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  2. ‘Traditional authority’ linked to rates of deforestation in Africa |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/traditional-authority-linked-to-rates-of-deforestation-in-africa
    Thumbnail for ‘Traditional authority’ linked to rates of deforestation in Africa | University of Cambridge 24 Nov 2015: economic gains.
  3. Mongolia: unravelling the troubled narratives of a nation |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mongolia-unravelling-the-troubled-narratives-of-a-nation
    Thumbnail for Mongolia: unravelling the troubled narratives of a nation | University of Cambridge 27 Feb 2015: Buddhism, in the shape of over 700 monasteries populated by some 80,000 lamas, had for centuries exerted an influence that extended deep into politics, economics and everyday life, rather in
  4. Engineering atoms inside the jet engine: the Great British Take Off | …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/engineering-atoms-inside-the-jet-engine-the-great-british-take-off
    Thumbnail for Engineering atoms inside the jet engine: the Great British Take Off | University of Cambridge 29 Jun 2015: The researchers melt together precise amounts of each of the different elements to obtain a 5cm bar, then exhaustively test the bar’s mechanical properties and analyse its microscopic structure. ... test each reasonable mixture of components.
  5. New index of children’s ‘school readiness’ highlights importance of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-index-of-childrens-school-readiness-highlights-importance-of-family-support
    Thumbnail for New index of children’s ‘school readiness’ highlights importance of family support | University of Cambridge 28 May 2015: The tests due to be introduced in September are not what teachers need: they are labour-intensive and potentially stressful for four-year-olds. ... These tests seek to provide baseline assessments of a child’s ‘school readiness.’ However, the
  6. How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-yaks-and-humans-have-lived-in-partnership-for-centuries
    Thumbnail for How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries | University of Cambridge 18 Nov 2015: Scroll to the end of the article to listen to the podcast. “It was already looking at me when I saw it. As it started moving down the hill towards me, I was
  7. New origami-like material may help prevent brain injuries in sport |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-origami-like-material-may-help-prevent-brain-injuries-in-sport
    Thumbnail for New origami-like material may help prevent brain injuries in sport | University of Cambridge 23 Dec 2015: of Standards and Technology, to develop and test their material over the next 12 months.
  8. Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/climate-change-sentiment-could-hit-global-investment-portfolios-in-the-short-term
    Thumbnail for Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term | University of Cambridge 12 Nov 2015: Each scenario was linked to a series of economic and market confidence factors used to explore macroeconomic effects within a global economic model. ... Seeing climate change as a short-term financial risk as well as a long-term economic threat.
  9. Study finds increased DNA mutations in children of teenage fathers |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-finds-increased-dna-mutations-in-children-of-teenage-fathers
    Thumbnail for Study finds increased DNA mutations in children of teenage fathers | University of Cambridge 18 Feb 2015: A genetic study of over 24,000 parents and their children has shown that the children of teenage fathers have unexpectedly high levels of DNA mutations.
  10. New study shows artificial pancreas works for length of entire school …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-study-shows-artificial-pancreas-works-for-length-of-entire-school-term
    Thumbnail for New study shows artificial pancreas works for length of entire school term | University of Cambridge 17 Sep 2015: The lives of the 400,000 UK people with type 1 diabetes currently involves a relentless balancing act of controlling their blood glucose levels by finger-prick blood tests and taking
  11. Study suggests new treatment for impulsivity in some dementia…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-suggests-new-treatment-for-impulsivity-in-some-dementia-patients
    Thumbnail for Study suggests new treatment for impulsivity in some dementia patients | University of Cambridge 25 Jun 2015: Around 16,000 people in the UK are estimated to be affected by frontotemporal dementia (also known as Pick’s disease). Patients are often affected at a young
  12. Link between proteins points to possibilities for future Alzheimer’s…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/link-between-proteins-points-to-possibilities-for-future-alzheimers-treatments
    Thumbnail for Link between proteins points to possibilities for future Alzheimer’s treatments | University of Cambridge 23 Apr 2015: dementia, and crucially, to test new drugs that halt disease progression.
