science at Cambridge with the economic and political dimensions of policymaking. ... Thwaites will continue to test equations in Kymata, sourced from collaborations with researchers around the world and the public domain.
  18. Research Horizons

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_35_research_horizons_new.pdf
    1 Mar 2018: With prosperity for some, comes pressure for others.”. Research supported by the NERC-ESRC-DFID Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Programme and an Impact Acceleration Account from the Economic and Social ... This close proximity between the
  19. Transition Time - 3 Options for a New Transitional Period

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cam.ac.uk/files/transition_time_-_3_options_for_a_new_transitional_periodths.pdf
    25 Oct 2018: During this period the new economic and security partnership would also be agreed. ... avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland then this test would be met.
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  21. The fifty-percenters: the economic value of education | University of …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-fifty-percenters-the-economic-value-of-education
    Thumbnail for The fifty-percenters: the economic value of education | University of Cambridge 22 Jun 2018: Search. Search. The fifty-percenters: the economic value of education. Research. The fifty-percenters: the economic value of education.. ... Medical students were the highest earners ten years after graduating, followed by economics graduates.
  22. Test can identify patients in intensive care at greatest risk of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/test-can-identify-patients-in-intensive-care-at-greatest-risk-of-life-threatening-infections
    Thumbnail for Test can identify patients in intensive care at greatest risk of life-threatening infections | University of Cambridge 13 Jun 2018: Research. Test can identify patients in intensive care at greatest risk of life-threatening infections.. ... I also have a clinical project evaluating a new molecular diagnostic test for pneumonia, which aims to deliver more rapid and accurate tests for
  23. Spitting Image archive comes to Cambridge University Library

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/spitting-image
    Thumbnail for Spitting Image archive comes to Cambridge University Library 13 Nov 2018: through the social, economic and political upheaval of the 1980s and 1990s.
  24. Releasing the imagination

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/primaryschool
    Thumbnail for Releasing the imagination 23 Nov 2018: While UCPS, as a free school, does not have to adhere to the National Curriculum, pupils do have to sit the UK’s national tests, known as SATs.
  25. Plucky underdogs, sausages in space and the winter that never ended

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/24CamThings2018
    Thumbnail for Plucky underdogs, sausages in space and the winter that never ended 19 Dec 2018: Written neatly inside were thousands of lists that might hold the key to an enduring puzzle in economics – does education fuel economic growth? ... Japan’s economic success in the post-war era was built on a clear gendered division of labour: the
  26. How Japan's 'Salaryman' is becoming cool

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cool-japanese-men
    Thumbnail for How Japan's 'Salaryman' is becoming cool 1 Feb 2018: Japan’s economic success in the post-war era has been built on a clear gendered division of labour: the reproductive housewife and the hard-working man. ... As falling birth rates and news of death by overwork hit the headlines, the economic system and
  27. Tidings of joy | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/tidings-of-joy
    Thumbnail for Tidings of joy | University of Cambridge 8 Jun 2018: The beaches of Singapore are awash with a wealth of marine life, and Cambridge student Pei Rong Cheo is on a mission to promote and conserve it. Read more
  28. What makes a faster typist? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/what-makes-a-faster-typist
    Thumbnail for What makes a faster typist? | University of Cambridge 5 Apr 2018: Volunteers from over 200 countries took the typing test, which is freely available online. ... Many informal tests allow users to practice the sentences, resulting in unrealistically high performance.”.
  29. Gates Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gates-alumni
    Thumbnail for Gates Cambridge 12 Sep 2018: He was also a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
  30. Humans need not apply | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/humans-need-not-apply
    Thumbnail for Humans need not apply | University of Cambridge 5 Jul 2018: Disruptive technologies, the rise of the ad hoc ‘gig economy’, living longer and the fragile economics of pension provision will mean a multistage employment life: one where retraining happens across the ... and a thriving economic democracy.
  31. Thumbnail for "We all need to press for progress, in science and beyond" 8 Mar 2018: With the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report revealing that gender parity is still another 200 years away, the theme of this year's International Women's Day
  32. Bats to the rescue | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bats-to-the-rescue
    Thumbnail for Bats to the rescue | University of Cambridge 13 Dec 2018: READ THE STORY HERE
  33. Root and branch

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/alumni/professor-bhaskar-vira
    Thumbnail for Root and branch 21 Nov 2018: Fast forward 35 years and Vira’s work reaches across disciplinary boundaries: economics, geography, public policy, conservation and international development. ... The question in my mind was whether the discipline I was specialising in, economics,
  34. Max Planck Cambridge Centre launched | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/max-planck-cambridge-centre-launched
    Thumbnail for Max Planck Cambridge Centre launched | University of Cambridge 13 Mar 2018: Samuel Williams will study the social and economic significance of gold in Turkey over recent decades of market-driven development. ... She will focus on how ethical, ritual and spiritual practices and values mediate social and economic change.
  35. All in a day's work

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/all-in-a-days-work
    Thumbnail for All in a day's work 17 Jul 2018: And a study of a unique historical archive is helping to tell us whether literacy rates or rules governing entry to trades were more important in determining economic growth in early ... One such idea is that governments can help promote economic growth
  36. How Churchill Waged War