  13. Study highlights possible knowledge gap over effects of some diabetes …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-highlights-possible-knowledge-gap-over-effects-of-some-diabetes-drugs
    Thumbnail for Study highlights possible knowledge gap over effects of some diabetes drugs | University of Cambridge 18 Sep 2015: Although a limited number of previous studies had suggested that this was not possible, the team’s lab-based tests discovered that in certain conditions, GLP-1 can bind to the ... Tests in mice have, however, shown that its levels vary in different
  14. Sir Venki Ramakrishnan confirmed as President Elect of the Royal…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sir-venki-ramakrishnan-confirmed-as-president-elect-of-the-royal-society
    Thumbnail for Sir Venki Ramakrishnan confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society | University of Cambridge 19 Mar 2015: Sir Venki, who is currently Deputy Director of the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology and a Fellow of Trinity College, will take up the post of President on
  15. How hallucinations emerge from trying to make sense of an ambiguous…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-hallucinations-emerge-from-trying-to-make-sense-of-an-ambiguous-world
    Thumbnail for How hallucinations emerge from trying to make sense of an ambiguous world | University of Cambridge 12 Oct 2015: When the researchers presented the same task to a larger group of 40 healthy people, they found a continuum in task performance that correlated with the participants’ scores on tests of
  16. Bad air day? Low-cost pollution detectors to tackle air quality |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/bad-air-day-low-cost-pollution-detectors-to-tackle-air-quality
    Thumbnail for Bad air day? Low-cost pollution detectors to tackle air quality | University of Cambridge 2 Jun 2015: CITI-SENSE provides a test-bed for both rolling out the new technologies that are coming online and for drawing on the ‘power of the Citizen’ to guide how society responds.”.
  17. Forests could play a vital role in efforts to end global hunger |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/forests-could-play-a-vital-role-in-efforts-to-end-global-hunger
    Thumbnail for Forests could play a vital role in efforts to end global hunger | University of Cambridge 6 May 2015: Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary‐General for Policy of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, added: “this report reminds us of the vital role of forests in building food security.
  18. New initiative to train specialists in risk, mitigation and Big Data…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-initiative-to-train-specialists-in-risk-mitigation-and-big-data
    Thumbnail for New initiative to train specialists in risk, mitigation and Big Data | University of Cambridge 3 Feb 2015: Two of the studentships in the 2016 cohort will be interdisciplinary and co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and NERC.
  19. Gene discovery provides clues to how TB may evade the immune system | …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gene-discovery-provides-clues-to-how-tb-may-evade-the-immune-system
    Thumbnail for Gene discovery provides clues to how TB may evade the immune system | University of Cambridge 16 Mar 2015: TB, caused by infection with the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a major global public health problem. According to the World Health Organization, in
  20. Vitamin D could repair nerve damage in multiple sclerosis, study…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/vitamin-d-could-repair-nerve-damage-in-multiple-sclerosis-study-suggests
    Thumbnail for Vitamin D could repair nerve damage in multiple sclerosis, study suggests | University of Cambridge 7 Dec 2015: Researchers, from the MS Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair, identified that the ‘vitamin D receptor’ protein pairs with an existing protein, called
  21. The war that fed itself - and the hollow democracy it left behind |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-war-that-fed-itself-and-the-hollow-democracy-it-left-behind
    Thumbnail for The war that fed itself - and the hollow democracy it left behind | University of Cambridge 14 Oct 2015: By the time it ended, it had become synonymous with child soldiers, human rights atrocities, landmine victims and blood diamond economics.
  22. New research allows doctors to image dangerous ‘hardening’ of the…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-research-allows-doctors-to-image-dangerous-hardening-of-the-arteries
    Thumbnail for New research allows doctors to image dangerous ‘hardening’ of the arteries | University of Cambridge 10 Jul 2015: In addition, after further work, it may be possible to use this technique to test how well new medicines perform at preventing the development of atherosclerosis.”.
  23. Stem cells likely to be safe for use in regenerative medicine, study…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/stem-cells-likely-to-be-safe-for-use-in-regenerative-medicine-study-confirms
    Thumbnail for Stem cells likely to be safe for use in regenerative medicine, study confirms | University of Cambridge 18 Dec 2015: The best way to test how well stem cells would incorporate into the body is to transplant them into an early-stage embryo and see how they develop. ... The gold standard test, developed in Cambridge in the 1980s, involves putting the stem cells into a
  24. Stressed young birds stop learning from their parents and turn to…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/stressed-young-birds-stop-learning-from-their-parents-and-turn-to-wider-flock
    Thumbnail for Stressed young birds stop learning from their parents and turn to wider flock | University of Cambridge 23 Jul 2015: To test whether these stress-hormone induced differences in social network positions affected who learned from whom, Boogert devised a food puzzle for the birds, and recorded exactly when each bird ... In the new test, the birds had to learn to flip the
  25. Opinion: ‘Difficult’ Latin risks remaining a qualification for elite…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-difficult-latin-risks-remaining-a-qualification-for-elite-pupils
    Thumbnail for Opinion: ‘Difficult’ Latin risks remaining a qualification for elite pupils | University of Cambridge 2 Nov 2015: What this data instead shows is that these GCSEs test different levels of skills, some of which may be more readily acquired in a lower number of contact hours and some
  26. At the edge of vision: Struggling to make sense of our cluttered…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/at-the-edge-of-vision-struggling-to-make-sense-of-our-cluttered-world
    Thumbnail for At the edge of vision: Struggling to make sense of our cluttered world | University of Cambridge 25 Nov 2015: Even with 20/20 vision in broad daylight on a clear day, our peripheral vision can be surprisingly poor, particularly when the scene in front of us is
  27. Bunnies in children’s books: from Alice in Wonderland to Peter Rabbit …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/bunnies-in-childrens-books-from-alice-in-wonderland-to-peter-rabbit
    Thumbnail for Bunnies in children’s books: from Alice in Wonderland to Peter Rabbit | University of Cambridge 30 Sep 2015: Scroll to the end of the article to listen to the podcast. Dr Zoe Jaques (Faculty of Education) is a lecturer in children’s literature. Her research spans
  28. “Not just another commodity”: Leading economist backs Pope’s stance…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/not-just-another-commodity-leading-economist-backs-popes-stance-on-poverty-and-environment
    Thumbnail for “Not just another commodity”: Leading economist backs Pope’s stance on poverty and environment | University of Cambridge 29 Jun 2015: the planet as purely an economic issue about how we use these commodities is a limiting vision. ... Natural capital has features that most commodities around which we build economic modelling – such as infrastructure, or the products of industrial
  29. The price of a happy ending can be bad decision-making, say…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-price-of-a-happy-ending-can-be-bad-decision-making-say-researchers
    Thumbnail for The price of a happy ending can be bad decision-making, say researchers | University of Cambridge 10 Jun 2015: New research using high-speed gambling experiments shows that, for most of us, the last experience we’ve had can be the defining one when it comes to taking a
  30. Use of TV, internet and computer games associated with poorer GCSE…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/use-of-tv-internet-and-computer-games-associated-with-poorer-gcse-grades
    Thumbnail for Use of TV, internet and computer games associated with poorer GCSE grades | University of Cambridge 4 Sep 2015: In a study published today in the open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, researchers also found that pupils doing an
  31. Astronomers witness assembly of galaxies in the early Universe for…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/astronomers-witness-assembly-of-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-for-the-first-time
    Thumbnail for Astronomers witness assembly of galaxies in the early Universe for the first time | University of Cambridge 22 Jul 2015: These observations have enabled us to test with unprecedented detail theories of galaxy formation in the early Universe.”. ... Finally to be able to test predictions and hypotheses on real data from ALMA is an exciting moment and opens up a new set of
  32. Breaking the mould: Untangling the jelly-like properties of diseased…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/breaking-the-mould-untangling-the-jelly-like-properties-of-diseased-proteins