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/churchill-at-war
    Thumbnail for How Churchill Waged War 21 Nov 2018: deadly test of that resolve and fighting spirit - as the collapse of France led to an enormous change in strategy for the British war effort.
  37. Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches today | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-festival-of-ideas-launches-today
    Thumbnail for Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches today | University of Cambridge 15 Oct 2018: new anxieties raised by the economic divergences - spatial, educational and international - that have arisen since the 1980s. ... Professor Nava Ashraf will talk about recent research in economics questioning the assumption that human beings are
  38. Black researchers shaping the future

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/black-history-month-researchers
    Thumbnail for Black researchers shaping the future 10 Oct 2018: I hope my research makes a contribution to understanding how vast natural resources can be better managed to achieve sustainable economic growth and prosperity for all. ... I investigate how countries rich in natural resources can better manage them and
  39. Tributes paid to Sir James Mirrlees | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-sir-james-mirrlees
    Thumbnail for Tributes paid to Sir James Mirrlees | University of Cambridge 31 Aug 2018: skills and an unerring eye for building minimalist economic models were reflected in some half-dozen articles that together constructed the theoretical foundations of public economics. ... He was a Wrangler during his mathematics’ degree at Trinity
  40. Kettle's Yard is back

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/kettles-yard-is-back
    Thumbnail for Kettle's Yard is back 9 Feb 2018: discourse, whether cultural, social, political, or economic.
  41. Antony Gormley exhibition opens at Kettle’s Yard | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/antony-gormley-exhibition-opens-at-kettles-yard
    Thumbnail for Antony Gormley exhibition opens at Kettle’s Yard | University of Cambridge 22 May 2018: Anthony Gormley. Gormley’s site-specific installation ambitiously pushes and tests the boundaries of the new spaces within Kettle’s Yard, which reopened to the public in February following a
  42. ‘Mini-placentas’ could provide a model for early pregnancy |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mini-placentas-could-provide-a-model-for-early-pregnancy
    Thumbnail for ‘Mini-placentas’ could provide a model for early pregnancy | University of Cambridge 28 Nov 2018: In fact, the organoids so closely model the early placenta that they are able to record a positive response on an over-the-counter pregnancy test.
  43. Open letter on diversity in admissions | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/open-letter-on-diversity-in-admissions
    Thumbnail for Open letter on diversity in admissions | University of Cambridge 6 Jun 2018: We also believe that diversity should be understood in the widest possible sense, including ethnicity, gender, socio-economic background, geography, age and disability.
  44. Treasures from the Royal Commonwealth Society

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/royal-commonwealth-society-exhibition
    Thumbnail for Treasures from the Royal Commonwealth Society 17 Oct 2018: Resources: Gold. The discovery of gold encouraged economic and population growth in many Commonwealth countries during the nineteenth century.
  45. Restoring Europe’s endangered landscapes for life | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/restoring-europes-endangered-landscapes-for-life
    Thumbnail for Restoring Europe’s endangered landscapes for life | University of Cambridge 9 Oct 2018: Provide sustainable cultural, social and economic benefits to people. Included in the initial group of ELP-funded projects are plans to return predatory sandbar sharks and Mediterranean monk seals to the ... Demonstrating to decision-makers the
  46. 3D-printed robot hand ‘plays’ the piano | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/3d-printed-robot-hand-plays-the-piano
    Thumbnail for 3D-printed robot hand ‘plays’ the piano | University of Cambridge 19 Dec 2018: Piano playing is an ideal test for these passive systems, as it’s a complex and nuanced challenge requiring a significant range of behaviours in order to achieve different playing styles,”
  47. How emotions shape our work life | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-emotions-shape-our-work-life
    Thumbnail for How emotions shape our work life | University of Cambridge 18 Jun 2018: Menges saw this at first hand when he studied the impact of the economic crisis of 2008–2009.
  48. The Cambridge Series at Hay Festival | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/the-cambridge-series-at-hay-festival
    20 Mar 2018: Emma Glennon is an infectious disease epidemiologist who examines why new diseases emerge, working at the intersections of ecology, data science, and the social and economic determinants of disease.
  49. Cambridge Festival of Ideas opens for bookings | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-festival-of-ideas-opens-for-bookings
    Thumbnail for Cambridge Festival of Ideas opens for bookings | University of Cambridge 24 Sep 2018: From economics: in Trade wars: deal or no deal an expert panel will discuss what the likely impact of trade wars is and how the tension between protectionism and free trade
  50. Mend the gap: solving the UK’s productivity puzzle | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mend-the-gap-solving-the-uks-productivity-puzzle
    Thumbnail for Mend the gap: solving the UK’s productivity puzzle | University of Cambridge 28 Jun 2018: The productivity gap is one of the most serious and vexing economic problems facing the government of the day, and Brexit is adding uncertainty to the mix. ... She’s working with colleagues from universities around the UK as part of the Productivity
  51. Ely’s new cathedral (of books) opens for business | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/elys-new-cathedral-of-books-opens-for-business
    Thumbnail for Ely’s new cathedral (of books) opens for business | University of Cambridge 27 Jun 2018: The first book placed into the store was Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: the nearly definitive edition, introduced by Richard Dawkins and
  52. Cambridge in the 2018 New Year Honours List | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-in-the-2018-new-year-honours-list
    Thumbnail for Cambridge in the 2018 New Year Honours List | University of Cambridge 1 Jan 2018: They include Oxford professor of economic history Jane Humphries (CBE), Hay Festival director Peter Florence (CBE), and CEO of DeepMind Dr Demis Hassabis (CBE).

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