    Thumbnail for Breaking the mould: Untangling the jelly-like properties of diseased proteins | University of Cambridge 29 Oct 2015: A common characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease – is the build-up of ‘misfolded’ proteins,
  33. Despite the headlines, dementia epidemic may not actually be getting…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/despite-the-headlines-dementia-epidemic-may-not-actually-be-getting-worse
    Thumbnail for Despite the headlines, dementia epidemic may not actually be getting worse | University of Cambridge 21 Aug 2015: The notion of a dementia epidemic has been a big concern in ageing societies across the globe for some time. With the extension of life expectancy it seems to
  34. Opinion: Building Hitler’s supergun: the plot to destroy London and…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-building-hitlers-supergun-the-plot-to-destroy-london-and-why-it-failed
    Thumbnail for Opinion: Building Hitler’s supergun: the plot to destroy London and why it failed | University of Cambridge 23 Nov 2015: It had to remain stable without the benefit of spin (the barrel was not rifled) but in early tests the projectile was found to tumble uncontrollably. ... But from a purely engineering perspective I’m sorry that it was never test-fired (though it’s
  35. From Chinese milk to Indian chocolate, behind the world’s…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/from-chinese-milk-to-indian-chocolate-behind-the-worlds-fast-expanding-markets
    Thumbnail for From Chinese milk to Indian chocolate, behind the world’s fast-expanding markets | University of Cambridge 21 Oct 2015: Those concerns are not confined to China and Brazil. Russia’s economy is contracting this year due to low energy prices; India’s economic recovery too has been slower than expected. ... Khaled Soufani, Senior Faculty in Management Practice
  36. Listen to your heart: why your brain may give away how well you know…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/listen-to-your-heart-why-your-brain-may-give-away-how-well-you-know-yourself
    Thumbnail for Listen to your heart: why your brain may give away how well you know yourself | University of Cambridge 21 Apr 2015: In the final part of the test – after the participants had listened to their heartbeat through the stethoscope and were once again tapping unaided – the researchers found differences in brain activity
  37. Opinion: How tasty forest foods can help solve the global hunger…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-how-tasty-forest-foods-can-help-solve-the-global-hunger-crisis
    Thumbnail for Opinion: How tasty forest foods can help solve the global hunger crisis | University of Cambridge 27 Nov 2015: A recent study by the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Food Security, which I chaired, shows how forests and trees can complement agricultural production and give an economic boost
  38. 'Spin' or be lost: how Corbyn rejected New Labour PR for a…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/spin-or-be-lost-how-corbyn-rejected-new-labour-pr-for-a-more-civic-vision
    Thumbnail for 'Spin' or be lost: how Corbyn rejected New Labour PR for a more civic vision | University of Cambridge 29 Sep 2015: It strikes me as no coincidence that the biggest economic and political shift that modern Britain has ever seen came in the wake of the new practices of public relations. ... These 1930s innovations were prompted by many of the same types of challenges
  39. Four decades after Haile Selassie’s death, Ethiopia is an African…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/four-decades-after-haile-selassies-death-ethiopia-is-an-african-success-story
    Thumbnail for Four decades after Haile Selassie’s death, Ethiopia is an African success story | University of Cambridge 27 Aug 2015: Though it built what initially seemed to be an effective dictatorship, it was unable to cope with the economic incompetence of state socialism – symbolised for the outside world by the great ... Most remarkable of all, however, Meles' economic
  40. Here’s looking at you: research shows jackdaws can recognise…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/heres-looking-at-you-research-shows-jackdaws-can-recognise-individual-human-faces
    Thumbnail for Here’s looking at you: research shows jackdaws can recognise individual human faces | University of Cambridge 11 Aug 2015: It would also be interesting to investigate whether jackdaws are similarly able to recognise individuals of other predator species – although this would be a lot harder to test.”.
  41. Outlaws, trolls and beserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/outlaws-trolls-and-beserkers-meet-the-hero-monsters-of-the-icelandic-sagas
    Thumbnail for Outlaws, trolls and beserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the Icelandic sagas | University of Cambridge 22 Oct 2015: And such a threat to economic growth and social stability has to be removed.
  42. Fish born in larger groups develop more social skills and a different …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fish-born-in-larger-groups-develop-more-social-skills-and-a-different-brain-structure
    Thumbnail for Fish born in larger groups develop more social skills and a different brain structure | University of Cambridge 7 May 2015: To test for social skills, the researchers reared juvenile fish over two months with either three or nine adult group members, and observed all social behaviours at key experimental points. ... Six month after this test phase, individual fish brains were
  43. Feeding food waste to pigs could save vast swathes of threatened…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/feeding-food-waste-to-pigs-could-save-vast-swathes-of-threatened-forest-and-savannah
    Thumbnail for Feeding food waste to pigs could save vast swathes of threatened forest and savannah | University of Cambridge 10 Dec 2015: zu Ermgassen points out that economic and environmental concern is driving a reassessment of EU animal feed bans that were put in place in the 2000s, as well as attempts to ... The reintroduction of swill feeding in the EU would require backing from pig
  44. Motion dazzle: spotting the patterns that help animals outsmart…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/motion-dazzle-spotting-the-patterns-that-help-animals-outsmart-predators-on-the-run
    Thumbnail for Motion dazzle: spotting the patterns that help animals outsmart predators on the run | University of Cambridge 9 Sep 2015: However, the zebra study was entirely theoretical and didn’t test whether striped patterns actually affected the judgements of real observers. ... Surprisingly, the first experimental tests of the effectiveness of motion dazzle patterns weren’t
  45. Computers using digital footprints are better judges of personality…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/computers-using-digital-footprints-are-better-judges-of-personality-than-friends-and-family
    Thumbnail for Computers using digital footprints are better judges of personality than friends and family | University of Cambridge 12 Jan 2015: Users of the 'myPersonality' app were then given the option of inviting friends and family to judge the psychological traits of the user through a shorter version of the personality test. ... Take the Facebook personality test yourself here:
  46. Bacteria in the world’s oceans produce millions of tonnes of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bacteria-in-the-worlds-oceans-produce-millions-of-tonnes-of-hydrocarbons-each-year
    Thumbnail for Bacteria in the world’s oceans produce millions of tonnes of hydrocarbons each year | University of Cambridge 5 Oct 2015: The researchers stress the need to test if their findings are supported by direct measurements on cyanobacteria growing in the oceans.
  47. Exploiting the Government's education data could help to bridge…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/exploiting-the-governments-education-data-could-help-to-bridge-the-uk-skills-gap
    Thumbnail for Exploiting the Government's education data could help to bridge the UK skills gap | University of Cambridge 30 Sep 2015: This brings together researchers to address challenges presented by access to unprecedented volumes of data, as well as important issues around law, ethics and economics, in order to apply Big Data
  48. Alternative ways of protecting urban water supplies must be…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/alternative-ways-of-protecting-urban-water-supplies-must-be-considered-in-light-of-worsening
    Thumbnail for Alternative ways of protecting urban water supplies must be considered in light of worsening droughts in the US, study claims | University of Cambridge 4 Dec 2015: Droughts are ranked second in the US in terms of national weather-related economic impacts, with annual losses just shy of $9 billion. ... With water scarcity likely to increase due to advancing climate change, the economic and environmental impacts of
  49. Supermarket promotions boost sales of less healthy foods more than…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/supermarket-promotions-boost-sales-of-less-healthy-foods-more-than-healthier-foods
    Thumbnail for Supermarket promotions boost sales of less healthy foods more than healthier foods | University of Cambridge 11 Feb 2015: the case, except within a minority of food categories,” says Dr Ryota Nakamura from the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York, who carried out the research whilst at
  50. Earliest church in the tropics unearthed in former heart of Atlantic…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/earliest-church-in-the-tropics-unearthed-in-former-heart-of-atlantic-slave-trade
    Thumbnail for Earliest church in the tropics unearthed in former heart of Atlantic slave trade | University of Cambridge 6 Nov 2015: The human remains give us the opportunity to test this representation of the first people in Cabo Verde,” said Evans.
  51. Neural circuit in the cricket brain detects the rhythm of the right…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/neural-circuit-in-the-cricket-brain-detects-the-rhythm-of-the-right-mating-call
    Thumbnail for Neural circuit in the cricket brain detects the rhythm of the right mating call | University of Cambridge 11 Sep 2015: Scientists have identified an ingeniously elegant brain circuit consisting of just five nerve cells that allows female crickets to automatically identify the

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